NWRIC carbon targets

NWRIC casts steely gaze on carbon targets

National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) members will play a vital role in reaching 2030 carbon emissions targets. Chief executive officer Rick Ralph explains.
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metal theft

De-Energising metal theft in Queensland

Waste Recycling Industry Queensland (WRIQ) has joined forces with Queensland’s electricity distribution networks Energex and Ergon Energy Network, urging scrap metal dealers to be on the lookout for stolen electrical equipment following a rise in metal theft.
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epa waste crackdown

NSW scrap metal reforms overdue: NWRIC

Proposed reforms to the New South Wales scrap metal industry have been welcomed by the National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC), which says a national ban on the export of unprocessed scrap metal would further improve the integrity of the sector.
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Scrap metal - export ban

Time to ban the export of unprocessed scrap metal

The scrap metal industry has long been the recycling ‘poster’ child in Australia.  With a recycling rate of 90 per cent in 2018-19 according to the 2020 National Waste Report, it outperforms any other material category.
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