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2024

Recycled content in packaging: Leveling the playing field for Australian recyclers
December 2024

Plastic recycling and regulations in Australia: Storage, handling and the impacts on the viability of plastic recycling in Australia
November 2024

ACOR Submission: Productivity Commission inquiry into the circular economy
November 2024

ACOR Submission: Reform of packaging regulation
October 2024

Australian waste and recycling industry joint call to action: A national response to battery fires
October 2024

ACOR Submission: Victorian household waste and recycling service standard
August 2024

ACOR & WCRA Industry survey: Battery fires in waste & recycling
June 2024

Inquiry into waste reduction and recycling policies
April 2024

Priorities for nationally harmonised Container Deposit Schemes
April 2024

Recyclers in Product Stewardship
April 2024

ACOR Pre-Budget Submission, 2024–25
January 2024

2024

Australian Waste and Recycling Industry Joint Call to Action: A National Response to Battery Fires
October 2024

ACOR Submission: Victorian household waste and recycling service standard
August 2024

ACOR & WCRA Industry survey: Battery fires in waste & recycling
June 2024

Inquiry into waste reduction and recycling policies
April 2024

Priorities for nationally harmonised Container Deposit Schemes
April 2024

Recyclers in Product Stewardship
April 2024

ACOR Pre-Budget Submission, 2024–25
January 2024

2023

A Burning Issue: Navigating the battery crisis in Australia's recycling sector
December 2023

National Resource Recovery Framework proposal
November 2023

A circular economy for soft plastics in Australia
September 2023

Fact Sheet: Economic Contribution of the Australian Recycling Industry
May 2023

Economic Contribution of the Australian Recycling Industry
May 2023

Standards to facilitate the use of recycled material in road construction
May 2023

2022

ACOR Submission: Waste Exports Cost Recovery consultation
December 2022

An Australian Recyclers Accreditation Program
November 2022

ACOR Report: Australian Recycling Infrastructure, Capacity and Readiness (Plastic and Paper)
June 2022

ACOR Submission: NSW Resource Recovery Framework
May 2022

Gearing Up for a Circular Economy: Actions to Unleash a Booming Australian Recycling Sector
March 2022

2021

ACOR 2022 Three Year Strategy
December 2021

Discussion Paper: The Evolving Relationship between Clean Energy and Waste
April 2021

Recycling and Waste Management Research
March 2021

2020

Analysis of State and Territory Waste Strategy Targets
November 2020

Discussion Paper: Policy Incentives to Support Recycling Markets in Australia
October 2020

Audit and Review of Packaging Environmental Labelling and Claims
August 2020

This Week in Recycling Reforms
July 2020

An Overview of Industry Confidence
April 2020

ACOR Recycling Sector and COVID-19 Assessment Survey
April 2020

2019

ACOR Recycling Grants Analysis
January 2019

Public Procurement of Road Building Materials - Research into Recycled Content
March 2019

Mandatory Product Stewardship Schemes Briefing
February 2019

ACOR Agenda 2019
January 2019

2018

Western Sydney Waste Management: Capacity, Needs and Infrastructure
December 2018

ACOR Submission to APCO "Toward 2025" Consultation Paper
November 2018

ACOR Research on Community Views About Recycling
April 2018

ACOR 10-Point-Plan for Results Based Recycling
January 2018

2017

Waste and Recycling Industry Fire Forum Report
August 2017

Victorian Landfill Levy Report
April 2017

2016

Australia is Losing the Recycling Race
June 2016

The Circular Economy: A Resource Recovery Industry Perspective
March 2016

2015

Australian Scrap Market Analysis
November 2015

Economic Effects of the South Australian Solid Waste Levy
July 2015