The Queensland Government intends to change the direction of waste management to one that meets both the preferred approach of the waste and resource management hierarchy and the principles of sustainability.

View NACRO QLD Submission here

2011 NACRO Conference

This year's conference will be held on Monday 10 October - Tuesday 11 October in Western Australia.

The venue is the Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle. Details will follow in the next couple of months. Delegates are encouraged to keep an eye out for discount airfares.

NACRO

Every day and in every State of Australia charities assist tens of thousands of people through home visitation, migrant and refugee assistance, hospital and health services, prison visitation, aged care services, supported employment services for people with an intellectual disability, education for disadvantaged children, welfare assistance, hostels for the homeless, overseas relief, disaster recovery, budget counselling and youth programs and suicide prevention counselling.

We feed and clothe Australian men, women and children overwhelmed by life’s hardships.
A significant number of these community programs are funded by the income derived from clothing recycling collection bins. Programs, that if not funded from these income sources, would require public funding through State and Federal tax and Local Government Association rate sources.

The National Association of Charitable Recycling Organisations (NACRO) is the peak body representing charitable recycling organisations throughout Australia.

The business of NACRO members is to generate social capital through recycling activities to fund welfare programs. Indeed, millions of individuals benefit from the products, operations, and programs that are delivered to the community as a result of the funds generated from NACRO members‚ recycling operations.

NACRO members range from the largest national charities to individual shops that collectively run thousands of shops around Australia. Donations of first and second hand goods can be made by depositing into charity bins, thousands of which are located across Australia, and/or drop-offs directly to charity shops.

NACRO provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, information and advice between member organisations; assisting them to continuously improve their recycling operations in order that they can provide optimal funding for their charitable aims in the community. NACRO represents its members and has collective influence at local, state and national level, when legislation affecting this industry is being drafted or reviewed.

NACRO advocates educating the community to donate goods responsibly to provide maximum profits for social welfare with minimum cost to the environment. It represents its members at a local, state and national level, when legislation affecting this industry is being drafted or reviewed. 

The contribution of Charity Shops to the community is sustainable development

There is no doubt that without the recycling activities of the charitable recycling organisations (the proceeds from which fund welfare programs), both State and Federal governments would have significantly higher social costs in addition to an unmanageable volume of landfill, the management of which would be funded through increased taxes and a massive bureaucracy. For more information about NACRO and what we are doing, please click on the links provided.

Level 15, 10 Queens Road
MELBOURNE VICTORIA  3004 AUSTRALIA
Telephone:  +61 3 9866 5443
Email: information@nacro.org.au

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