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REMONDIS

REMONDIS Australia Acquires VetraHealth

REMONDIS Australia has acquired Brisbane-based VetraHealth. The acquisition is important given REMONDIS’s inroads to the sector nationally, drawing on expertise from its existing local and global operations. VetraHealth is an established family-run business providing medical, clinical and related waste services, and sanitary waste management to customers across health, veterinary, commercial and industrial markets in South …
Amy Bartkowski

From wildlife dreams to waste

As a child, Amy Bartkowski imagined a future working with animals. She was, by her own admission, a big fan of Bindi the Jungle Girl and assumed she would grow up to become a vet. Underneath that ambition sat a broader pull towards the environment, one that would shape her studies and, eventually, her career. …
Asia

Can Australia learn from Asia and the ME/EU?

What can Australia learn from overseas experiences when relating the resource recovery/waste industry? Quite a bit, according to a panel put together to discuss the subject at a recent event in Melbourne. The MC for the event was WCRA executive director Brett Lemin. Lending their wisdom to the proceedings was an eclectic group from industry, …
e-waste

Company fined for exporting hazardous e-waste to Singapore

The Australian Government is cracking down on the illegal export of hazardous waste, fining a company almost $20,000 for hiding e-waste in a container exported to Singapore. The container, shipped by Melbourne-based e-waste recycling company Weeebytes Pty Ltd, was intercepted by Singapore authorities on 24 March 2025. The shipment included large quantities of crushed hard …
Ennovo

Continuous monitoring telemetry systems improves landfill management

Leachate may be invisible until it poses a problem, but the Ennovo leachate telemetry system LTS brings it into the …

Circular Economy

Features

Dumping
Circular Economy, Councils, Dumping waste, Features, Online Subscription

Whittlesea mayor comes down hard on dumping

Dumping rubbish not only costs ratepayers who pay to clean up the mess, but the perpetrators can face the wrath of the court system, which can offer up some hefty fines. At a recent roundtable in Melbourne, Martin Taylor Mayor of the City of Whittlesea; James Vincent, manager, regional RID program, Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation; …
Cooee
Circular Economy, Councils, Features, Landfills, Software

From manual waste data to Cooee software

Before adopting Cooee, waste management data collection and reporting at both Manjimup Shire Council in Western Australia and Streaky Bay …
Mandatory
Circular Economy, Features, Online Subscription, TSA, Tyre waste

Report finds tyre PS needs mandatory participation to work

A new report released by Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) has found that Australia’s tyre circular economy will not grow without mandatory participation in a product stewardship scheme. Tyre Supply Chain Analysis: Opportunities to grow Australia’s circular economy for tyres identifies critical constraints across the entire tyre supply chain that are preventing Australia from meeting its …

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Opinion

Eggersmann
Equipment, Opinion, Shredders

Eggersmann shredder upgrade for Benedict Recycling

In the competitive construction waste management and resource recovery sector, reliability and efficiency are not luxuries; they are paramount to …
Komptech
Equipment, News, Opinion, Sorting and separating equipment

Advanced separation with Komptech

Queensland has some of the most progressive regulations in Australia for composting and contamination control. Any facility processing more than …
Carolyn Walsh
NSW EPA, Opinion

Carolyn Walsh appointed chair for NSW EPA

Regulatory, public policy, safety and governance leader Carolyn Walsh has been appointed to the role as Chair of the Board …
fire
Batteries, Ewaste, Hazardous waste, Opinion

Battery main suspect in truck fire

A recycling truck caught fire in Mount Martha recently after hazardous materials were incorrectly placed in a household bin.
biorefinery
ACCC, Online Subscription, Opinion

Sydney councils partner to build organic biorefinery

In a move for sustainable waste management in south-western Sydney, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has granted authorisation to a consortium led by Sydney Water Corporation and three local councils to work together on developing an organic waste biorefinery. This story, drawn exclusively from details on the ACCC’s public register, highlights a major …