Australian Council of Recycling
The Australian recycling industry is one of our country's growth industries, supporting a more sustainable economy, whilst directly employing over 20,000 people and indirectly creating almost 35,000 jobs. The industry consists of hundreds of businesses, including some of the Australia's largest companies, involved in the collection, sorting and processing of recovered materials for re-use. Whether in the home, the office or the factory, recycling is a part of everyday life, with more than 95% of Australians recycling.
Purpose of ACOR
The purposes of ACOR are:
Purpose of ACOR
The purposes of ACOR are:
- to encourage governments, industry and the community to take actions that promote resource recovery, recycling and optimise the profitable recovery and recycling of secondary materials.
- to facilitate the removal of barriers to economic and sustainable recycling and promote changes to legislation and government policies where such changes will benefit members.
- to encourage uniformity of government policy nationally in relation to resource recovery and recycling and promote policies which are non-perspective in nature and equitable in outcomes in order to open up opportunities to effectively reintroduce secondary materials for reuse.
- to maximise the opportunity of substituting recycled materials for virgin raw materials and closing the recycling loop through members producing a range of quality recycled raw materials, in accordance with locally and internationally recognised and developed materials specifications.
Vision & Mission
ACOR's vision is to be:
- an active and influential national peak industry body providing professional representation for the diverse needs of its members throughout Australia
- a lead national body guiding Australia towards a circular economy
- an acknowledge leader in developing policy to guide and promote efficient and sustainable resource use through the positive development of the resource recovery and recycling industry in Australia
- acknowledge as representing an industry which provides social and environmental benefits and contributes strongly to Australia's sustainable economy
- lead Australia towards a circular economy- cradle to cradle
- maximise resource efficiency and sustainable materials management across the Australian and global economies by advancing the resource recovery and recycling industry in Australia and
- promote a sustainable production and consumption through the development of industrial ecology
- encourage all levels of government, industry and the Australian community to take actions that promote resource recovery, recycling and optimise the profitable recovery and recycling of secondary materials
- contribute to discussion and decision-making in order to influence government policy on behalf of ACOR members
- provide the pre- eminent peak industry forums/ workshops/ conferences to access and exchange information, expertise and views relevant to the resource recovery and recycling industry.