01 November 2024

Submission to the inquiry into Opportunities in the Circular Economy

Waste materials can be used as vital feedstock for manufacturing, and emerging technologies are helping to increase the range of products that can be recycled and remanufactured to develop new products, including traditionally hard to recycle products.

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ATSE thanks the Productivity Commission for the opportunity to respond to this inquiry. We have previously published Towards a Waste Free Future: Technology Readiness in Waste and Resource Recovery that we believe would be useful to the Commission in completing your inquiry. A copy of the summary report is attached to this letter, with the full report available on ATSE’s website.

ATSE’s report makes 4 overarching recommendations to help establish a stronger circular economy:

  • Shifting to design for waste avoidance
  • A systems approach to increasing resource productivity and recovery
  • Using big data and analytics to inform decision making
  • Targeted investment, regulatory reform and policy certainty
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