Ewaste

Sell & Parker
 Batteries, Batteries, Circular Economy, Ewaste, Opinion, Picking Station, Product Stewardship

Safety and stewardship in battery recycling

Sell & Parker has been part of the Australian recycling landscape for six decades. Founded in 1966, the company began as a modest scrap-metal operation before growing into one of the nation’s largest privately owned recyclers. Today, under the direction of Luke and Morgan Parker, the firm continues to expand its capabilities, adding a dedicated battery recycling facility that has quickly become a first for New South Wales. Read More
Ecocycle
 Batteries, Clothing, Commercial and industrial waste, Construction and Demolition waste, Container deposit schemes, Ewaste, Latest News, Packaging, Plastics, Product Stewardship, Solar panels, textiles, Tyres

Product stewardship needs stronger national framework

Having spent the majority of his working life in product stewardship and recycling, the EcoCycle Group’s national partnerships manager, Spyro Kalos, is part of a growing push for stronger, nationally consistent frameworks to support responsible end-of-life management of batteries, electronics, and other products. Read More
Burning battery
 Batteries, BSC, Ewaste, Opinion, Roll packers

BSC asks for urgent implementation of new battery regulation

An Australian battery manufacturer, recycler and the national battery stewardship scheme have issued a call ​​ for the NSW Government to activate the Product Lifecycle Responsibility Regulation 2025 (Batteries) before the end of the year, warning that every day of delay increases risks for households, children, waste workers and emergency responders.
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TEC
 Batteries, BSC, Ewaste, Latest News

TEC unhappy with ACCC decision over B-cycle

A spokesperson from the Total Environment Centre (TEC) said the ACCC authorisation of voluntary waste battery collection by B-cycle, extends a broken system, when only a national mandatory stewardship scheme for batteries, with actual targets, will mitigate the environmental and human health risk from this waste stream. Read More