Careers
4 November 2024
To join and support our growing consulting team, we are looking for a recent graduate or professional with 1-3 years of relevant experience to join our team in Sydney.
Careers
4 November 2024
We are looking for an Environmental Planer or Senior Environmental Planner with at least 3-5 years experience to join our planning and approvals team in our Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne or Perth offices.
Policy
20 September 2019
For every job in landfill we create 3 jobs in recycling. For every 10,000t of waste we landfill we generate 3 landfill jobs vs 9.2 recycling jobs. Mike Ritchie explains how recycling can help grow regional jobs.
Waste
20 April 2016
By Mike Ritchie – Director, MRA Consulting Group On 16 February 2016, the Australian population reached 24 million people. Waste generation rates are a function of population growth, the level of urbanisation and per capita income[i] and Australians now produce about 50 million tonnes of waste each year, averaging over 2 tonnes per person. There […]
Waste
10 March 2015
Australia generates 48 MT/year of waste (latest National Waste Data Report 2014). In the period 1997-2012 our population rose by 22% but waste generation increased by 145%. There are more of us and we generate more waste per person, each year. On the positive side, recycling is growing at a faster rate and since 2005 […]