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Who are we?
The NSW Young Professionals (YP) Working Group aims to encourage personal and professional development of young professionals in the waste management industry.

Our mission is to facilitate events and programs that increase young professional's skills, knowledge, and understanding of waste management issues in addition to assisting development of strong links with tertiary institutions and across other industry associations and young professionals groups.

Our objectives
The objectives of the YP Working Group are:

• To provide opportunity for young professionals to network both with each other and more experienced professionals in the waste management industry;
• To provide opportunity for career development in the waste industry, as well as professional development for a wider business environment
• Empowerment of young professionals to take an active role in the waste industry through increased skills and knowledge transfer; and
• Active engagement of young professionals in wider WMAA activities.

Identified outcomes include:

• Increased young professional's skills, knowledge, and understanding of waste management issues.
• Presentation of papers by Young Professionals at technical conferences and seminars.
• Strong links with tertiary institutions and links across other industry associations and young professionals groups.
• Increased membership and more active involvement of younger professionals in the WMAA, including increased student membership.