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batteries
 ACOR, Batteries, Ewaste, Features, WMRR

WMRR, ACOR and TEC on same page as ministers set to meet over batteries

With Australia’s environment ministers meeting in a few days, peak groups representing Australia’s waste management and resource recovery industry and the environment movement have come together to demand urgent mandatory regulation of all end-of-life (EoL) batteries, which, under current practices, pose serious risks to the environment and resource recovery sectors. Read More
AORA harmonisation
 AORA, Opinion

AORA looks into state harmonisation

The Australian Organics Recycling Industry (AORA) is currently reviewing its position paper on Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO). This review has been undertaken to ensure the Australian organics recycling industry has a clear guidance framework for the key issues and considerations for recycled organics throughout the transition from household Garden Organics (GO) collections to the mandated FOGO collections, and the delivery of Food Organics (FO) and FOGO collections for businesses by 2030 (as per the National Waste Policy Action Plan 2019 – updated 2022 – Action 6.04). Read More