mike.wheeler, Author at Inside Waste

News

Date announced for 2024 Waste Innovation and Recycling Awards

Nominations are open for the 2024 Waste Innovation and Recycling Awards (WIRA). On the back of a successful 2023 event, the 2024 awards are expected to garner even more interest as the waste and resource recovery sector ramps up new infrastructure to meet the many recycling and diversion targets set by both federal and state governments. Read More

mike.wheeler3 days agoNovember 30, 2023

Batteries, Batteries, Ewaste, Hazardous waste, Opinion

Latest stats highlight surge in fires caused by lithium ion batteries

The latest Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) statistics show an increase of nine per cent in Lithium-ion battery fires to date, compared with the entire year of 2022. Read More

mike.wheeler3 days agoNovember 30, 2023

Features, Hazardous waste, NSW, Online Subscription, wastewater

Primo Foods to pay $150k after wastewater discharge

Primo Foods must pay $150,000 towards community projects in a legally binding Enforceable Undertaking with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) after wastewater from its Western Sydney facility
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mike.wheeler3 days agoDecember 1, 2023

ACR, Boomerang Alliance, Container Deposit Schemes, Opinion, Queensland, WMRR

QLD lead needs to be followed in CDS stakes

With the successful inclusion of wine and spirit bottles in the Qld CDS 10c refund scheme on 1 November, industry and environment groups have joined together to call on NSW, Western Australia, Victoria, NT, ACT and South Australia to catch up. Read More

mike.wheeler4 days agoNovember 29, 2023

EFWA, Features

New branding for food waste: End Food Waste Australia

The Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (FFWCRC) and Stop Food Waste Australia (SFWA) have unveiled their new unified brand: End Food Waste Australia. This strategic rebrand marks a pivotal moment in the fight against food waste, solidifying five years of dedication and progress towards Australia’s goal of halving food waste by 2030, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12.3. Read More

mike.wheeler5 days agoNovember 27, 2023

Batteries, Equipment, Opinion

CeLLife Technologies’ patented technology set to extend battery life

A Finland-based company, CeLLife Technologies’, has patented diagnostic technology that can give rapid and reliable testing of battery cell health. Read More

mike.wheeler5 days agoNovember 27, 2023

Energy from waste, Gas capture, Landfills, Latest News, Online Subscription

ACT expanding its landfill gas capture capabilities

The ACT Government has expanded its landfill gas capture capabilities at the Mugga Lane landfill. This will reduce emissions and providing reliable renewable energy that could power up to 10,800 homes
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mike.wheelerNovember 23, 2023, 3:59 pmDecember 1, 2023

Features

Aussie public still confused over what is recyclable

The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has published Australasian Recycling Label Consumer Insights Report 2023, its annual benchmarking survey exploring consumer recycling attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours in Australia and New Zealand. Read More

mike.wheelerNovember 23, 2023, 11:48 amNovember 23, 2023

collection, Hazardous waste, Latest News

Business fined $730k over illegal waste dump

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has successfully prosecuted a company and two individuals in the Land and Environment Court, fining them more than $730,000 in total for the unlawful disposal of waste and supply of false or misleading information about that waste. Read More

mike.wheelerNovember 22, 2023, 2:32 pmNovember 23, 2023

Circular Economy, News, Plastic

Upcycling plastics project gets funding from Macquarie uni

Macquarie University researchers will share in the $26.1 million funding pool awarded as part of the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects scheme. One project includes the upcycling of mixed plastics. Read More

mike.wheelerNovember 21, 2023, 11:56 amNovember 22, 2023

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