mike.wheeler, Author at Inside Waste

WMRR webinar updates code of practice

In April, the Biohazard Waste Industry (BWI), a division of the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR), will be launching its updated Industry Code of Practice for Managing Biohazardous Waste via a webinar. Read More

mike.wheelerApril 8, 2021, 8:00 amApril 8, 2021

Australia, Industry News, News

Cleanaway offers $2.5 billion for Suez Australia

Cleanaway has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Suez to acquire Suez R&R Australia for $2.52 billion. Read More

mike.wheelerApril 6, 2021, 1:18 pmApril 6, 2021

News

WCRA – ban extension needed

Despite the best efforts of the Government to support industry, the infrastructure is not yet in place in Australia to deal with the processing of volumes of mixed plastics currently in the market, according to Tony Khoury, executive director of the Waste Contractors & Recyclers Association of NSW (WCRA). Read More

mike.wheelerApril 6, 2021, 11:13 amApril 6, 2021

News, Queensland

Queensland govt puts aside $1 million for landfills

The Queensland Government has is putting $1 million towards helping local governments upgrade their landfill infrastructure.

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mike.wheelerApril 6, 2021, 10:23 amApril 6, 2021

New South Wales, News

Cost blow out alleged for light rail clean up

The bill to clean up for land that NSW Ministry for Transport and Roads bought from a property developer at Camellia for the Parramatta Light Rail project has more than doubled.

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mike.wheelerApril 6, 2021, 9:59 amApril 6, 2021

News, Victoria

AFL joins CDS bandwagon

VicRecycle has welcomed AFL’s support for the Community (Producer Responsibility) model for the state’s Container Deposit Scheme, joining Scouts Victoria, Netball Victoria, Football Victoria, the Good Friday Appeal in backing benefits for the community. Read More

mike.wheelerApril 6, 2021, 9:27 amApril 6, 2021

News

New technology finalist in national sustainability awards

Ventia has been recognised as a finalist in the prestigious Banksia Sustainability Awards for its world-first, patented PFAS removal technology, known as SourceZone. Read More

mike.wheelerApril 1, 2021, 9:01 amApril 1, 2021

News

A brickbat and bouquet from Mornington Peninsula Shire

Mornington Peninsula Shire council has announced it will fine residents $660 if they put the wrong waste in the wrong bin, and in some cases will suspend collections if issues continue. Read More

mike.wheelerApril 1, 2021, 8:23 amApril 1, 2021

News

WMRR weighs in on Victorian CRS controversy

WMRR CEO Gayle Sloan has taken a swipe at VicRecycle chair Paul Klymenko over the assertion that the Victorian state government will give control of the impending container refund scheme (CRS) to private waste companies.

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mike.wheelerApril 1, 2021, 7:45 amApril 1, 2021

ACT, News

ACT passes plastic ban bill

The Boomerang Alliance of 53 national, state and local NGOs has welcomed the passage of the ACT Plastics Reduction Bill 2020 that bans certain single-use plastics from use in the ACT. Read More

mike.wheelerApril 1, 2021, 7:05 amApril 1, 2021