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The 2020-21 Budget will invest $250 million to modernise our recycling infrastructure, divert more than 600,000 tonnes of waste from landfill to the making of useful products, and by doing so help to create 10,000 new jobs.
The Morrison Government is the first Federal Government to place waste firmly on the national agenda, with investments to drive a billion-dollar transformation of Australia’s waste and recycling capacity, and create thousands of new jobs.
Australia’s waste and recycling transformation is being further strengthened by an additional:
Find out more about the Morrison Government’s 2020-21 Budget initiatives to transform our waste and recycling capacity here.