♻️ Grant Alert: Victorian Circular Economy Recycling Modernisation Fund  (Round 6)
Grants
13 January 2026

♻️ Grant Alert: Victorian Circular Economy Recycling Modernisation Fund  (Round 6)

Looking to boost recycling capacity, improve material quality, and create circular economy jobs?

🌱 Funding Alert: High Priority Infrastructure Grants Tasmania
Grants
8 January 2026

🌱 Funding Alert: High Priority Infrastructure Grants Tasmania

Looking for funding opportunities to support your NSW FOGO project?

The case for Packaging Reform in 2026
Circular Economy
7 January 2026

The case for Packaging Reform in 2026

2026 is upon us. Have we achieved the national 2025 Waste Targets? Government intervention has not moved the needle yet. It is time for a mandatory EPR scheme.

Position Vacant: Principal Environmental Planner
Careers
6 January 2026

Position Vacant: Principal Environmental Planner

We are looking for a Principal Environmental Planner in NSW, Vic, Qld or WA to join our planning and approvals team.

NSW Plastic Action Plan – hurry up… please
Landfill
26 December 2025

NSW Plastic Action Plan – hurry up… please

Some plastic makes our lives easier and safer. Some don't. But all too often, we continue using such items long past the time we've agreed they are unnecessary.

NSW waste infrastructure – decision time
EfW
15 December 2025

NSW waste infrastructure – decision time

NSW is at a crossroads on residual waste and Frank Klostermann, with input from MRA's Ron Wainberg, unpack the “who, what, where, why and how” of the new NSW Waste and Circular Economy Infrastructure Plan.

MRA has turned 15!
MRA News
11 November 2025

MRA has turned 15!

MRA has turned 15. A big thank you to all of our clients, friends and colleagues for supporting MRA over these years. We couldn't have done it without you. To mark the occasion, Mike Ritchie looks back on the key points of waste reform, highlighting our successes and identifying key targets for the future.

Charges and Surcharges – using price to drive down landfill
Landfill
4 November 2025

Charges and Surcharges – using price to drive down landfill

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.

Waste Sector M&A seminar
Event
14 October 2025

Waste Sector M&A seminar

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

The Rising Challenge of Methane Emissions from Waste in EU and Australia
Climate Change
14 August 2025

The Rising Challenge of Methane Emissions from Waste in EU and Australia

As countries work toward their climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, the European Union (EU) and Australia have taken different approaches to tackling methane emissions in the waste sector. Mike and Ilan explain.

Waste contracting made… practical
Policy
30 July 2025

Waste contracting made… practical

Waste contracts are generally the most valuable contracts that a Council signs. Mike Ritchie explains how to get them right.

Packaging reform stalls as industry awaits regulatory clarity
Circular Economy
15 July 2025

Packaging reform stalls as industry awaits regulatory clarity

Almost two years on from a landmark pledge by state and federal environment ministers to take decisive action on packaging waste, Australia is still waiting for meaningful reform.

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