Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia

Batteries in bins means fires in our waste and resource recovery (WARR) infrastructure. 🔋in 🗑 =🔥 This fire in the Adelaide Hills yesterday caused at least $150,000 worth of damage to the East Waste - Eastern Waste Management Authority collection vehicle. Congratulations to the driver for their quick actions to save the truck from being completely destroyed. WMRR reiterates the message to the community that batteries - whether in a product or loose - don't belong in any kerbside bins. Please return them to nearest battery collection point. We again call on all state governments to address the gap in the system which leaves items with embedded batteries no safe collection and disposal pathway. Those that make these products really must take these products back! Faced without a safe disposal pathway, consumers are incorrectly disposing of vapes and other battery powered items in the nearest bin, where they pose a major fire risk for essential WARR workers, vehicles and facilities – and as can be seen in this vision - especially when crushed. In addition to the cost caused by the fire damage, it is also forcing up insurance premiums. NSW has established a safe collection and disposal trial across 21 community recycling centres and South Australia has committed to announcing a collection system shortly, but what about the remaining states? They and our infrastructure and workers are not immune from this problem. The WARR industry needs urgent action from the remaining states and territories and we need to see real tangible action from all environment ministers on this crisis when they meet in December - no more kicking the can down the road - particularly with a Federal Election coming early 2025. Our workers deserve to be safe too. Rob Gregory Gayle Sloan #wmrr #warr #dontbinbatteries #batterysafety #batteryrecycling #recycling #embeddedbatteries

🚨 We are delighted to announce Minister for the Environment The Hon Penny Sharpe MLC will be joining us at the end of the NSW Waste and Resource Recovery Forum on Thursday 31 October 2024 to say a few words and network. 🚨 Registrations close on Monday 28 October 2024. Secure your place here: https://lnkd.in/ggpmG2_z #warr #wmrr #circulareconomy #waste #recycling #sustainability #environment #landfill #resourcerecovery

The Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia congratulates the winners of the inaugural 2024 Resource Recovery Awards: ♻ Resource Recovery Facility Award – Re.Cycle for the Sunshine Coast Material Recovery Facility ♻ Resource Recovery Innovation (or Project) Award – PORT PIRIE REGIONAL COUNCIL for its Weekly FOGO Transition    Garth Lamb of Re.Group accepted the Facility Award for Re.Cycle Sunshine Coast (a partnership with Sunshine Coast Council). Port Pirie Regional Council were unable to attend, so the Innovation Award was accepted on their behalf by judge Mitchell Bacon from ResourceCo. Pictured with the trophy are project partners Wendy Bevan from KESAB environmental solutions, Josh Hull from Cleanaway Waste Management and Kristian Le Gallou of Rawtec. The awards, which are part of the first ever Australian Resource Recovery Conference, recognise and honour those across industry striving to achieve our national 2030 resource recovery targets. The WARR industry is taking the opportunity of recognising those in our own industry leading the way investing heavily, recovering more, extending the life of resources, mitigating carbon and making lasting change for the community, business and the planet all while growing domestic green jobs. Thank you to all those who nominated facilities and projects for the awards and a special thanks to judges Mitchell Bacon, Kelly Howlett AM JP and Tiana Nairn FGLF. https://lnkd.in/eTfEmg6a #wmrr #warr #resourcerecovery #sustainability #greenjobs #circulareconomy #recycling #recovery

Registrations close this Friday for the inaugural NSW Waste and Resource Recovery Forum on Thursday 31 October 2024 at the Mercure Sydney.   The full day program features presentations from #government and #industry experts on the #opportunities and #challenges facing the NSW #waste and #resourcerecovery industry on its path to 80% by 2030. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from and directly engage with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA)’s CEO Tony Chappel, A/Executive Director Strategy and Policy Asela Atapattu and A/Director Circular Economy Policy Phoebe Ashe.   The event will also include three (3) panel discussions: 🌏 Creating the settings for success with ResourceCo's Henry Anning, Steven Head from Hornsby Shire Council, Tribe Infrastructure Group's Edward Nicholas and Scott Ryall from Rimor Equity Research. 🌏 The role of EfW in NSW featuring NSW EPA's Asela Atapattu, Preet Brar from Cleanaway Waste Management, Veolia's Phil C., and Jennifer Hughes from Beatty Hughes & Associates. 🌏 Council procurement in 2025 and beyond with Katherine Driscoll from Impact Environmental Consulting Pty Ltd, Blacktown City Council's Nicole Greenwood, and Re.Group 's Garth Lamb. Secure your place today.  https://lnkd.in/ggpmG2_z #wmrr #warr #recycling #zerowaste #sustainability #greenjobs #emissions #environment

