Landfill
20 November 2023
Open letter to Leanne Linard QLD Minister for Environment
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 on 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 on 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.
Infrastructure
6 April 2023
The Draft Western Australian Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan 2023 is out and open for comment until 23 June 2023. This is a significant milestone and a valuable template for other States. Â
litter
13 March 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.
Policy
28 February 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 starting with the longest lived and most pervasive one.
Recycling
21 December 2022
We have a national average contamination rate in the yellow lid bin of about 12%.Â
Infrastructure
12 December 2022
The Auditor General’s Report on the effectiveness of the National Waste Policy Action Plan has found that it sets the right targets but is poorly enacted at all levels of government.
Circular Economy
2 December 2022
By: Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group In 2019, Australia’s environment ministers and the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) agreed to the National Waste Policy and Action Plan (NWPAP). For the first time, all Governments were committing to collective action on recycling, waste management and the creation of a more Circular Economy. Our governments finally agreed […]
Climate Change
16 November 2022
The NSW EPA has released the draft Climate Change Policy and Action Plan that aims to set the framework for halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 (from 2005 levels), zeroing emissions by 2050, and improving NSW’s resilience to climate change impacts.