Queensland’s existing ag-plastic collections DrumMUSTER DrumMUSTER commenced in 1998 and is an Australian-wide program for the collection and recycling of eligible (with logo) non-returnable chemical
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Waste Opportunist: Closing the plasticulture loop in QLD (part 1)
Of the many plastics used in Queensland’s agriculture, approximately one-third can be readily recycled, for example, clean plastics such as trickle tapes and plastic packaging. However, plastic products
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Legal Eagle: A licence holder’s rights and responsibilities – recent prosecution in the Land and Environment Court
Environment Protection Authority v Steggles Foods Mt Kuring-gai Pty Ltd [2017] NSWLEC 33 In this case, the NSW EPA commenced proceedings against Steggles Foods for contravening the following
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C&D waste in a state of flux
What is waste? It depends who and where you ask… One of the first steps in working out what C&D waste can be used for, and the rules it is subject to, is determining if it is actually
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Rehabilitating a legacy landfill
What followed was a six-year journey to rehabilitate the valley fill operation, with GHD and the council working hand-in-hand on the project. The Trafalgar landfill Speaking at the Waste
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Insights from inside the EPA: top five tips for managing your response to an investigation
I spent around 10 years advising the NSW EPA on compliance action and running major prosecutions in the waste industry. In that time, I saw some companies that managed the EPA exceptionally well and some
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Waste Opportunist: Training professional drivers in Australia’s waste management and recycling sector
Professional drivers play a critical role in the waste and recycling industry. Environmental and efficiency factors, which have led the need to improve methods of waste collection and recycling, have seen
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Competition issues in purchasing
It is well understood that competition is the process by which rival businesses strive to maximise their profits by developing and offering desirable goods and services to consumers on the most favourable
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Legal Eagle: State significant development applications for the waste Industry explained
A proposed development is classified as State Significant Development (SSD) if it is listed in Schedule 1 of the State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011 (SRD SEPP), or
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Examining the role of bioenergy in modern power systems
This month, a UN-backed report noted that record levels of renewable energy capacity were added globally in 2016 at an investment level that was 23% lower than 2015, i.e. it is getting cheaper to install
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