The burning issue isn’t how much plastic we make or use – it’s how much escapes into the environment. Global efforts such as the UN Plastics Treaty should prioritise building and funding effective containment systems to stop plastic leaking into nature. Actions to reduce plastic production should follow suit.

We should remove taxes on things we want and instead put them on things we don’t want. Tax the things we want less of and remove taxes on things we want more of. This should apply to products, services and... waste.

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The Victorian Waste Management Association (VWMA), ANZ, Russell Kennedy and MRA Consulting Group present The Waste Sector M&A seminar for a Changing Industry