Australia Releases 2024 National Waste Policy Action Plan

The Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW) released “The 2024 National Waste Policy Action Plan” on December 10, 2024. In Australia, the National Waste Policy was established in 2018, and action plans to review this policy are published regularly. The newly published action plan reviews the progress of seven targets set in the 2019 action plan and establishes three government priorities for implementing the National Waste Policy: (1) Government legislation, regulation, policies, standards and guidelines, (2) Investment in infrastructure, procurement and funding support, and (3) Market development and support through innovation, reducing barriers and generating demand. The initiatives to support these priority areas will be specified in implementation plans to be published by the government in the future, focusing primarily on waste types and their streams.

The seven targets are as follows: