The Honourable Penny Sharpe, NSW Minister for Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Heritage, used her platform at the Coffs Waste Conference to issue a stark warning: New South Wales is facing an
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Recycling plastic packaging will not fix plastic pollution
Single use plastic packaging is very useful stuff. It makes our modern lives easier. There are two key issues with plastic packaging that we need to focus on – litter (pollution) and recycling. In that order. Unfortunately, most of the discussion about plastic packaging is about how much is or is not being recycled or how much recycled content is being added into packaging manufacture.
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Video: How quickly a battery fire can start
Have you ever seen just how fast a battery fire can break out when a battery ignites inside a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)? This video shows it in real time, and it happens in seconds.
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A new tax to help Australians kick their fast fashion addiction
France has become the first country in the world to tax ultra-fast fashion brands like Temu and Shein. An Australia Institute research piece, released more than a year ago, recommends Australia
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Productivity Summit for circular economy welcome – Veolia
Veolia ANZ has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of the Productivity Summit this August. CEO Dr Richard Kirkman, who has a PHD in Circular Economy from Imperial College London, said the Summit would undoubtedly recognise the crucial role that the waste, water and energy sectors will play in driving current and future productivity as Australia transitions to a circular economy.
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WMRR says mandatory product stewardship needs to start now
WMRR the national peak body for the waste and resource recovery industry is calling on the Federal government to act now. With the federal government’s rollout of solar subsidies on 1 July 2025 expected to double the amount of decommissioned solar panels each year to 8 million.
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Tickets selling fast for Women in Industry Awards
The finalists for the 2025 Women in Industry Awards have been announced – and we couldn’t be prouder to shine a spotlight on the remarkable women who are leading, innovating and making a lasting impact across Australia’s industrial sectors.
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ReGen 2025: A platform for circular resource solutions
Debuting at ICC Sydney from 23–24 July 2025, ReGen will bring together circular economy exhibitors, buyers, and thought leaders from across the country. The event is presented by Diversified Communications Australia and marks the next evolution of the former Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo (AWRE).
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Drones identifying ghost nets along NT coastline
Drones and Artificial Intelligence are uncovering ghost nets from 50 centimetres to larger than five metres along the coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria, proving the success of a program aimed at maintaining
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Recycling Modernisation Fund reaches milestone
More than 50 new and upgraded recycling infrastructure projects across Australia have now been completed under the Government’s Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF).
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