Australia lacks a nationally agreed framework to determine when product stewardship or extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes should be introduced, according to the Australian Council of Recycling
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What a difference good EPR makes
By Helen Millicer
A quiet but effective European revolution is catching on and spreading across the world – Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). A robust EPR will soon materialise in Australia; now it’s a matter of when and whether we put in place the essential guardrails and work together to achieve excellence.
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Coming full Sircel
Sircel is a green-technology company whose primary focus is the eradication of electronic waste from landfill. Driven by the need to do its part in creating a circular economy, the company is run by Anthony Karam. A former corporate lawyer, Karam started on this journey in 2017 after experiencing the enormous e-waste dumps of West Africa. That, coupled with his past experience, lit a fire within him to find a better way of dealing with e-waste.
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Which product stewardship schemes are most effective? Not many
The Evaluating Product Stewardship benefits and effectiveness – Summary Report, May 2023 (Institute for Sustainable Futures; ISF) fails to reveal many of the systemic problems suffered by Product Stewardship (PS) schemes in Australia.
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Level playing field needed in e-waste sector
E-waste could be both a boon and bane to the resource recovery industry, but it needs to be executed correctly. And it starts at the top. This is what Zoltan Sekula would like to see. Sekula is the product
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