Circular Economy
30 June 2021
Organic waste should not get preference in landfills
A response to Sam Batemanās āIs landfill part of the circular economy?ā
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.
Circular Economy
16 June 2021
NSW Government endorses āOrganics Revolutionā
The NSW Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy 2041: (Stage 1 ā 2021-2027) has endorsed diversion of organic waste from landfill to deliver substantive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from NSW landfills.
Compost
19 May 2021
Compost Pellets Down the Tube
MRA recently completed a trial application of pelletised compost down the tube of an airseeder.
Results show an increase in crop yield and profit per hectare.
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.
Circular Economy
9 April 2021
Bin colour matters
Federal Environment Minister Susan Ley supports standardised waste collection systems, including a common bin lid colour across Australia. We propose to also standardise the colour of the bin's body to maximise recycled plastic use.
Circular Economy
9 April 2021
Is FOGO inevitable?
More and more councils now collect FOGO at the kerbside. Will three bins become the new standard?
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.
