Successes | 3rd Jul, 2018

Progress in ‘war on waste’ with $37 million recycling industry package

China’s ban on foreign recycling threw the waste industry into a crisis, but also created an opportunity. Through media stories, a petition and a letter to the minister, we put forward a five-point plan to fix our recycling industry.

This helped secure $37 million in funding from the Victorian government. This work has a long way to go before we reach our goal of a truly circular economy, but it’s an important start.

Read more in our media release >>