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Hosted by Tedd Ward of the Del Norte County Solid Waste Management Authority and Ethan Caudill-DeRego of Redwood Voice Youth Media, Rethinking Recycling is a production of KFUG Community Radio.

In 2018 the Chinese governments decision to tighten the specifications on the importation of recyclables collected from around the world resulted in unprecedented attention by all levels of government, the media and general public as the world finally took notice about the importance of recycling and its role in protecting the environment. Twelve months along, so what has been the result of this decision and what has changed in the way we manage our recyclables. Rick Ralph talks with industry professional and leading expert in his field Mr Nick Harford from Equilibrium about what that decision...

Research Fellow Deepika Mathur of Charles Darwin University discusses with Rick Ralph the challenges Australia faces in terms of managing its emerging Solar PV Panels stockpiles, in particular how this is impacting remote and regional Australia's waste management practices.

NT Recycling Solutions in Darwin has commissioned what is arguably the country's most remote and most technically advanced Materials Recovery Facility's to process Darwin's kerbside and commercially collected recyclables. Rick Ralph talks to NTRS General Manager Dean Caton about the opportunity this presents to the region.

The Garbologist unwraps with Mark Smith CEO of Queensland's peak Waste and Recycling Industry Association the industry's 2020 State Election manifesto, setting out what are the sectors priorities for the next term of government.

The Garbologist unwraps with Rose Read CEO of the National Waste Recycling Industry Association (NWRIC) its recently published report quantifying the significance of the industry's $4.8 billion per annum economic contribution to the Australian an industry directly supporting 36,000 jobs