As the waste tyre industry faces new export bans and government regulations, Environment Protection Authority Victoria says it’s important to develop industry understanding. Read more
Road to recovery
Building a culture of repair
The time is Right to Repair, but it requires policies and programs that acknowledge the barriers and opportunities to making it work, writes John Gertsakis, Adjunct Professor at UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures.
Is FOGO inevitable?
Inevitable? Probably not everywhere. But I would predict a significant majority of Australia’s 537 councils will go FOGO within a decade, writes Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group Managing Director.
Waste export ban on mixed plastics: is Australia ready?
For the plastics export ban transition to be successful, we need local, state and federal Governments to work proactively with the resource recovery sector, writes Rose Read, CEO of the National Waste and Recycling Industry Council.
The role of WtE in meeting the resource recovery challenge
For Australia to meet its ambitious recovery targets, government cannot ignore the role of waste-to-energy facilities, writes Rose Read, National Waste and Recycling Industry Council CEO.
The circular economy for organics – are we there yet?
Is there a functioning circular economy for organics in Australia? The answer depends on how you define the concept, writes University of Queensland Centre for Recycling of Organic Waste & Nutrients Director, Johannes Biala.
Organics recyclers are ready and able: AORA
The major obstacles to organics sector growth are external to industry and within the control of one or more tiers of government, writes Peter Olah, AORA National Executive Officer.
Could pyrolysis save the planet?
By: Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group
There is only one technology that we know of that can reliably suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and sequester it. Photosynthesis. It is what every plant on the planet does every day.
A retrospective – 10 years in waste consulting
By: Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group