Boomerang Labs is excited to run our monthly webinar series in 2023, where we’ll unpack the most pressing topics in the world of circular economy startups and innovation. In March we're joined by Mike Ritchie, Managing Director of MRA Consulting.

We'll hear from Mike on the current state of play in Australia's soft plastics recycling market, including key drivers behind the national recycling pause in late 2022. In this webinar we'll delve into the learnings to take away from this crisis, and explore what actions are needed to not only return to our previous recycling norm, but to avoid similar instability in other problematic waste streams in the future.

Register now and let us know your burning questions on this topic - we'll either weave the answer into our presentations or discuss it during the Q&A.

"We need companies like REDcycle to succeed. We don’t need the media undermining the utility and validity of recycling."

Check out this great article from Mike Ritchie on the recent national pause on soft plastics recycling. We're looking forward to hearing more of his thoughts on this topic in our upcoming webinar!

About Mike Ritchie

Mike is the Managing Director of MRA Consulting and one of our Mentors at Boomerang Labs. MRA is one of Australia’s leading environmental consultancy firms, specialising in all aspects of business and policy reform. The MRA team are experts in waste, resource recovery and technology, climate change, carbon and sustainable development, with a vision of the future that is both environmentally sustainable and economically rational.

About Boomerang Labs

Boomerang Labs is Australia's first Circular Economy Accelerator. In addition to our hands-on programs for circular startups, Boomerang Labs is an Innovation Exchange; a hub connecting companies, government bodies and other organisations with founders and innovators to tackle challenges of design, resource use and resource recovery in their organisations and supply chains.

Boomerang Labs is excited to run our monthly webinar series in 2023, where we’ll unpack the most pressing topics in the world of circular economy startups and innovation. Each webinar will feature circular economy and business experts that we love working with through our Mentors Network, as well as additional subject matter expert guest speakers.

Do you have a topic you’d like us to cover in a future webinar? Let us know via email.

Please Note: Boomerang Labs webinars are recorded and shared via our social media, website and youtube.