Circular Economy
16 June 2021
NSW Government endorses ‘Organics Revolution’
The NSW Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy 2041: (Stage 1 – 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.
Event
6 May 2021
Mike at Coffs Waste 2021
Once more, MRA made its presence felt at the Coffs Waste conference.
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?
Circular Economy
1 March 2021
Open letter to Australia’s Mayors – Why waste matters to your carbon footprint
The single biggest greenhouse gas emissions decision you will make as Mayor, is “Are we still sending organic waste to landfill?”
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.
MRA News
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.
Legislation
9 February 2021
MRA Brief on New Major Projects Pathway in NSW
The NSW Department of Planning, Infrastructure and Environment has recently released a series of draft measures aimed at reducing timeframes for State Significant Development Projects and improving the standards of environmental reporting.
