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Supporting Communities and Regions to Transition to a Low Carbon and Circular Economy

December 20, 2024

Find out about our place-based circular economy initiatives Supporting Communities and Regions to Transition to a Low Carbon and Circular […]

Modelling Circular Economy Transition Targets

December 19, 2024

The challenge Australia has an aim to achieve an 80 per cent resource recovery rate from all waste streams. However, […]

Offshore oil and gas decommissioning and resource recovery

December 9, 2024

CSIRO has investigated the challenges, regional opportunities and social acceptability for the multi-billion-dollar decommissioning of obsolete offshore oil and gas infrastructure in Australia.

Driving Australia’s Transition to a Circular Economy

November 21, 2024

New article published in Circular Economy and Sustainability The Circular Economy Research and Industry Collaboration has published an article in […]

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Keynote Presentation at the Waste Expo Conference 2024

October 24, 2024

Waste Expo Australia hosted the Waste Expo Conference 2024 in Melbourne on 23-24 October 2024. On Day 2, Heinz Schandl […]

Keynote presentation at 2024 Australian Resource Recovery Conference

October 15, 2024

The Waste Management & Resource Recovery Association of Australia is hosting the inaugural 2024 Australian Resource Recovery Conference in Adelaide […]

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Australia’s circular economy comparative and competitive advantages

May 2, 2024

We prepared a report for Australia’s Chief Scientist through the National Science and Technology Council – Australia’s comparative and competitive advantages in transitioning to a circular economy.

Circular economy standards for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation region

May 2, 2024

We have produced a report on standards to accelerate the circular economy transition in the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) region.

We contributed to the UN Global Resource Outlook Report

April 3, 2024

We contributed to the UN’s Global Resources Outlook 2024 report which brings together the best available data, modelling and assessments to analyse trends, impacts and distributional effects of resource use. The report shows that by 2060, resource extraction could rise by 60 per cent from 2020 levels, increasing damage and risks to biodiversity, plastic pollution and climate change.

Report reveals Australia’s material use and circular rate

March 6, 2024

Transport and housing make up more than half of Australia’s material footprint, followed by food, highlighting circular economy opportunities in a range of sectors.

Webinar: Australian material flow analysis

February 23, 2024

Join us as we present the key findings from the report, Australian material flow analysis to progress to a circular economy.

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New circular economy roadmap reveals how to reduce plastic waste in India

December 7, 2023

Currently only 8 per cent of plastic waste in India gets recycled with the rest either mismanaged, incinerated, or dumped. A new circular economy roadmap aims to fix that.

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Webinar: International Industrial Ecology Day: solutions for a net-zero circular economy

December 6, 2023

Industrial ecology is a multidisciplinary research field dedicated to addressing sustainability challenges and championing a circular economy. This webinar convened experts across science, government and industry to discuss net-zero and circular economy solutions.

New accelerator program for Australian and Indian circular economy startups

November 21, 2023

The program is designed to open new doors to explore opportunities between startups and small to mid-sized enterprises in India and Australia.

The challenge of ending food waste in Australia

November 20, 2023

Australia produces more than enough food to feed our population but food insecurity has become a major challenge.

Meet Heinz Schandl: designing a zero-waste future

November 1, 2023

https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2023/October/zero-waste-circular-economy

Our Circular Economy for Missions initiative

September 12, 2023

We are providing scientific knowledge to catalyse Australia’s circular economy future.

Sustainable fibres report

September 30, 2022

Sustainable fibres and textiles are a global priority for closing the loop on resource-flow and energy use. The “Threads and Opportunities Symposium 2022: science engineering sustainable fibres, for closing the loop in Australia” explores science solutions to meet the challenge.

CSIRO’S Circular Economy Roadmap charts path to triple job creation

January 25, 2021

A roadmap released by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has developed key strategies for creating jobs and reclaiming billions in economic value from plastic, glass, paper and tyres currently going into landfill.