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Mission.
- Community Recycling - reducing waste,
creating local jobs,
strengthening communities.
Objectives:
- Provide an effective
voice and focal point for community recycing 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.
Criteria for
membership.
Organisations or individuals committed
to:
- Reducing
waste
- Creating
jobs
- Strengthening
communities
- Social
enterprise
Governance:
The Steering Committee is made up of
individuals that beieve in the mission and objectives of
CRNA.
Whilst the organisations that these people
represent are critical, it is the individuals participating that
will determine the success of the
Network.
Resources:
Sponsorship and Membership provide secretariat
support for the Network's activitires.
CRNA can learn from the New Zealand and
Scotland Community Recycling Networks.
- http://www.communityrecyclers.org.nz
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http://www.crns.org.uk
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http://www.crn.org.uk
Activities:
- Get the right
governance structure.
- Identify and access
resources.
- Publish a monthly
bulletin.
- Direct people to
member websites.
- Create a web
presence to host existing information and
resouces.
- Collect profiles on
each enterprise to post to the website.
- Collate a
database of community recyclers
- Hold an annual
national event.
- Develop a membership
of active enterprises
- Develop a political
lobbying framework.
- Develop a national
EWaste recycling service among members.
What this looks
like:
- Transparent
information sharing
- Collaborative
research on key issues
- Becoming a
recognised lobbyist
- Being strategic on
things like carbon credits and advocacy
- Industry leader in
creating jobs through waste management
- A membership of 100
organisations
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