Circular Economy
23 May 2022
Would the maniac who designed the first plastic fruit sticker please stand up!
Circular Economy
20 April 2022
NSW EPA has released the new draft Recovered Fines and Recovered Soils Resource Recovery Orders/Exemptions (RRO/E).
The good news first.
Circular Economy
22 March 2022
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
“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).
Grants
4 January 2022
Remanufacture NSW Round 2, a $13.5m grant program, is open for applications. The program will support the NSW resource recovery industry to boost recycling capacity for materials impacted by the waste export ban.
Grants
15 November 2021
The NSW Government has created a $10 million fund to reduce landfilling of solar panels and battery systems. Phase 1 of the Circular Solar grants program (trial phase) awarded $1.1 million in funding for eligible trial projects.
Circular Economy
19 October 2021
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
People often ask “Is MRA doing any Circular Economy work?”.
The answer is “Plenty”.
Grants
11 October 2021
The NSW Government has created a $10 million fund to reduce landfilling of solar panels and battery systems. Phase 1 of the Circular Solar grants program (trial phase) awarded $1.1 million in funding for eligible trial projects.
FOGO
28 September 2021
The NSW EPA announced Round 9 of the Organics Collection Household stream grant program which aims to divert food and garden waste from landfill and redirect it to organics processing facilities.
Circular Economy
21 September 2021
Which comes first, composting capacity or the commitment by Council to supply FOGO material?
Grants
15 September 2021
The NSW EPA announced Round 9 of the Organics Infrastructure: Stream 1 - Processing Infrastructure Grant.