Enviroment ministers have agreed to phase out all waste exports by 2022.
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Councils make pledge on procuring recyclables
Southern Sydney councils will use their collective purchasing power to procure recycled materials from regional areas.
Govt weighs new green procurement targets
The federal Government is planning new green procurement targets for all levels of government.
Fund gives a boost to ‘circular economy’
Local government and the waste industry welcome the Victorian Government’s new scheme to develop markets for recyclable waste but say more investment is needed.
‘Crisis’ at the kerbside: groups seek federal action on waste, recycling
Recycled content would be a mandated component of government infrastructure projects under a new national plan put forward by the waste and recycling sectors.
Councils, industry call for national waste and recycling plan
Local government is scrambling to avoid a “recycling crisis” as China clamps down on accepting foreign waste, which threatens to derail councils’ collection of kerbside recycling, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.