procurement

NSW EPA announces procurement grants for councils

The NSW Environment Protection Authority Joint Procurement Funded Support enables NSW groups of councils to apply for procurement grants of up to $500,000 of tailored advice and assistance to jointly procure waste management services. Read More

mike.wheelerJanuary 29, 2024, 12:34 pmJanuary 29, 2024

Council, Federal, Federal Government, Legislation, Legislation, Opinion, State

Government mandated procurement needs to be the norm

According to the Oxford Reference Dictionary, among several other meanings, the word ‘procurement’ refers to the ‘purchase of goods and services by the public sector at all levels of government’. Read More

mike.wheelerJanuary 16, 2024, 10:09 amJanuary 16, 2024

Features

Parameters of waste procurement need to change

By Katherine Driscoll Since the world started changing – through the COVID-19 pandemic – with restrictions and shortages, the procurement of waste services has not been exempt from new challenges. In addition to the pandemic, there have been a number of other new challenges, such as the merger and rearranging of significant waste infrastructure ownership, government elections, the progress of state and national strategies, to name a few. Read More

Staff WriterFebruary 9, 2023, 10:54 amFebruary 9, 2023

Millions of dollars secured to get better deal on waste

Ratepayers in NSW could get savings of millions of dollars due to a NSW Government program that could save councils an estimated $170 million annually on kerbside bin collection and other waste services via joint waste contracts, according to Local Government NSW. Read More

mike.wheelerDecember 1, 2022, 6:49 amDecember 1, 2022

News, Professional Services, Victoria

MWRRG’s procurement project changes scope

MWRRG’s recycling collaborative procurement project is shifting scope from securing long-term infrastructure contracts to a short-term service provision. Read More

mike.wheelerAugust 31, 2021, 8:10 amAugust 31, 2021

News, Victoria, Waste & Resource Recovery

Victoria gets moving with household rubbish transformation

Driven by the Victorian Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG), in partnership with sixteen councils, the largest tender for new waste management infrastructure has begun. It’s also the first collective tender on behalf of councils for an alternative solution to landfill. Read More

claire moffatMarch 12, 2020, 8:08 amMay 11, 2020

Industry News

GR Engineering secures $50m EPC contract with Tellus

GR Engineering Services have been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for Tellus Holdings’ Sandy Ridge waste facility, located 140km northwest of Kalgoorlie. Read More

Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2019, 1:04 amFebruary 8, 2019

Waste & Resource Recovery

A first for Hunter

Port Stephens Council will be the first in the Hunter region to trial Greencrete. Read More

Staff WriterAugust 10, 2018, 3:01 amOctober 15, 2018

Australia, Events, Features, Online Subscription

Coffs 2018: day two panel recap

The keystone of Waste 2018, day two’s panel discussion on China’s National Sword policy, was much anticipated. Ably hosted by Mike Ritchie of MRA Consulting, speakers included: • Brooke Donnelly,
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Staff WriterMay 15, 2018, 2:20 amNovember 20, 2018

Queensland, Waste & Resource Recovery

Local Law 20 anti-competitive: WRIQ

The proposed local law is intended to replace Chapter 5A: Waste Management by Local Governments of the Environmental Protection Regulations 2008 and section 7 in Part 2A of the Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulation 2011. Both are scheduled to expire on July 1. The City of Gold Coast has said that its proposed Local Law 20, which was open for submissions till last week, would protect public health and amenity related to waste management by:
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Staff WriterMay 4, 2018, 3:38 amSeptember 25, 2018