Hi-tech aerial drones that EPA Victoria flies over industrial sites and pollution incidents can now sniff out air pollution too. The state’s environmental watchdog has equipped its existing drones
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Tweed Shire Council is trialling a new container deposit and collection scheme aimed at reducing waste to landfill while enabling community members to ‘pay it forward’ to allow others to reap the benefits.
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Environment groups are calling for action on solving the nation’s packaging waste crisis, at the start of a series of meetings with MPs in Canberra. They want a soft plastics product stewardship scheme
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Councils in the NSW waste levy area have an opportunity to lead the way in waste and recycling innovation, with up to $3m in funding now available. The third round of the Local Government Waste Solutions
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Almost 350,000 tonnes of dry biosolids, or treated sludge from wastewater, are generated annually in Australia. This is a potential new nutrient source for the agriculture industry. However, heavy metals
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Isn’t it amazing that the media can so consistently fail to join the dots on climate change? One minute Channel 9 is showing pics of people “enjoying the summer-like conditions on Bondi Beach” (in winter), to the next minute the ABC reporting a lack of snow in the ski fields (in winter).
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An expansion at the Martogg plastics recycling facility in Dandenong South is using innovative technology to turn plastics containers into a recycled plastic flake which is used to create plastic for food
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Environmental groups issued an alert on the weakening resolve by the Commonwealth government to implement a circular economy, at the hearing of the Environment and Communications Committee Inquiry into waste reduction and recycling policies, recently.
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“The landfill levy needs to go up to $300 a tonne. Only very large resource recovery/waste infrastructure projects will be built if it doesn’t.”
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