Vic EPA: Dob in a dumper
EPA Victoria is warning residents that illegal waste dumping is on the rise, and it is everyone’s responsibility to keep an eye on where their skip bin loads of renovation waste and hard rubbish are going.
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RMIT and council trial world-first coffee concrete footpath
Freshly brewed coffee concrete may be coming to a street near you after RMIT University teamed up with Macedon Ranges Shire Council to conduct a world-first coffee concrete footpath trial. Several other
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Soft plastics recycling facility opens in Melbourne
Melbourne’s west is now home to Australia’s first soft plastics and e-waste recycling facility that will create materials we need to make roads and buildings more durable and sustainable across the
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Vic EPA sends out warning to tyre retailers
EPA Victoria is warning tyre retailers and mechanics after investigators discovered an illegal stockpile of thousands of waste tyres on a property south of Bendigo.
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Illegal dumping costs woman $245k
A woman who leased land on Wallan Road, Whittlesea, which became an illegal waste site, has been fined $45,000 due to an issue investigated by EPA Victoria and ordered to pay the estimated $200,000 cost
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Coles/Woolworths/ALDI Taskforce trial plastics collection scheme
The Soft Plastics Taskforce, consisting of ALDI, Coles and Woolworths, recently launched a soft plastics recycling trial across 12 Melbourne supermarkets as work continues to rebuild a national soft plastic
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Victorian CDS will not lead to increased prices
East Gippsland Water fined $50k for discharge
East Gippsland Region Water Corporation (EGRWC) has been ordered to pay $50,000 to a restorative project run by East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, pay a $20,000 donation to the court and pay EPA Victoria $4,651 in court costs after a wastewater discharge that was in breach of their licence.
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Monash Council sign contracts for WtE plant in Victoria
Monash Council has contracted Recovered Energy Laverton (REL) and Solo Energy (Solo) to divert waste into electricity through a purpose-built WtE facility to be constructed at Laverton, Victoria.
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Coles sets pace with Victorian CDS roll out
Coles is rolling out 47 Reverse Vending Machines across its Victorian stores as the state launches its Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) today.
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