These fires, like the one at SUEZ’s Chullora Resource Recovery Park in south-west Sydney as well as the incident at SKM’s recycling plant in Coolaroo, Victoria in February, captured the industry’s
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Rising above the flames
In Coolaroo, 19km north of the Melbourne CBD, SKM’s site went up in flames for the third time this year in July, with the most recent fire covering an area about the size of a football field, blanketing
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Fires and the recycling industry
There isn’t good data on how many fires occur in recycling plants around Australia. A 2016 report for the
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Inside Waste (June/July): Celebrating a decade in Queensland
And on April 26, 2007, seven companies along with waste veteran Rick Ralph, came together to set up the Waste Recycling Industry Association of Queensland (WRIQ). 10 years on and WRIQ has made great leaps
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