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WMRR talks about recycled materials during National Recycling Week

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26 Nov, 2024

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The Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR) is using National Recycling Week 2024 (11–17 November 2024) to encourage the community and business to actively choose to buy Australian recycled materials.

WMRR CEO Gayle Sloan said: “Recycling plays a vital role in protecting the environment, reducing the strain on the planet’s natural resources and cutting carbon emissions. Whilst the ideal is we do not create waste, the reality is we do. Of all the waste generated in Australia, 63% of it is recovered.

“Recycling does not stop at placing material in the correct bin. It starts and continues at the shelf with what we buy and keep buying, using, sharing and repairing,” Sloan said.

WMRR encourages the community, business and government to actively think about what they buy and how they can use less for longer.

“We must extend the life of materials by keeping them circulating for longer and valuing them in the same way we value new. Recycling the planet’s valuable resources and reducing demand on virgin materials and reducing emissions must always be the goal,” Sloan said.

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Located in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Berrima Cement Works supplies 40% of cement in NSW and the Australian Capital Territory. The site is strategically important both for the company and Australia’s manufacturing capability.

The upgraded facility represents a significant milestone in Boral’s decarbonisation journey as it moves away from a reliance on emissions-intensive fuels.

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“From our federal highways to the Sydney Opera House and Parliament House in Canberra, for almost a century, the Berrima Cement Works have helped to build and shape Australia,” Boral CEO Vik Bansal said at the facility opening.

“We all understand that though cement is vital to construction and building our nation, it is carbon-intensive. Boral takes its responsibility to decarbonise our operations and comply with the Safeguard Mechanism obligations seriously.

“The Chlorine Bypass Facility reaffirms this commitment and moves our vital cement manufacturing infrastructure and Southern Highlands operations into a new era — one with less impact on the planet.”

Berrima Cement Works is one of the largest employers within the Wingecarribee Local Government Area, with about 115 people working in operational and administrative roles and approximately 350 people employed across integrated sites in the Southern Highlands. The cement works also indirectly support local jobs associated with logistics, contractors and suppliers.

“We thank both the federal government and NSW Government for their respective investment in this facility and remain committed to decarbonising our operations, in line with our net zero commitment,” Bansal said.

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