Mike Ritchie is managing director of MRA Consulting Group Read More OPINION: Call to Action on Plastic Waste in the Oceans Mike Ritchie discusses the extent of the problems posed by plastic pollution in the waterways and calls for action to tackle the problem… Report: State of Waste 2016 – Current and Future Australian Trends Mike Ritchie, director at Australian waste management consultancy, MRA Consulting Group, introduces the latest State of Waste report highlighting current waste, recycling and energy recovery trends in Australia. NSW Council Amalgamations and the Waste Contract Pathway Mike Ritchie, director of MRA Consulting explains that in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), councils are about to amalgamate; as a result, the councils affected will have to plan for eventual integration of their residential and commercial waste services.