Consultation is now open on the state’s first ever Protection of the Environment Policy (PEP) for Sustainable Construction, which aims to reduce upfront carbon emissions and promote a circular economy
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EPA commences prosecutions over asbestos mulch
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has commenced a suite of prosecutions against three companies and one individual in response to its asbestos in mulch investigation that started in 2024.
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Re.Group committed to building a sustainable tomorrow
By David Singh, Managing Director, Re.Group
Victoria celebrated the one-year anniversary of its Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) in November, and the state marked an impressive milestone: one billion containers returned in just 12 months. Re.Group is thrilled to have contributed to this outcome, with five of our Return-It depots ranking in the top 10 metro refund points. This achievement underscores the positive impact our network is having in Victoria and across Australia.
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Locally made means local support from Eriez
Jonathan Schulberg may not have been in the resource recovery industry as long as some, but he does remember the days when separating out the different waste streams was not only unimportant, but nobody even thought about getting a monetary return. How the industry has changed. Schulberg is the Australian business development manager for Eriez, a US-based company based – unsurprisingly – out of Erie, Pennsylvania, in the US.
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55K fine for fire in medical waste machine
A fire in a machine processing medical waste at Dandenong South has cost the company running it nearly $55,000 for breaching a licence condition from EPA Victoria. EPA charged Cleanaway Daniels
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PIPA: Plumbers lead way with recycling scheme
In November 2021, the Master Plumbers’ Association of Queensland (MPAQ) and the Plastics Industry Pipe Association of Australia (PIPA) launched the Construction Plastics Recycling Scheme pilot program with key industry partners to educate and divert PVC off-cuts from landfill.
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Onetrak’s Terex machines keep things clean
Tom Barrett is the operations manager at Recycal Rocherlea in Tasmania. Recycal is a family-owned metal recycling business that operates several locations throughout the country. At present, it utilises five Terex Fuchs material handlers, all provided and maintained by the Onetrak team.
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Mystery of black balls solved (sort of)
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has finalised testing on black balls debris that washed up on beaches in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs last month, confirming earlier results that indicate
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Packaging waste needed on ministers’ meeting agenda
More than 50 environment groups have challenged federal and state environment ministers to act on packaging waste and plastic at their imminent joint meeting on 10 December.
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Bathurst waste facility captures 2.4 tonnes of biogas
Phase one of a carbon cutting partnership between LGI and Bathurst Regional Council at Bathurst Waste Management Centre is complete. The landfill gas management system designed, installed and commissioned
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