REMONDIS Australia has expanded its Rocklea Resource Recovery Facility as it prepares for continued growth in Queensland, adding specialised medical waste processing and new cardboard recycling capabilities.
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WA Waste Authority outlines key outcomes
Western Australia’s Waste Authority highlighted more than $3.7 million in recycling grants, the expansion of Containers for Change, and progress on the State’s next waste strategy following its latest
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Victoria inquiry calls for stronger waste-to-energy oversight
Victoria’s approach to waste-to-energy (WtE) projects should be strengthened through greater transparency, tighter regulation and stronger community safeguards, according to a Legislative Council inquiry.
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ACCC says no to QLD waste facilities proposal (for the moment)
On 21 August 2026, the ACCC issued a draft determination proposing not to authorise the Council of Mayors (South East Queensland) Pty Ltd and 11 of its member councils in South East Queensland (SEQ) to:
aggregate residual waste
develop up to 3 regional waste facilities within SEQ to process waste.
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Tasmanian CDS reaches milestone
Tasmania’s Recycle Rewards program is approaching another milestone, with close to 10 million eligible containers returned to its Launceston Depot. Acting Premier and Minister for the Environment and
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Hume launches container recycling bin basket trial
Hume City residents will have better access to container recycling, with the Victorian Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic) introducing a bin basket trial across the municipality. Delivered in partnership
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WasteSorted grants Round 2 open
The WasteSorted Community Education Grants program is a State Government initiative administered by the Waste Authority. WasteSorted Community Education Grants provide funding of up to $25,000 per project
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WMRR welcomes Queensland’s new landfill strategy
The Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR) has cautiously welcomed the Queensland Government’s new
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New Return and Earn depot opens in Ballina
Ballina residents now have a new and convenient way to recycle eligible drink containers, with the opening of the Ballina Return and Earn Depot. The new facility is the third Return and Earn return
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Inside NSW’s Return and Earn CDS machine
New South Wales now operates the largest container deposit scheme in the country, and one of the most sophisticated outside Europe. Since launching in December 2017, the Return and Earn scheme has seen
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