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Australia is getting better at managing waste, but are we actually becoming more circular? The latest national waste data highlights the progress being made in recycling, while also revealing how much of the Circular Economy still happens after something has already become waste.

Waste to energy projects often start with the wrong question. Someone sees an anaerobic digester, a gasifier, a pyrolysis plant or another piece of impressive technology and asks “Can we get one of those?” Technology is tangible. It gives a project something to point at, price and potentially fund. It even positions you for a grant or the latest exciting PR opportunity. The better question is much less photogenic “What exactly is the problem we are trying to solve?” The techn

Circular Economy has been a key point of discussion in the waste and resources sector for a long time now. We want to keep materials in use for longer. We are trying to describe exactly how we move from a linear “take, make, waste” model to something genuinely circular. The 3 R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle) are now the 9 R’s and there are tools available to help find out how to make things more circula - Jan Konietzko’s Circularity Deck. There is a key missing piece though. Our

Almost 40 tonnes of waste coffee grounds sounds like a circular-economy opportunity. But when waste becomes a resource, compliance travels with it. This article looks at what the Neutrog case reveals about approvals, operational controls, stockpiles and environmental compliance.

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