WMRR talks about recycled materials during National Recycling Week
The Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR) is using National Recycling Week 2024 (11–17 November 2024) to encourage the community and business to actively choose to buy Australian recycled materials.
WMRR CEO Gayle Sloan said: “Recycling plays a vital role in protecting the environment, reducing the strain on the planet’s natural resources and cutting carbon emissions. Whilst the ideal is we do not create waste, the reality is we do. Of all the waste generated in Australia, 63% of it is recovered.
“Recycling does not stop at placing material in the correct bin. It starts and continues at the shelf with what we buy and keep buying, using, sharing and repairing,” Sloan said.
WMRR encourages the community, business and government to actively think about what they buy and how they can use less for longer.
“We must extend the life of materials by keeping them circulating for longer and valuing them in the same way we value new. Recycling the planet’s valuable resources and reducing demand on virgin materials and reducing emissions must always be the goal,” Sloan said.
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