Waste is a design flaw. It shouldn’t exist.
For too long successive Australian governments have laid the responsibility for change at the feet of public consumers - but to change the way we tackle waste, we need to change the system that creates it and move to a circular economy.
In a circular economy, everything is built for its end-of-life purpose and everything has value.
Our vision for a circular economy will create thousands of new green jobs in recycling, research and development, and manufacturing, while cleaning up our environment and protecting our oceans.
Did you know?
Action on waste is action on climate. Plastic production makes up 45% of the petrochemical sector, which is projected to account for over a third of growth in oil demand by 2030, and remain one of the biggest drivers of oil extraction over coming decades (source: International Energy Agency)
Our plan to build a circular economy will:
- Provide $1 billion for a nationwide compostable processing scheme, supporting local councils to build industrial compostable facilities
- Legislate a national approach to phasing out key single-use plastics by 2025 and container deposit schemes
- Mandate national packaging targets in law
- Invest $500 million over 5 years into infrastructure and programs to reboot recycling
- Support a Global Plastics Treaty
- Ban industrial incineration of solid waste
- Invest $50 million in waste avoidance and reduction research
- Support the right to repair to minimise e-waste
Add your voice and join the campaign for a circular economy.