As climate change, population growth and ecological decline reshape global food systems, experts from RMIT University say improving sustainability will take more than swapping out ingredients. It requires
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Mornington Peninsula waste reform changes
Waste reform is set to roll out across the Mornington Peninsula from next year, with changes to household collection systems driven by a legislated State Government overhaul. Standardised bin lid colours
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Scania reaches for the stars
Scania’s low-entry L-series cab has achieved a five-star safety rating – the highest possible – in the European consumer testing organisation Euro NCAP’s Safer Trucks programme. Assessed against safety performance parameters yet devised, the L-series cab has been proven to provide drivers and vulnerable road users protection and is positioned for a variety of waste industry applications.
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Mayor warns of risks with embedded batteries
Townsville has disposed of hundreds of potentially dangerous disused devices containing embedded batteries for free as part of inter-council program. But the number of batteries handed in to date through
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What we can learn from Italy’s high recycling rates
One of the bugbears of Australia is its tyranny of distance. It is for this reason that, when the federation was founded, it was decided to divide the country into states and territories so the various
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Container Exchange – facing its next evolution
Trevor Evans did not arrive at Container Exchange (COEX) as an outsider. Before becoming interim chief executive officer, he had already spent months inside the organisation in an advisory capacity. His
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Snap inspections put waste transporters on notice
EPA Victoria is cracking down on truck drivers and transport firms who don’t comply with the state’s strict waste tracking laws. The environmental watchdog conducted the first in a campaign of
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SEQ mayors back waste collaboration over landfill challenge
Councils across South East Queensland (SEQ) are working together to confront the region’s growing landfill challenge, as existing facilities near capacity and disposal costs continue to increase. The
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Rozelle asbestos issue outcome announced
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has entered into a legally binding Enforceable Undertaking with the John Holland and CPB Contractors joint venture, which has agreed to pay
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Fine for repeatedly burning industrial waste
EPA Victoria has fined the occupier of a Sunbury property for the second time in six months for illegally burning industrial waste. Paul Attwell’s company Active Farming has been fined a total of
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