NWRIC meets in nation’s capital
Members of the National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) met this week in Canberra with a full agenda including updates from state affiliates, Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction the Hon. Trevor Evans MP and representatives from the Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment.
NWRIC CEO Rose Read said it was a productive meeting with discussion of several government programs, policy matters, as well as NWRIC’s current project on recovered material specifications.
“Departmental representatives provided information on the progress of the Waste Export Bans and the Recycling Modernisation Fund as well as actions to drive greater government procurement of recycled materials and food waste for healthy soils off the back of the recent Federal budget.