Ellen Macarthur Foundation has released Circulytics which provides global capacity for every organisation that wants to accurately measure the full extent of its circularity with unprecedented clarity
Circulytics - measuring circularity
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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The year in review: A look at the NSW waste industry in 2019 https://lnkd.in/gfXPkke
This consultation document by COAG is to canvass the regulatory options to help action the commitment to phase out certain waste exports from July 2020 https://lnkd.in/g9K2d3H
In this video, the Director of NSW Circular, @UNSW Professor @VeenaSahajwalla, explains why we need a #circulareconomy and how the Network can help https://lnkd.in/gUtaD4V
The NSW government has commissioned the state's chief scientist to prepare a blueprint for a radically decarbonised economy that will lay the groundwork for the state to become a leader in clean energy exports and green technology
Kean asks for plan for NSW to lead green economy
NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean says the move will ensure NSW is not "left behind" in the move to renewable energy.
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Wish-cycling explained and a spotlight on one state's efforts to enhance a #circulareconomy
Too-hard basket? How we are rubbishing our kerbside recycling
There's a fundamental fault in the recycling process - us.
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This story showcases how science developed by our Director, @UNSW Prof @VeenaSahajwalla, in partnership with industry disruptor @dresdenvision, can turn waste into valuable new products and help create a #circulareconomy @UNSWScience
Meet one engineer helping people see the huge possibilities in the circular economy - Create
Veena Sahajwalla hopes her micro-recycling approach to e-waste, metals, plastics and more will produce a smarter and more sustainable society.
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A wonderful example of innovation to help manage #waste and create a #circulareconomy
One company is recycling plastic waste into railway sleepers - Create
Converting plastic and polystyrene into durable railway sleepers could help reduce waste – and show how vital engineers will be to a circular econom...
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A new sustainability guide from APCO on food packaging for Australian businesses following pressure from consumers, governments and the community to reduce the environmental impact of packaging https://lnkd.in/gbHkQUM
This December report provides the 2017–18 financial year baseline packaging consumption and recovery data for Australia, to inform the measurement of progress towards Australia’s 2025 National Packaging Targets https://lnkd.in/gFpT-Gc
NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean lays out the government’s objectives for its 20-year waste strategy
Tackling waste together: Matt Kean
NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean lays out the government’s objectives for its 20-year waste strategy.
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Technology from our Director Prof @VeenaSahajwalla and her SMaRT Centre team @UNSW @UNSWScience that can reform waste into new materials is closer to commercialisation thanks to new NSW government funding (check out the video)
Smart 'microrecycling' technology earns new funding
Technology from UNSW that can reform waste into new materials is closer to commercialisation thanks to new NSW government funding.
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Here is an updated publication of the Materials Circularity Indicator methodology by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation CE100 Co initiative https://lnkd.in/g6G3sns
Our collaborator @PlanetArk helps The Age with this fantastic spotlight on waste and the #circulareconomy in Victoria
Too-hard basket? How we are rubbishing our kerbside recycling
There's a fundamental fault in the recycling process - us.
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The new $100 million Australian Recycling Investment Fund is open for business to support projects that increase recycling rates, turn waste back into valuable products and encourage a #circulareconomy https://lnkd.in/gpQt2iH
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A Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry report details what it takes to create a #circulareconomy https://lnkd.in/gXZbkrT
The European Commission has just released the European Green Deal, a roadmap of key measures and policies ranging from ambitiously cutting emissions, to investing in cutting-edge research and innovation for a #circulareconomy https://lnkd.in/gp_-QJf
A new report has been published for the second Think Tank in our Materials Flow Deep Dive series held in conjunction with @ourSSROC and UNSW SMaRT https://lnkd.in/gtXrHzP
Congratulations to our Director @UNSW Prof @VeenaSahajwalla and her @UNSWScience team for winning a new grant to advance their #microrecyclingscience for #circulareconomy outcomes
NSW Physical Sciences Fund
Recipients of the inaugural NSW Physical Sciences Fund worth $5 million were announced on Tuesday 10 December by the NSW Minister Planning and Public ...
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A greenfield town where the conventional linear methods of managing waste, energy and transport have been substituted for creative closed loop systems intended to “design out waste” to create a local #circulareconomy
Queensland town plans to become Australia’s first circular economy
The Queensland town of Yarrabilba is expected to be the first circular economy community in the country but you wouldn’t guess it from walking d...
