The City of Fremantle is making changes to the collection of commercial waste in the CBD and suburbs. From 1 July 2025 the City will stop collecting waste from all commercial properties. Commercial operators
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Fine for Victorian man for burning industrial waste
An industrial waste fire at Mt Cottrell has left EPA Victoria praising local CFA firefighters and fining a Tarneit man who owns the property.
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EPA approves development licence
EPA Victoria has issued a development licence to for a Victorian company to receive up to 100,000 tonnes per year of fill material and construction wastes including concrete, bricks, asphalt and rock,
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Australia-only waste – WA EPA
A proposal to increase gate tonnage at the nation’s only commercial repository for Class IV and V waste has been recommended for approval by the WA EPA (Environmental Protection Authority), subject
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Ironman Bin Hire and company director fined
A Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court has fined a bin hire company for accepting industrial waste at several properties.
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ACT needs to move faster on waste reform
The ACT recycling rate is 50 per cent and therefore below the existing national average of 55 per cent. Without accelerated reform by the ACT Government, the Territory will also fail to achieve the National Waste Targets of 80 per cent resource recovery and a 50 per cent drop in organics to landfill.
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Pricing just one issue when it comes to C&D/C&I
While plastic gets all the headlines in the waste space, when it comes to volumes, construction and demolition (C&D) and commercial and industrial (C&I) waste, are the biggest streams. According
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Application of regulations need to be consistent
This time last year George Hatzimanolis was on the podium at the Waste Innovation and Recycling Awards receiving a gong for Leader of the Year, while his company Repurpose It won another for Operational Excellence.
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RMIT innovation turns waste into biochar
New technology that turns waste into reusable goods for energy and agricultural applications is a step closer to commercialisation, following trials. The Australian-made innovation uses high temperatures without oxygen to make a carbon-rich product called biochar, which can be used in carbon electrodes for batteries and other advanced energy storage devices or can act as a fertiliser or soil amendment.
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