Infrastructure

Greater Sydney will run out of landfill capacity by 2030 unless urgent action is taken.

Pictures speak a thousand words as they say. And what these pictures say, is that Greater Sydney will run out of landfill capacity sooner rather than later.

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

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.

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 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.

The burning issue isn’t how much plastic we make or use – it’s how much escapes into the environment. Global efforts such as the UN Plastics Treaty should prioritise building and funding effective containment systems to stop plastic leaking into nature. Actions to reduce plastic production should follow suit.

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.

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

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.