Presentations from Australia's leading Waste Conference, May 02 ~ 04 2017 held in Coffs Harbour, NSW.

1. Community Re-use, Repair and Recycling Enterprises
A National Network

2. CRNA Objectives
Provide an effective voice and focal point for community re-use,
repair and recycling in Australia
Sustain a network able to provide support, advice, guidance and
mentoring to local organisations
Increase the profitability and/or scale of member enterprises
Influence the political environment in support of community
reuse/recycling
Provide local jobs for those facing barriers to work
Work towards a shared zero-waste future

3. CRN Australia Impact
Source: 2012 QUT Centre for NFP & Philanthropic Studies

4. CRNA to date
2009 Established
2012 Baseline study of Australian Community Recycling Enterprises (CREs)
Centre for Philanthropic and Non Profit Studies, QUT Business School
2013 Free e-book - Operating a Community Recycling Enterprise
Short film on CREs - Waste to Wages
2014 Consulting partnership with Resource Recovery Australia (RRA)
2015 Social Procurement Australasia (SPA) membership
2016 Australia Post partnership - diverted 12,000 garments from landfill
ERM partnership - Safety & Environment training workshops for CREs
2017 CRN Greater Sydney Network Establishment - SSROC
Impact Tool - Centre Social Impact & NSW Office Enviro & Heritage

5. Annual Activities
Monthly teleconference – info exchange, sector news, membership updates
Monthly Community Recycling bulletin - industry news and info
Member's Resources page – CRE tools
Represent Community Recycling sector at conferences and expos – advocacy
Annual Community Recycling Forum – information exchange, professional
development
Social Procurement Australasia – membership, advocacy, info exchange

6. CRN Australia Members – presenting today
Representing 211 years experience

7. CRNA Member Profiles
THE BOWER
Services
Collection & referral service for household furniture
Customers: 21 Councils, 3094 residents
Diverted: 124 tonnes from landfill
Repair cafes: 213 people (100 sessions)
Reuse stores
Repair cafes
Upcycling studio for workshops / upcyclers
Years of Operation: 18
Locations: Sydney and Parramatta NSW
Data from 2015/16

8. Data from 2015/16
GREEN CONNECT
Services
Festival and Event Recycling
Resource Recovery Labour Hire
Urban Farm & Fresh Food production
Years of Operation: 8
Location: Port Kembla NSW
Customers: 64 (Council and businesses)
Recycled: 1,400 tonnes of FOGO from landfill
Employed: 129 people including 114 former
refugees and young people

9. https://youtu.be/U2XFm4g8ovk
Services
Office Waste Recycling
E-Waste Recycling
Upcycling Studios
Re-use Stores
Years of Operation: 12
Location: Melbourne, surrounds
Customers: 200 businesses
Diverted: > 1 million items from landfill
Created: > 50, ooo upcycled products
Data: since opening

10. Services
Landfills and Transfer Stations
Tip Shops
Mobile Problem Waste service
Men's Shed, Green Bikes (Repair)
& Upcycling Studios
Years of Operation: 26
Locations: NSW, ACT, WA
Diverted: 20,000 tonnes from landfill
Employed: 55 people
Data: 2015/16

11. Growing
Community Reuse &
Recycling In Greater Sydney
2017 CRN-Sydney

12. Aim
Avoid / Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Recover
Energy
Dispose
Most
preferred
Least
preferred
SSROC
WSROC
NSROC
SHOROC
Hunter
+ Illawarra
= 6 Regional
Waste
Strategies

13. What Local Government wants
1. Meet resource recovery, diversion targets
1. Reduce tonnages, misuse and reliance on bulky clean-up services
1. Reduce and prevent illegal dumping
2. Improved access to enterprise & technology solutions
2. Credible pool of suppliers for service provision
2. Reliable data and measurement tools for diversion through re-use
3. Training, professional development (social procurement, sector pathways)
3. Responsible citizens

14. Investigation of a Network
1. Dec 2016 Forum – (CRE workshop) + (LG & NSW)
2. Top priority areas, as determined by CREs
a. Advocate for policy that supports CREs
b. Coordinate access to markets
c. Facilitate collaboration
d. Address barriers to capital
e. Grow markets for CRE products
and services

15. Purpose:
To build stronger community reuse, repair and circular
economy sector pathways in greater Sydney that create
meaningful social, environmental and economic benefits.
…To build a ‘district model’ for CRNA
Agreed Purpose

16. CRN Sydney - Scope
9 Current CRNA members in greater Sydney
• 16 CRE sites
• 30,000 tonnes diversion
• 292 jobs
Growth target:
25 CREs
66 sites
124,500 tonnes diversion
1,212 jobs
34 Community re-use, repair & recycling
social enterprises (CREs) in 47 locations
Map of CREs in Sydney Metropolitan Area
Source: CRN Sydney Business Plan 2017

17. Opportunities and challenges
Issues faced by sector
- Fragmentation – many small players
- Lack of coordinated sector approach to LGA’s
- Limited information about sector as a whole
- No common standards for site operations
Solutions
- Collaboration to achieve scale
- Collective ‘voice’ representing the sector’s interests
- High-level information gathering and research
- Development of core competencies and standards
across the sector to improve reliability and consistency.

18. 1. Advocacy Services
Submissions, data-sharing, policy input, seminars, CRE Impact Measurement Tool
2. Access to Markets
Collaboration (commercial-social, public-social, social-social) on reuse distribution
infrastructure models and platforms
3. Address Barriers to Capital
Social financing, grant and foundation funding, CRE growth guidance
4. Grow the Market for CRE Products and Services
Promotional and online material, branding and exposure campaigns & events
5. Other Services
Resource library, CRE Training (procurement, growth, waste audits, social return on
investment, risk and WHS). Will explore Re-use accreditation schemes.
CRN Sydney - Services

19. CRN Sydney, CRNA
2017 Activities Date
SSROC Forum 8 December 2016
Reporting Agreement 28 February 2017
CRN Sydney Business Plan 31 March 2017
Technical Advisory Group Business Plan Review 27 April 2017
CSI & NSW OEH - CRE Impact Research 30 June 2017
CRN Sydney Website live – including Events August 2017
Official Launch CRN Sydney September 2017
CRNA Annual Forum November 2017

20. www.communityrecycling.com.au

21. The
Circular Economy
in the
Asia Pacific Region