MRA News
21 July 2021
Peter Shmigel joins the MRA team
MRA Consulting Group is proud to announce the appointment of Peter Shmigel to the role of Executive Consultant at MRA, responsible for corporate and council waste advisory services.
Infrastructure
20 July 2021
New rules for all waste facilities in Victoria
As of 1 July 2021 resource recovery facilities in Victoria are captured under new Environment Protection Regulations. Facilities that trigger the requirements must apply by October 2021 for a licence or permit or by 2 January 2022 if the activity needs a registration. If you do not make an application, you can no longer operate.
Circular Economy
9 July 2021
FOGO in MUDs – how to make it work
As our cities become bigger we are living more in units and flats (MUDs or multi-unit dwellings) rather than houses (SUDs or single unit dwellings).
Circular Economy
2 July 2021
What is the best FOGO bin configuration?
Kerbside FOGO collection and processing to compost is gaining steam around Australia. So, what is the optimal bin configuration?
Circular Economy
30 June 2021
Organic waste should not get preference in landfills
A response to Sam Bateman’s “Is landfill part of the circular economy?”
Circular Economy
22 June 2021
Plastics export ban imminent
From 1 July 2021, all plastic exports will require a licence from the Commonwealth and mixed (unsorted) plastic exports are banned.
MRA News
21 June 2021
Claire to chair NSW Waste Educators group
Claire Mahendradatta has just been appointed Chair to WMRR NSW Waste Education Group.
Grants
23 April 2021
SA grant opportunities
A number of resource recovery sector grants are currently open in South Australia.
Grants
22 April 2021
National, NSW and Vic grant opportunities
A number of resource recovery sector grants are currently open in NSW, Victoria and nationally.
AWT
19 February 2021
Could pyrolysis save the planet?
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.
Leaders in Waste
16 February 2021
Matt Hyatt profiled by Inside Waste
Our own Matt Hyatt talks waste and recycling in the February/March 2021 print edition of the Inside Waste magazine.
Landfill
10 February 2021
MRA welcomes Tas waste levy
MRA welcomes the announcement by the Tasmanian Government on the introduction of a waste levy in Tasmania.
