Tasmanian Reuse Data Study
The Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Board (WRRB), in partnership with Charitable Reuse Australia, is conducting a survey with Tasmanian reuse organisations.
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NSW EPA - Measuring Reuse (and Repair) in NSW
Charitable Recycling Australia is thrilled to be one of six Sustainability Partners in the NSW EPA 2023 Sustainability Partnerships Program, which will enable Reuse (and Repair) to be measured in NSW
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Charity Shop? Concept Launch
Six of Australia’s leading charity retailers are collaborating under Charitable Recycling Australia to launch a new Charity Shop? Pop-Up Concept at Westfield Fountain Gate.
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Reuse Immersive
Charitable Recycling Australia hosted a reuse immersive on Wednesday 2 November with 50 key government policy makers and council stakeholders attending the Monash University presentation on the headline findings from the ARC Research on Measuring the Benefits of Reuse in the Circular Economy.
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Codesign Partnership
Charitable Recycling Australia is collaborating with cross sector partners to advocate Highest and Best Use – including First Use, Reuse and Repair.
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National Volunteer Drive
Charitable Recycling Australia’s $50,000 Volunteer Drive launches this month.
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Resource and Waste Hierarchy
Charitable Recycling Australia has developed a bespoke version of the Waste Hierarchy, designed to encourage Highest and Best Use by reinforcing the differences between waste and resources.
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Gap Analysis of Government Policies
Charitable Recycling Australia has commissioned new independent research analysing all Federal and State Government Waste Policies, for a gap analysis based on the Waste Hierarchy and Circular Economy Principles.
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National Reuse Measurement Guidelines
As part of the ARC grant project Measuring the Benefits of Reuse in a Circular Economy, Monash University has co-designed a draft set of National Reuse Measurement Guidelines to enable a standardised approach to collecting, interpreting and reporting on reuse impact data.
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Clothing Reuse Export Accreditation Scheme
Charitable Recycling Australia has established a credible, realistic and practical accreditation process to provide a standard for charitable recycling exporting activities in Australia, and specifically the export of secondhand clothing.
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Charitable Recycling Australia Benchmarking Tool
Charitable Recycling Australia has launched a complimentary Benchmarking Tool to identify best practice retail performance benchmarks for the charitable sector that will help inform and elevate the collective and individual performance of participating members.
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Impact Measurement
Charitable Recycling Australia commissioned independent market researchers MRA Consulting Group to measure the triple-bottom line impact of the charitable reuse and recycling network.
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Designing a National Textiles Reuse Policy
Charitable Recycling Australia advocates for a National Textiles Reuse Policy. Clothing textiles represent a valuable resource in Australia’s economy, but the vast majority is generated outside of the charitable reuse and recycling sector and subsequently ends up in landfill.
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Illegal Dumping Policy Position
Australian charity and social enterprise retailers are forced to send over 80,000 tonnes of unusable donations to landfill every year, primarily due to illegal dumping and unusable donations.
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Weight Based Billing
Traditionally, Australian waste collectors charge their customers based on bin size and volume of waste, which is referred to as lift-based billing. Under this system, there is no price incentive to reduce waste because the fee per ‘bin lift’ is the same whether said bin is empty, half-full or full.
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Donation Bin Policy
Charitable Recycling Australia’s member enterprises operate many of the donation bins around Australia. These bins are an important way for communities to directly support charitable causes, while also diverting materials from landfill and giving them a second life.
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Container Deposit / Refund Schemes
Container Refund Schemes (CRS) play an important function in advancing the circular economy in Australia.
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Measuring the Benefits of Reuse
Measuring the Benefits of Reuse in a Circular Economy is an Australian Research Council Linkage Project led by Monash University in collaboration with Charitable Recycling Australia…
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