Australian Waste Industry Event Takes Place 2019-05-24 13:49:42 MRA Consulting Makes a Splash at Coffs Waste 2019 Conference The Coffs Waste 2019 conference has been and gone, running from 14-16 May at Opal Cove Resort in Coffs Harbour. As always, it was a well attended conference. read more ...
Monetary Benefit Orders Could Sting Waste Facilities Operating Above Capacity 2019-04-17 14:22:40 BLOG: New Rules to Confiscate Profits from Environmental Breaches in NSW, Australia Matt Hyatt, Senior Environmental Consultant at Australian firm MRA Consulting Group explains the amended New South Wales regulations to formally detail the method for calculating Monetary Benefit Orders which will confiscate profits gained from breaking environmental laws. read more ...
Commercial Organics Recycling - Success Some Way Off 2019-03-29 13:08:43 BLOG: Mike Ritchie on Australia’s Potential to Boost Organic Waste Recycling MRA’s Mike Ritchie explains that organics recycling, both at the household and commercial level, represent a significant opportunity for resource recovery. read more ...
MRA’s Mike Ritchie Calls for More Sorting of Mixed C&I Waste in Australia 2018-09-26 21:49:10 BLOG: Bingo Acquisition of DADI Could Open Up C&I Sorting Capacity in Australia Mike Ritchie explains that the potential to improve C&I recycling rates in Australia is very high and as a sector, it underperforms in the race to achieve a 70% recovery rate. read more ...
AU$70/tonne General Waste Levy Proposed 2018-06-08 12:37:36 Consultation Paper on Waste & Recycling in Queensland, Australia In Australia the Queensland Government released for public consultation a directions paper on the State’s recycling and waste industry. read more ...
Reintroduction of Landfill Levy Could Cut 20,000 Truck Journeys 2018-04-12 14:26:21 Australian Industry Welcomes Queensland Action on Interstate Waste The waste and recycling industry has strongly welcomed the reintroduction of a waste levy in Queensland, Australia to grow recycling in the state and limit the movement of over 1 million tonnes of waste from Sydney. read more ... BLOG: Aussie MRFs & Councils Set to Feel Pinch of Chinese National Sword Policy 2018-02-16 14:53:31 2018 - A Year of Pain for Australian Material Recycling Facilities China’s National Sword policy has far reaching consequences for very many countries. Mike Ritchie explains the impact for Australian councils, waste managers and recyclers. read more ... BLOG: Success for Albury City Council’s Halve Waste initiative 2017-12-13 14:41:08 VIDEO: Lessons from Australia’s Most Successful Waste Reduction Scheme In New South Wales the Albury Waste Management Centre includes the fourth largest landfill in the state. Mike Ritchie explains how its Halve Waste initiative has become the most successful waste reduction program in Australia. read more ... Waste Industry Excellence Award in New South Wales, Australia 2017-11-13 19:59:08 Organics Recycling Award for Albury City Council and the Halve Waste Initiative The NSW Australian Organics Recycling Association (AORA) Annual awards have recognised Albury City Council for its considerable achievements in implementing a FOGO service for residents in Albury and neighbouring councils. read more ... The Lowdown from Down Under on Food and Garden Organics 2017-07-31 10:41:39 GUEST BLOG: The Case for Organics - Laying out the FOGO Challenges and Benefits With Australian waste generation increasing rapidly Virginia Brunton explains the basics for behind transferring residual organics into the Garden Organics service to create a service known as FOGO. read more ... Charlotte Wang Explains Where Recycling Firms Fit into the Systems 2017-05-31 10:47:20 IN DEPTH: New South Wales’ Container Deposit Scheme in a Nutshell In New South Wales, Australia Friday 17th March, marked the deadline for tender submissions to operate the NSW Container Deposit Scheme. Charlotte Wang explains what happens next… read more ... NSW Gets Ready to Implement Container Deposit Schemes 2017-05-23 10:14:53 Organic Waste and Reverse Vending Big Hits at Australia’s Waste 2017 Conference MRA Consulting’s Charlotte Wang reports from Australia’s Waste 2017 Conference where she visited 45 exhibitors to get a feel for what’s up and coming in the waste collection and processing sector. read more ...
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