How does someone who is doing a Bachelor of Business at UTS in Sydney – majoring in accounting and finance – end up working in the waste industry? To be fair, Raqib Rahman does work in the accounts
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Soft plastics scheme: The basis of true EPR?
By Robert Kelman
The proposal from the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) for a National Plastics Recycling Scheme (NPRS) is being met with scepticism by some. The failure of industry to meet the national voluntary packaging targets hampers the credibility of this current proposal. For example, the 2025 target for 70 per cent of ‘all plastic packaging recycled or composted’ is way off with the most recent published rate at 16 per cent.
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BINGO partners with ReDirect Recycling for waste timber solution
BINGO has entered an agreement with ReDirect Recycling to supply waste engineered timber to Australian Panels to be used in particleboard manufacturing.
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Yarra Valley Water to expand WtE facility
Yarra Valley Water has been awarded $1 million through the Victorian Government’s Waste to Energy – Bioenergy Fund to expand its Lilydale WtE facility.
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New reports detail stewardship benefits and effectiveness
A landmark Australian study of the benefits and effectiveness of product stewardship has resulted in six new data reports detailing how stewardship can provide a pathway to transition to a circular economy.
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Small spaces no problem for processing plant specialist CEMAC
Since 1997, CUP Recycling GmbH in Germany has been part of the WERNER group of companies, a family-run company in the waste disposal industry.
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Definitions matter in waste planning approvals
By Gavin Shapiro Are you operating a waste facility, or are you dealing with a resource? The law makes the answer more complex than you think. You may think that the answer to this question
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Hi-Quality: Treatment and recovery on top of the agenda
Fifty-nine years ago, Hi-Quality started as a haulage company, which specialised in transportation that supported a quarrying business. Almost six decades later, the company has diversified into several businesses including being a resource and recycled products supplier.
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BMD wins Richmond System Wastewater contract
BMD Construction has secured a contract for the Richmond System Wastewater upgrade.
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AWRE Summit gets serious
There is just one month to go before the Australasian Waste and Recycling Expo (AWRE) 2023 gets underway at Sydney’s ICC from July 26-27, included at the event is a full-day summit.
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