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  • Resource Recovery Collective – Hume

    Posted on March 7, 2022

    The Goulburn Valley and North East Waste and Resource Recovery Groups are working to support councils and alpine resorts with a regional collaborative tender for waste and recycling services, as part of the ‘Resource Recovery Collective – Hume’. The initiative will support the ongoing delivery of essential waste and recycling services beyond current contracts, and […]

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  • Waste and Resource Recovery Briefing

    Posted on June 28, 2021

    A recent Waste and Resource Recovery Briefing was an opportunity for Local Government representatives to come together and continue their preparation for major waste and recycling reforms to be implemented as part of  the Victorian Government’s Recycling Victoria: a new economy policy. Local Government waste and resource recovery leaders from across the Goulburn Valley region […]

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  • New funding to inspire low-waste communities

    Posted on February 10, 2021

    New funding is available for Victorian councils and community organisations to explore innovative ways to reduce waste and use resources to their full potential. As we look to the future, action is needed at every scale. These grants delivered under the Victorian Government’s Recycling Victoria policy are worth more than $11 million. They will support charities, social enterprises, community […]

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  • Residents encouraged to share how they manage textile waste

    Posted on February 3, 2021

    We are seeking to better understand how residents and businesses manage textile waste in the home and workplace through an online community survey, open until midnight Monday 15 February 2021. The survey results will be used to help develop a pilot waste avoidance program that will aim to reduce textile waste in the region. Textile […]

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The Goulburn Valley Waste and Resource Recovery Group (GVWRRG) is a Statutory Authority established under the Environment Protection Act 1970 (the EP Act). The organisation commenced operating on 1 August 2014.

GVWRRG is the link between state, local governments, community and industry and is responsible for facilitating a coordinated approach to the planning and delivery of infrastructure and services for all waste streams, municipal solid waste (MSW), commercial and industrial waste (C& I) and construction and demolition waste (C&D).

The organisation has a central office, located at Shepparton to service the Goulburn Valley waste and resource recovery region which extends from the New South Wales border through to the outer suburbs of Melbourne.

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