Circular Economy
8 June 2022
Letter to Local Government- Climate Change and Local Government
I am glad that Local Government has levers that can reduce emissions and slow climate change.
Circular Economy
23 May 2022
Prioritising design in a Circular Economy
Would the maniac who designed the first plastic fruit sticker please stand up!
Circular Economy
20 April 2022
Recovered fines and recovered soil rules in NSW
NSW EPA has released the new draft Recovered Fines and Recovered Soils Resource Recovery Orders/Exemptions (RRO/E).
The good news first.
Circular Economy
12 April 2022
MRA feedback on the draft Northern Territory Circular Economy Strategy 2022-2027
The release of the Circular Economy Strategy 2022-2027 demonstrates the NT Government’s eagerness
to use circular economy (CE) to drive the NT economy and jobs.
Circular Economy
22 March 2022
Things everyone should know about waste and the Circular Economy
It always surprises me when governments announce waste/recycling policies which bear little resemblance to what is actually needed. But I blame myself.
Circular Economy
16 March 2022
Freeing Trevor to drive the circular bus
“We can achieve a Circular Economy by 2025” was the proposition in a debate run by the Young Professionals of WMRR. I chaired the “No” side. “No chance” we said (and won).
Circular Economy
19 October 2021
MRA’s cheat sheet on the Circular Economy
Our current economic model is pretty much a linear one: take (extract) - make (stuff) - waste (landfill). It treats resources as infinite and assumes the environment can absorb the waste. It is therefore unsustainable in the long run.
Circular Economy
14 October 2021
A day in the life of a Circular Economy consultant
People often ask “Is MRA doing any Circular Economy work?”.
The answer is “Plenty”.
Carbon
5 October 2021
Super-spreader landfills causing climate change
For more than ten years, MRA has been arguing for an “Organics Revolution” in Australia to remove organics from landfill.
Circular Economy
21 September 2021
Composting kit – Chicken or Egg
Which comes first, composting capacity or the commitment by Council to supply FOGO material?
Circular Economy
10 September 2021
Bring on the black bin- bin colour matters
Australia generates 316,000 tonnes of HDPE plastic per year. Most is landfilled. If every MGB in Australia was required to be black, that alone would absorb 258,000 t of HDPE by adding 10.4kg of recycled content to every MGB at every home.
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).
