Circular Economy

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).

Kerbside FOGO collection and processing to compost is gaining steam around Australia. So, what is the optimal bin configuration?

A response to Sam Bateman’s “Is landfill part of the circular economy?”

From 1 July 2021, all plastic exports will require a licence from the Commonwealth and mixed (unsorted) plastic exports are banned.

The NSW Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy 2041: (Stage 1 – 2021-2027) has endorsed diversion of organic waste from landfill to deliver substantive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from NSW landfills.

A number of resource recovery sector grants are currently open in South Australia.

A number of resource recovery sector grants are currently open in NSW, Victoria and nationally.

The single biggest greenhouse gas emissions decision you will make as Mayor, is “Are we still sending organic waste to landfill?”

The Australian and NSW governments have developed Remanufacture NSW to support organisations to respond to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) ban on the export of glass, plastic, tyres and paper/cardboard wastes and to enable a transition to a circular economy for waste export ban materials.

A number of resource recovery sector grants are currently open in NSW and Victoria.

A number of Australia wide resource recovery sector grants are currently open.

Karinne Taylor critically reviews the House Committee on Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources report “From Rubbish to Resources: Building a Circular Economy”.