Rebrand complete for 2019 REMONDIS acquisitions
A suite of specialised industrial and liquid waste operations in Melbourne will adopt the REMONDIS brand, the final step of an acquisition process that commenced in 2019.
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EPA suspends SBI’s operating licence at Melbourne landfill
EPA Victoria has suspended SBI’s operating licence in light of significant and ongoing odour issues and compliance concerns from the Cranbourne West landfill operator.
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$14.26M for healthy soils, soft plastics
$14.26 million in joint Federal and Victorian Government grant funding will give another life to 150,000 tonnes of Victoria’s food and garden waste and 30,000 tonnes of soft plastics.
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$25M investment to boost regional recycling
Up to $25 million is available to cut the cost of recovering recyclable materials in regional Victoria under round two of the Regional Recycling Fund.
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Circular Economy Bill passes through Victorian Parliament
Future of Gippsland Waste-to-Energy facility in doubt
A $48.2 million grant for the proposed waste-to-energy facility in Gippsland, Victoria was granted by former prime minister Scott Morrison; however, that grant is now under review according to a spokesperson from Melbourne-based provider of waste management services, Waste Sense. The construction of the waste-to-energy facility in Gippsland was expected to begin this year.
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Veolia-Opal-Masdar Tribe bottom ash recycling facility gets EPA approval
Veolia-Opal-Masdar Tribe’s $8 million bottom ash recycling facility has been approved by EPA Victoria. The first facility of its kind to be approved for construction in the state, it will be located with the Maryvale Energy from Waste (EfW) facility.
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Charges laid by EPA Victoria over alleged tyre stockpiling
EPA Victoria has laid three charges against ELT Recycling Australia alleging that in October 2021 the company stored in excess of 5000 EPU (Equivalent Passenger Units, the equivalent of standard car tyres) of waste tyres without an operating licence and subsequently:
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Victorian households get fourth bin for glass
Thousands of Victorian households will soon be able to recycle more efficiently and divert tonnes of waste from landfill due to the roll-out of the four-bin waste and recycling system.
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Latrobe City Council come out fighting over EfW facility
Latrobe City Council has called on the Albanese Federal Government to uphold the $48.2 million commitment made to the Energy from Waste (EfW) Facility at Maryvale Mill – operated by Opal Australian Paper – in April 2022.
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