The inaugural Australian Resource Recovery Conference is underway at Adelaide Convention Centre with an opening address from South Australian Deputy Premier and Minister for Climate, Environment and Water The Hon Dr Susan Close MP. Over two (2) huge days, #ARRC24 will explore how Australia makes it to 80% resource recovery by demonstrating that #recycled #products must replace those made of #virgin #materials. It will also highlight #innovation in this area and the need for support across the entire value chain to stop placing environmentally harmful #chemicals and poorly designed products on the market so we can safely recover materials and further support the #remanufacturing industry in Australia. #wmrr #warr #recycling #resoourcerecovery #Adelaide #SouthAustralia #Australia #circulareconomy #sustainability #environment #design Henry Anning Preet Brar Alex Hatherly Garth Lamb Gayle Sloan

Did you know there are 7.6 million tonnes of food waste each year in Australia, accounting for around 3% of the country’s #carbon emissions? If food waste was a country, the #emissions would be third to only China and United States. WMRR is excited this issue is being tackled by End Food Waste Australia who have launched a behaviour change campaign, called The Great Unwaste, to highlight the problem and provide practical #solutions, especially for #households which account for more food waste than any other part of the supply chain. Reducing food waste by buying only what we need and making sure we use it is key to both reducing carbon emissions and saving money! Let’s buy just in time rather than just in case! Throwing away perfectly good #food is costing the #planet and the #pocket. It is estimated food waste costs households $2,500 a year. The waste and resource recovery industry has been calling for a national education campaign helping people to 'avoid' for years. WMRR has signed up to this campaign - have you? Please sign up to support this campaign and help get the message out. https://lnkd.in/g5bdebgU #wmrr #warr #foodwaste #sustainability #avoidance #compost #organics #recycling #

Conference to explore how Aust can reach 2030 waste target Read more: 👇👇 https://buff.ly/3XWq2Y5 Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia #sustainablelifestyle #fightclimatechange #wastefree #ecoconscious #sustainabledevelopment #reducewaste #sustainablity #sustainable #sustainableliving #Sustainability_matters

As part of the WMRR’s commitment to foster and support emerging talent across the waste and resource recovery industry, the Association delivers the Young Professionals Scholarship Program at our two (2) national conferences each year, providing those 36 years and under the opportunity to present to industry peers, with all expenses related to travel and registration covered. WMRR had a very competitive and extensive number of entries for this Conference, and we are thrilled to congratulate Alex Keyte Beattie from Tonkin + Taylor (T+T) as the scholarship winner for the inaugural Australian Resource Recovery Conference in Adelaide on 16-17 October 2024. Alex has been with the #environmental consultancy for nine (9) years across Australia and New Zealand and in the waste, resource recovery and circular economy team for four (4) years after studying environmental science at The University of Waikato – skills which come in handy on a daily basis in her current role. As Alex says ‘a lot of work in the industry comes down to managing environmental impacts.’ Her presentation, Resource Recovery in Remote Locations: Lessons from the Pacific, will draw on T+T’s work across Pacific Islands including the Marshall Islands, Chatham Islands, Niue and the Federated States of Micronesia, outlining how lessons from these projects can be translated to work in regional and remote Australia, and the importance of developing locally appropriate #solutions rather than replicating #systems and #processes from more densely populated areas which may not translate. She urges unconstrained thinking in identifying and making the most of opportunities afforded in remote locations that are not always possible in an urban setting. Alex will explain the importance of pragmatism, maximising local buy-in and utilising local strengths and #resources. In remote or isolated locations, she argues the key lessons are more about approach than the physical infrastructure and working ‘with’ the #community rather than ‘for’ the community. Make sure you register for the Australian Resource Recovery Conference to see Alex’s full presentation at 11.40am during the Regional and Remote Session on day two (2). Limited late registrations for #ARRC24 are still available today by emailing info@wmrr.asn.au or calling 02 8746 5000. #wmrr #warr #resourcerecovery #recycling #wastemanagement #zerowaste #carbon #greenjobs #ruralandregional #pacific #pacificislands #systemsthinking

🚨 Online registrations close today for the inaugural Australian Resource Recovery Conference in Adelaide on 16-17 October 2024. 🚨 Over two (2) days the conference will look at all #material streams and supporting #infrastructure, and explore the necessary #policy and #regulatory settings, infrastructure #planning, market #development, and the #technology available and/or needed to achieve the 2030 targets. Highlights include: 📣 Keynote panels and presentations featuring industry experts from across Australia. 💡 Eight (8) focused sessions covering policy and regulation; planning, infrastructure and investment; industry data and insights; product and market development; education and behaviour change; regional and remote case studies; technology and innovation; and recovery from disasters. 🗣 Opportunities to network at two (2) social functions - pre-conference networking drinks at the Merrymaker Rooftop Bar of Hotel Indigo and the official conference dinner at the historic Ayers House in the heart of Adelaide. Online registrations close today so do not delay! Discounts apply for WMRR members. Late registration fee applies from tomorrow. https://lnkd.in/gBD4gEJc #wmrr #warr #resourcerecovery #recycling #zerowaste #circulareconomy