About Us

The Metropolitan Waste Management Group [MWMG] is a Victorian State Government Statutory Body responsible for coordinating and facilitating the delivery of municipal solid waste management across metropolitan Melbourne. It was established on 1 October 2006 under the Environment Protection [Amendment] Act 2006. MWMG works with Melbourne's 30 metropolitan councils to:

• Plan for waste management and resource recovery facilities and services across metropolitan Melbourne
• Facilitate procurement of efficient and sustainable resource recovery and residual waste disposal services for councils
• Help build the capacity and knowledge of councils and their communities of world best practice waste minimisation and the opportunities and options available for improved services and infrastructure.

Our aims

MWMG's aims are to:

1. Minimise waste - Reduce the generation of waste
2. Maximise recovery resources - Maximise the sustainable recovery of materials from waste
3. Improve waste infrastructure - Facilitate continual development and improvement of waste and resource recovery infrastructure
4. Integrate statutory planning for waste and resource recovery - Work to ensure that waste and resource recovery is supported by statutory planning processes and decisions
5. Manage residual waste – Minimise the damage to the environment caused by waste disposal
6. Improve delivery capacity – Build capacity and promote best practice in the municipal solid waste sector through integrated projects and the provision of expertise and resources.