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Procurement and Supply Australasia (PASA) explain the role of procurement in helping to create a #circulareconomy
What Is Circular Procurement? - Procurement and Supply Australasia
Circular procurement stimulates demand for services and goods which deliver a circular economy.
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Cogent reasons why 'waste to energy' is not a solution for our waste/recycling or energy needs
Climate explained: seven reasons to be wary of waste-to-energy proposals
Burning non-recyclable waste to generate energy sounds like a great idea – but incineration plants need an ongoing waste stream to be viable, which ...
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A fantastic #circulareconomy initiative in Australia that will see waste plastic turned into a great new product
Can you take Australian waste, turn it into a product, and sell it to the world’s richest nation?
A little over a week ago, a Queensland-based company announced a deal with an unnamed North American giant for countless units of a product you’...
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See highlights from the first of three think tank sessions by NSW Circular – in partnership with the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) and the UNSW SMaRT Centre – to help develop a stronger #circulareconomy across the region https://lnkd.in/er-Ecy2
The NSW EPA has opened public consultation on the future use of general household waste, including Mixed Waste Organic Outputs and on a proposed transition funding package https://lnkd.in/gS6hy56
The NSW Productivity Commissioner has released a Discussion Paper titled ‘Kickstarting the productivity conversation’ which in part aims to support a #circulareconomy https://lnkd.in/gTTHg6Z
This Inquiry final report just published provides an overview of the Victorian recycling and waste management system, including some description of the cause and effect of what has become known as the recycling crisis https://lnkd.in/gwfReqE
Industry asks Federal Environment Minister to ban more waste stream exports to help build a #circulareconomy
NWRIC discusses implications of waste export bans on industry with Federal Environment Minister
The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (the 'Council') met with Commonwealth Environment Minister, the Honourable Sussan Ley MP at its...
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Just published today, 'Inquiry into recycling and waste management: final report' with its 46 recommendations and 33 findings for #circulareconomy solutions https://lnkd.in/ev25VsR
Submissions close today for a NSW Productivity Commission discussion paper 'Kickstarting the productivity conversation' which says 'a more productive economy means using resources more efficiently ... (for) a more #circulareconomy' https://lnkd.in/gE-HKYW
ABC Catalyst program has just screened an interview with our Director, @UNSW Prof @VeenaSahajwalla @UNSWScience who talks about the importance of finding new life for used materials to create a #circulareconomy
ABC Catalyst - Veena
This is "ABC Catalyst - Veena" by NSW Circular on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Excerpt from PM's BCA speech published 21 Nov: "...there is much more we will achieve through greater collaboration on a practical environmental agenda with the business community...realising a sustainable and truly #circulareconomy https://lnkd.in/gKTjXwD
Trevor Evans, the federal Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction, said today different states had taken “hugely divergent approaches” that in some instances were “fundamentally undermining” the creation of a strong onshore recycling industry
Federal government calls for greater 'harmony' in recycling
The federal government is leading calls for greater harmony between the states on recycling.
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Fed Dept of Environment has just released (late Nov) a discussion paper with a short submission time on COAG plans to ban exportation of waste plastic, paper, glass and tyres. Deadline 3 Dec so hurry https://lnkd.in/gQyJEfU
Our Director and @UNSW Prof @VeenaSahajwalla talks to Libbi Gorr on @ABC Radio about #circulareconomy solutions to reduce waste and enhance #recycling (listen from 1:10 min)
Weekends
Roll through your weekend in style.
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See one of our videos where Director @VeenaSahajwalla talks about an event collaboration to inspire entrepreneurs in relation to waste and materials https://lnkd.in/gUVtt_A
Published today in @manmonthly comments by our Director @VeenaSahajwalla: "This coordinated decision to ban the exporting of our recyclable materials...is a real game-changer...for the benefit of local industries."
COAG waste timeline puts emphasis on manufacturers
Manufacturers continue to have a growing role to play in ensuring that waste is diverted from landfill and used in the creation of new products.
