A Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) has been installed in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. Minister for Environment Steve Dimopoulos officially opened this newest addition to Victoria’s Container Deposit
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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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$711 million for wastewater treatment in Melbourne’s west
Wastewater treatment in Melbourne’s west is about to be transformed due to a $711 million investment to modernise the plant to ensure the health and sanitation needs of Victoria’s growing population are met for generations to come.
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Bendigo swaps collection frequency of general and organic waste bins
Greater Bendigo’s household kerbside general waste bin collections will change from weekly to fortnightly, and kerbside organic waste bins collection will change from fortnightly to weekly from next Monday, February 5, 2024.
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REL waste to energy plant up and running by 2026
Technology that generates renewable energy from waste is on the horizon for the City of Moonee Valley. By 2026 Moonee Valley will now be one of three Councils (alongside Monash and Melton) that will send waste that would otherwise go to landfill to a new WtE plant. Construction for the Laverton North facility has been approved.
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Victorian CDS will not lead to increased prices
CDS Vic to create 600 jobs
The Victorian government claims that 600 new jobs will be created through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic), which will reduce the state’s litter by up to half when it begins later this year.
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First Victorian CDS refund point installed
TOMRA Cleanaway has installed the first Victorian CDS refund point under the State’s new Container Deposit Scheme, CDS Vic, in Buninyong, Victoria. “We’re very excited to have landed the first
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BINGO receives approval for treatment plant
BINGO has secured Department of Planning and Environment development approval for the Patons Lane Recycling Water Treatment Plant (RWTP) and Leachate Treatment Plant (LTP). This coincides with the reactivation of BINGO’s Patons Lane Landfill, which commenced operations on 3 July 2023.
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EPA Victoria: Dairy spill was avoidable
EPA Victoria says some farms are still failing to manage dairy effluent, after it fined a West Gippsland company more than $9,000 for letting a 1000 litres of effluent escape into a creek.
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