Welcome to the website of the Resource & Energy Recovery Division (formerly the Energy from Waste Division) of the Waste Management Association of Australia.

 

The division supports the development of a viable Resource & Energy Recovery (RER) industry that operates within the framework of ecologically sustainable development.  The division acknowledges that resources and/or energy may be recovered from the waste stream using a number of different technologies, and that the feasibility of each may differ by circumstance.

 

The division aims to encompass both energy from waste and alternative waste technology issues, in recognition of the frequent synergies between these technologies in maximising resource utilisation.

 

The objectives of the RER division are to:

The division has state-based working groups in most Australian states and hosts periodic seminars at both a state and national level.