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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Council workshops to inform statewide recycling procurement
Councils across Victoria participated in online workshops to help us understand their recycling services needs and infrastructure requirements as part of a statewide procurement project... Posted: 28 October 2020
MWRRG guides councils to deliver recycling plans
All councils and alpine resorts across the state have submitted draft plans to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) to show how they will transition their kerbside... Posted: 28 October 2020
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
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