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Author Archives: Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group

Mike Ritchie is Managing Director of MRA Consulting Group.

Microplastic
Posted inWaste and recycling

We ingest about a credit card’s worth of plastic every week

by Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group 31 March 202217 April 2022
Posted inWaste and recycling

We need to talk about plastic

by Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group 10 March 202210 March 2022
Posted inSpinifex

Is it time to ban polystyrene?

by Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group 22 September 2015
Posted inSpinifex, Waste and recycling

The state of waste 2015: recycling is only set to grow

by Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group 9 March 201510 March 2015
Posted inSpinifex

Plastic bag bans should not be top priority

by Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group 9 February 201512 February 2015

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