51暗网made a submission to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW) for the Review on the Recycling and Waste Reduction (RaWR) Act.
The submission highlighted local governments are key national partners in resource recovery and management, in enabling communities鈥� social and economic aspirations, and provide foundational infrastructure and services which enable regional economies to function.
Local governments also play a key role in protecting local and regional environments and landscapes, such as by providing information to residents about safe and responsible disposal of resources and in responding where regulation and markets fail.
ALGA鈥檚 overarching position is the onus for waste reduction should be borne by industry, not by local governments.