International Markets for Recyclables & How they impact our Policy and Practice

Grant MusgroveEmail: grantm@acor.org.auTwitter:@grantmusgrove

Australia: Increasing Waste Generation

Global Waste Generation

Secondary Commodity Composite Index

China Excess Capacity

Excess Steel Capacity

Oil milestone & Fracking50% of oil from fracking

Correlation between Oil Price and Plastic Price

International ContextEurope

Waste Policy & Legislation

Waste Framework Directive Landfill Directive Packaging Directive Circular Economy Package

A common EU target for recycling 65% of municipal waste by 2030

A common EU target for recycling 75% of packaging waste by 2030

A binding landfill target to reduce landfill to maximum of 10% of municipal waste by 2030

China: Cleaner Production Law• A ban on the production & use of

excessive packaging• Packaging required to contain no more

than 3 layers • Packaging Master Plan to restrict, recover,

recycle & reuse all packaging materials

What does it mean to Australia? 1. National Waste Strategy2. Green Procurement Policy/ Market Development Strategies

3. Real Product Stewardship

4. Levy reform and alignment

5. Anti-dumping enforcement