Infrastructure
20 July 2021
New rules for all waste facilities in Victoria
As of 1 July 2021 resource recovery facilities in Victoria are captured under new Environment Protection Regulations. Facilities that trigger the requirements must apply by October 2021 for a licence or permit or by 2 January 2022 if the activity needs a registration. If you do not make an application, you can no longer operate.
Circular Economy
30 June 2021
Organic waste should not get preference in landfills
A response to Sam Bateman’s “Is landfill part of the circular economy?”
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.
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.
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.
Circular Economy
24 December 2020
Reviewing the Review From Rubbish to Resources – Building a Circular Economy
Karinne Taylor critically reviews the House Committee on Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources report “From Rubbish to Resources: Building a Circular Economy”.
EfW
6 October 2020
Mike Ritchie speaks to Kevin Warner about waste and EfW in Australia
MRA’s Mike Ritchie was interviewed by Kevin Warner on waste in Australia, the current landscape for energy from waste and what the road ahead looks like.
Circular Economy
10 June 2020
2 years since Asia stopped taking our recycling. Where do we stand?
It is more than two years since China National Sword and the limitations on export to Asian recycling nations, kicked in.
Recycling has not collapsed but it has taken some pretty big hits. So where are we up to now?
Grants
4 June 2020
Alternative Waste Technology transition package
$24 million in funding has been released to support NSW local councils and the Alternative Waste Treatment (AWT) industry to transition away from MWOO following the 2018 EPA revocation of the order and exemption allowing MWOO application to land.
Carbon
26 May 2020
Creating economic wealth from emissions reduction – a case study of recycling
The waste and recycling industry contributes close to 3% of Australia’s direct emissions. However, recycling abates much more by capturing the embodied energy of the recovered materials.
We can create a more sustainable Australia by reducing emissions, increasing recycling and growing new green jobs.
Circular Economy
24 April 2020
Rebuild after COVID-19: All governments should ban organics to landfill
Organics to landfill make up more than half of all waste to landfill in Australia. They are also responsible for a fair amount of the waste sector's GHG emissions.
How can we create environmental benefits and stimulate the economic growth sorely needed post COVID-19?
EfW
21 February 2020
Gasification: Are smaller distributed WtE systems the solution for municipal solid waste in urban Australia?
Could smaller scale be a viable and preferred alternative for metropolitan Australia instead of larger scale incinerators and challenge the misconception of WtE facilities being “big hungry beasts”?
