The
Australian Recycling Values Net Benefits Study
ACOR in conjunction with the Commonwealth
Department of Environment and Water Resources, commissioned a
study to quantify the environmental, economic and social
benefits of the resource recovery sector to the Australian
Community. July 2008.
ACOR is a member of the Working Group who
engaged Hyder Consulting to undertake a comprehensive
independent analysis of the market size, material flows, costs
and revenues of the existing management systems for refillable
LPG cylinders used in leisure markets.
Call for
National Fluorescent Light Recycling Program
ACOR has called on the Federal Government to
ban fluorescent tubes and bulbs from landfill given they contain
mercury and support a national recycling program. ARA, a ACOR
member company has a recycling plant in Victoria capable of
recycling 100% of all fluorescent lights sold in Australia yet
the facility is currently receiving less then 1%. For further
information refer to the attached Letter to Federal Environment
Minister, ACOR press release and ABC TV news program.
WASTE 06 Waste Avoidance And
Resource Recovery Conference,
Coffs Harbour March 2006
ACOR's CEO Anne Prince presented a paper titled "The Need for
Reform" at the above conference. To view the PowerPoint
presentation, please click
here
Market
Based Instruments
Rewarding recycling requires the establishment
of a market for environmental services in the Resource Recovery
Industry Sector. Such a market would provide the conditions
necessary for investment by the private sector to meet the
ambitious government recycling targets. ACOR engaged Hyder
Consulting to prepare a discussion paper on market based
instruments in the context of waste and resource recovery in
Australia - using NSW as a particular example- where large
quantities need to be diverted from landfill if State Government
targets are to be achieved.
"Time to dump waste management
strategy"
IW Magazine, April/May 2006 -
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"The Case for Market Based
Instruments"
IW Magazine, Dec 2005/Jan 2006 -
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"Market based instruments driving a waste
management revolution in the UK" IW Magazine, Oct/ Nov 2005 - click here to download
"Issues and Challenges Facing the
Resource Recovery Sector"
IW Magazine, June/July 2005 -
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"Issues and Challenges Facing the
Resource Recovery Sector"
IW Magazine, March/April 2005 -
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"Issues and Challenges Facing the
Resource Recovery Sector"
IW Magazine, Nov/Dec 2004 -
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"In the Loop" - Battle for the
Backyard impedes Resource Recovery WME Magazine, October 2004 -
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"Issues and Challenges Facing the
Resource Recovery Sector"
IW Magazine, Sept/Oct 2004 -
click here to download
Launch of Australia's Industry Recycling Materials
Specifications Manual
ACOR with
funding from the National Packaging Covenant Transitional
Arrangements Program has developed an Industry Recycling
Materials Specification Manual. The Manualfeatures:
Kerbside
Recycling Specifications for Post-Consumer Materials
The Manufacturers’ Recycling Guides are designed
to
ensure labels, closures and glue’s do not impact
on effective recycling of containers
and includes the following:
Copies of the
manual are available on CD by contacting our office
admin@acor.org.au or to view the specifications, click on
the Materials Specifications link.
