The Federal and NSW Labor governments are co-investing $11 million to transform the recycling industry in NSW.
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Nine new projects will create almost 100 jobs and improve recycling infrastructure across metropolitan and regional NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The projects boost NSW\u2019s ability to remanufacture plastic, paper, cardboard and tyres and will increase waste processing capacity by more than 20,000 tonnes each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The funding round has been strongly supported by industry which will contribute an additional $18.5 million to these important projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All Australian environment ministers have committed to working with industry to design out waste and pollution, keep materials in use, and foster markets for a circular economy by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Federal Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek MP said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLabor wants to see a circular economy in Australia \u2013 more local jobs to support recycling, and less waste going to landfill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe know that for every 1 job in landfill there are 3 jobs in recycling. Every bit of rubbish that ends up in landfill is a missed opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe also know people want to do the right thing and recycle their waste. This funding is supporting new recycling infrastructure as well as helping regional communities in NSW recycle more of their waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe want to better protect nature and reverse decline for our kids and grandkids \u2013 and that takes all levels of government working together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Minister for the Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Heritage Penny Sharpe MLC said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe 9 businesses receiving this support are playing an instrumental role in our transition to a circular economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese industry leaders will allow NSW to recycle more waste and use less plastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s not only a win for the NSW recycling industry but for our economy, creating almost 100 jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe NSW Government is committed to reducing plastic waste to protect our natural environment and reduce harm to our marine animals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more about the Recycling Modernisation Fund at the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Waterlaunch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more about Remanufacture NSW at NSW Environment and Heritage.launch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Federal and NSW Labor governments are co-investing $11 million to transform the recycling industry in NSW. Nine new projects will create almost 100 jobs and improve recycling infrastructure across metropolitan and regional NSW. The projects boost NSW\u2019s ability to remanufacture plastic, paper, cardboard and tyres and will increase waste processing capacity by more than … Continue reading “$11 million to boost recycling in NSW”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21863,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21862\/revisions\/21863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}