Release of the 2024-25 Waste Authority Annual Report
The Waste Authority released its 2024-25 Annual Report following its tabling in Parliament in November 2025.
The 2024-25 reporting period marked a year of progress in waste reduction, resource recovery, and environmental protection, with a strong focus on behaviour change, infrastructure investment, and cross-sector collaboration.
Public consultation on the modified draft Beyond WAste 2030 Waste Strategy and Roadmap
The Waste Authority was pleased to see the release of Western Australia’s modified draft Beyond WAste 2030 Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy for public consultation, setting out the vision, goals, strategic targets and priorities for the state in relation to waste, recycling and our transition towards a circular economy. It accompanied the release of the draft Beyond WAste 2030 Roadmap, a draft five-year action plan to be implemented over the waste strategy’s five-year lifetime to contribute to achieving the waste strategy’s vision, goals and targets.
The public consultation process closed on 16 December 2025, with feedback received through the consultation process currently being reviewed into the new year. It is anticipated that the final Beyond WAste 2030 Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy and Beyond WAste 2030 Roadmap will be released mid-2026.
Resource Recovery Framework
The Waste Authority has received an update on the newly rebranded Resource Recovery Framework (formerly the Recovered Materials Framework). The new name takes effect from 1 January 2026 and reflects a proactive approach to circular waste management, focusing on reusing resources before waste is created. It also aligns with national terminology to support consistency across states.
The Resource Recovery Framework aims to build strong, stable markets for waste-derived materials by working closely with industry to set clear standards and encourage innovation. This will help accelerate progress towards Western Australia’s recovery targets. The framework will also deliver streamlined, transparent approval pathways, reduce regulatory burden and support the State’s transition to a circular economy.
A structured, risk-based process will guide how materials are assessed, declared, and managed for lawful use. This includes collaboration between regulators, industry, and academia; technical working groups to advance priority material declarations; and harmonisation with other Australian jurisdictions. Protecting human health and the environment is a core principle of the framework, ensuring recovered resources are safe and sustainable throughout their lifecycle.
Targeted implementation for the Resource Recovery Framework is late 2027.
Next meeting
The Waste Authority wishes you a good start to the new year! Over the holiday season, our WasteSorted/GREAT Sort campaign shared lots of resources to help reinforce the Gifting, Reusing and Avoiding messages and embrace low-waste generation practices in our celebrations.
A strategic planning day of the Waste Authority and its Program Risk and Performance Committee will be held on 26 February 2026. The next meeting of the Waste Authority will be held on 22 April 2026.
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