Circular Economy
2 November 2020
Waste is like a river that flows downhill to the cheapest price. Landfills are like big vacuum cleaners - they suck up waste and resources indiscriminately. If we continue to supply cheaply priced landfills, then that is where our waste will go.
There will always be a place for well-run landfills. But if we want to create a circular economy, then the first and most obvious thing we need to do, is stop the one-way flow into landfills.
Policy
16 September 2019
Following up on his earlier Circular Economy article, Mike Ritchie reviews the European Union Circular Economy Action Plan report of 54 actions and adjusts those actions to propose an equivalent action list for Australia.
Policy
18 August 2019
A circular economy is necessary to minimise landfill, increase resources recovery and protect our natural environment. A strong local reprocessing sector will also generate new jobs, support the economy and safeguard Australia from international developments such as China's National Sword. Mike Ritchie outlines the key drivers for a strong Circular Economy in Australia.
Circular Economy
6 October 2016
By Mike Ritchie – Managing Director, MRA Consulting Group The circular economy matters… We are hearing more and more of the circular economy, an approach to resources that keeps materials away from waste, and brings them back into the productive economy. It rejects the status quo “take-make-dispose” linear economy in favour of cycling biological and […]
Circular Economy
6 September 2016
By Mike Ritchie – Managing Director, MRA Consulting Group The idea of waste as a resource is not a new one. It’s an idea that has been around for years, decades even, but it’s an idea that has struggled to get onto the mainstream agenda. Putting materials out for recycling is well accepted; reincorporating those […]
Bin Trim
13 October 2023
If you work at a shopping centre that is looking to reduce food and packaging waste, reach out to our Circular Economy team.
Circular Economy
13 September 2023
We all have a story about how we got into the Waste Industry. Rebecca Larkin's has been featured in Inside Waste and is worth a read.
Landfill
3 July 2023
NSW is heading away from a circular economy.
The latest National Waste Report data shows that not only is NSW total waste generation growing but our waste to landfill is also growing.
Landfill
22 June 2023
We keep hearing and reading (what we think are) “waste myths” on-line and in mainstream media.
Mike Ritchie has decided to dispel those myths in this "Waste myths" series of articles.
Landfill
9 May 2023
We keep hearing and reading (what we think are) “waste myths” on-line and in mainstream media.
Mike Ritchie has embarked on a "Waste myths" series of articles to dispel as many myths as possible.
Landfill
12 April 2023
We keep hearing and reading (what we think are) “waste myths” on-line and in on mainstream media.
Mike Ritchie has decided to dispel those myths in this "Waste myths" series of articles.
MRA News
22 March 2023
MRA preparing for 2023 Coffs Waste conference.