Construction is now underway on a world-class recycling facility in Albury-Wodonga that will see the equivalent of around 1 billion PET plastic bottles recycled each year.
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WMRR relaunches Hunter Region Working Group
After a break of almost four years, the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR) is relaunching the NSW Hunter Region Working Group. It has invited all financial WMRR members to participate.
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Extracta to build organics recovery plant
Extracta has developed a process to extract valuable nutrients and other ingredients from waste food and agriculture produce.
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Bathurst Council applauds textile recycling trial
Bathurst Regional Council in Central NSW has partnered with Sydney-based company Textile Recyclers Australia (TRA) to offer a three-month clothing recycling trial, in what is believed to be a first for
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Councillor calls for solar compactor bin trial
In a world heritage area such as Katoomba in the NSW Blue Mountains, adequate waste collection would be expected to be seamless. But the bins in the streets of the historic town are overflowing most weekends and are presently being propped up by domestic red bins.
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Lessons from a waste warrior
The Waste Contractors & Recyclers Association of NSW (WCRA) executive director, Tony Khoury tells Inside Waste what bought him into the WARR industry and what keeps him here.
What
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Audit finds waste levy has positive impact
The Auditor-General for New South Wales, Margaret Crawford, has released a report that examined the effectiveness of the waste levy and grants for waste infrastructure in minimising the amount of waste sent to landfill and increasing recycling rates.
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More WARR leaders question NSW budget
Last week WMRR CEO Gayle Sloan rebuked the State Government for failing to address key industry issues. Now the National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) has labelled the NSW State Budget as
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NSW Circular Economy gets funding
While the industry waits for a strategic direction on waste for NSW, new intakes for the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Circulate and Civil Construction Market Programs have opened that aim to divert valuable materials from landfill for re-use, recycling and industrial ecology projects.
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Baling cardboard and RDF efficiently
Doyle Bros is efficiently baling commercial and industrial waste at its Sydney Materials Recovery Facility with the MAC 108 from Macpresse.
The family-owned Sydney-based waste and recycling company has
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