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The new 2019 National Action Plan has targets and actions to guide investment and efforts to address impediments to a #circulareconomy and support businesses and households realise the full value of recyclable materials for more sustainable resource use https://lnkd.in/e8Y4Zjq
A New Zealand perspective on waste and #circulareconomy solutions that rightly do not support waste-to-energy incineration
Why municipal waste-to-energy incineration is not the answer to NZ's plastic waste crisis
Waste-to-energy incineration has been raised as a solution to the global plastic waste problem, but the technology adds pollution and greenhouse gas e...
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See this excerpt from an AFR story published today on a NSW Circular pilot project and the vision of our Director @VeenaSahajwalla https://lnkd.in/gtZVzXR
Some great tips here on #recycling from our collaborator @PlanetArk at the start of National Recycling Week which they started in 1996
5 most common recycling mistakes
We quizzed Australians to see what the biggest blunders are that Aussies make when it comes to recycling. Are you making any of these mistakes?
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Fed Enviro Min @sussanley says of the new waste export ban: "The next steps are ... how do we design what happens ... to bring this to life and make sure that we create that general re-manufacturing #circulareconomy across all of our waste streams?"
'Ambitious and expensive': Export bans on waste prompt pleas for federal funding
Export bans on a range of waste products will be introduced over a two-year period from the middle of 2020.
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Breaking news: Enviro Ministers agreed the bans of exporting our key waste recyclables will be all waste glass by July 2020, mixed waste plastics by July 2021, all whole tyres by December 2021, remaining waste products incl paper/cardboard by 0 June 2022
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Congrats to one of our partner stakeholders @ourSSROC @namoidougall for a commitment to prioritise recyclables in procurement and to use their collective power to procure recycled materials from regional areas to drive development of a #circulareconomy
Councils make pledge on procuring recyclables - Government News
Southern Sydney councils will use their collective purchasing power to procure recycled materials from regional areas.
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Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management Trevor Evans @TrevorEvansBne launches the national roll-out of a new battery and pen recycling scheme at Officeworks in the lead up to National Recycling Week https://lnkd.in/euCnANW
The chance to avoid more landfill and the rise of giant incineration plants, as per this 'spot on' op ed in @smh @9NewsAUS publications by enviro stalwart @angel4green of @totenviro and @BoomAlliance
This is D-Day for the nation's recycling crisis
A meeting of state and federal ministers on Friday will be of generational significance as Australia buries mountains of waste that should be recycled...
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Listen to some of the key stakeholders of NSW Circular including Minister @RobStokesMP, NSW Circular Chair @mmharding1412, @NSWCSE
Chief Scientist Hugh Durrant-Whyte and UNSW Sydney Chief of Strategic Initiatives Bran Black https://lnkd.in/g2TEsRe
NSW Circular is a network that brings together stakeholders from across Government, Industry, Research Organisations and Communities to find innovative solutions to reduce and reuse waste and materials and enhance sustainability.
It aims to contribute to the development of a circular economy – where waste is valued as a resource – by fostering a more sustainable approach to the design of goods and services, use of resources and management of waste. The Network is an initiative of the NSW Government with UNSW Sydney appointed as Host.
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Consultation Regulation Impact Statement Phasing out certain waste exports
This consultation document by COAG is to canvass the regulatory options to help action the commitment to phase out certain waste exports from July 2020 …
NSW Circular – Explainer #1
NSW Circular Director, UNSW Professor Veena Sahajwalla, explains why we need a circular economy and how the Network can help …
Report on Australian packaging & resource recovery data
This December report provides the 2017–18 financial year baseline packaging consumption and recovery data for Australia, to inform the measurement of progress towards Australia’s 2025 National Packaging Targets …
Circulatory indicators – an approach to measure circularity
An updated publication of the Materials Circularity Indicator methodology by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation CE100 Co initiative …
Newsletter – December
This is our latest newsletter that has been distributed to our to our subscribers …
Europe’s new European Green Deal
The European Commission has just released the European Green Deal, a roadmap of key measures and policies ranging from ambitiously cutting emissions, to investing in cutting-edge research and innovation …
Event report: Circular Economy Think Tank #2
Date: 13/12/2019
A new report has been published for the second Think Tank in our Materials Flow Deep Dive series held in conjunction with SSROC and UNSW …
Event workshop video highlight
See this video highlight from the first of three think tank sessions with SSROC to develop local circular economy solutions …
NSW EPA public consultation on the future use of waste
The NSW EPA has opened public consultation on the future use of general household waste, including Mixed Waste Organic Outputs and on a proposed transition funding package …
