The crisis that has crippled Victoria's waste and recycling sector has become so severe that the Andrews government has called on Infrastructure Victoria to solve it.

Victoria’s recycling system has struggled to cope since China stopped taking our rubbish early last year.

Infrastructure Victoria will look at ways to minimise the amount of waste sent to landfill.

Several councils in Melbourne and regional Victoria have been forced to dump recyclables into landfill, stockpiles of combustible material have ignited into huge toxic fires and charges have been laid against operators accused of unscrupulous practices.

Infrastructure Victoria will look at how to turn around Victoria’s recycling woes and build a local industry that can turn recyclables into products for manufacturing, agriculture and construction.