The Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group supports Melbourne’s 31 metropolitan councils to work with their communities to minimise waste and maximise resource recovery.
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Not all rubbish is rubbish
The average rubbish bin contains materials that could be put to better use than burying it in the ground and, understanding what’s inside our rubbish bins is just as important as predicting how much rubbish we will produce. This is to ensure the technology and scale of a new advanced waste solution is appropriate.
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The average rubbish bin contains materials that could be put to better use than burying it in the ground and, understanding what’s inside our rubbish bins is just as important as predicting how much rubbish we will produce. This is to ensure the technology and scale of a new advanced waste solution is appropriate. Posted: 7 October 2020
Forum briefed on proposed waste Act and authority model
Over 100 people attended an online update on the Victorian Government’s proposed model for a new waste Act and waste authority on 15 September... Posted: 21 September 2020
Supporting councils to plan introduction of four bin system
We have worked with all metropolitan councils to ensure they successfully registered their intent to develop a plan to transition to the new Recycling Victoria four bin system, which includes... Posted: 25 August 2020
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