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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
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ENVIRO Conference to discuss necessary shift in thinking

“Australia’s transition to a circular economy has a long way to go and will involve all areas of industry, community and government coming together to play their part shifting from linear to circular,” Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR) Chief Executive Officer Gayle Sloan said two weeks out from the ENVIRO Conference the association will be hosting in Brisbane. Read More
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Voluntary targets just don’t work

As I sat at my computer to write this column, I started by looking back at my final piece for 2022. I outlined three major challenges and hopes for 2023. One was a nationally agreed definition of waste. Two was real demand for our recyclate and material. And three, was a plea/hope we’d see some leadership from our policymakers.   Read More