On 9 August 2019 at the meeting of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), Australia’s First Ministers agreed Australia should establish a timetable to ban the export of waste plastic, paper, glass and tyres, while building Australia’s capacity to generate high value recycled commodities and associated demand.
While batteries are not part of this immediate agenda, ABRI will be submitting a short submission to ensure that we convey our key messages regarding export. Primary that ABRI supports onshore recycling where there is capacity and variable markets for the materials.
ABRI members are encouraged to submit their own perspectives to the government and to let us know if there are any pressing issues they would like us to convey in our submission. Feedback to ABRI will be needed by January 28th in order for us to prepare our submission.
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