China National Sword - Australia's Recycling Challenge

In 2018 the Chinese Government introduced a new set of rules that tightened the specifications on the importataion of recyclables. That decision resulted in unprecedented attention and debate on the sector from all levels of government, the media and commentators globally, resulting in many challenges for existing recycling systems.

In terms of what this means for Australia, 18 months along what has changed and how has that decision impacted our behaviour and in the way recyclables are now being managed. Rick talks with industry professional and leading industry expert Nick Harford from Equilibrium about what that decision changed in terms of our ongoing recycling performance

Lesley Van Stavern founder of ReGen Plastics and the Commitee for Waste Reduction provides an insight to plastics recycling in Far North Queensland and how businesses are working together to reduce waste, educate the community and making a real difference to diverting and using secondary materials.

In part 2 of our Chinese National Sword and the impacts of this chinese government policy direction, SwordRick Ralph chats with Nick Harford of Equilibrium about how far have we come in terms of managing this emerging challenge to Australia's recycling system.

We discuss the challenges and opportunities that have now arisen result COAG's decision on introducing recycloables export bans and the future business decisions that now arise result this new policy direction