Spotlight on NSW waste levy The NSW Auditor-General’s report on the effectiveness of the state’s waste levy and grants for waste infrastructure has put a spotlight on the need for an independent public review of the current state levy in parallel with the development...

Victorian state budget handed down - NWRIC responds The Victorian budget was handed down on Tuesday with a focus on ‘skills, jobs, confidence and investment’, which NWRIC says the waste and resource recovery industry is positioned to deliver. NWRIC CEO Rose Read said...

Register now for next week’s Australasian Waste and Recycling Expo The premier event for the waste and resource recovery industry, the Australasian Waste and Recycling Expo (AWRE), is on next week from 25-26 November. The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council...

ABS publish 2018-19 Waste Account – waste generation up The Waste Account released by the ABS on 6 November 2020 shows that in 2018-19 Australia: generated 76 million tonnes of waste, a 10% increase since 2016-17 spent $17 billion on waste services, an 18% increase...

Consultation underway on future of ERF concessions for landfill gas method The Clean Energy Regulator, which is now responsible for the Emissions Reduction Fund has proposed an extension to the timeframe for earning carbon credits through the generation of electricity...

Manufacturing and COVID-19 on NWRIC meeting agenda   This week the NWRIC met to discuss the current and future impacts of COVID-19 on businesses and the industry and was briefed on the Modern Manufacturing Strategy (MMS) and $1.5 billion initiative announced in the...

Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill debated This week the Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill was debated in the Federal House of Representatives. Feedback from industry (including NWRIC) and opposition parties has delivered a number of sensible and practical amendments...