During the Waste Expo held in Melbourne at the end of 2024, one of the key seminars was titled Advancing Product Stewardship Schemes and Extended Producer Responsibility in Australia. It was an apt title.
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60k fine over tyres seen as fire hazard
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued two penalty notices totalling $60,000 and an official caution to a Western Sydney company for allegedly storing rubber waste tyres improperly
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$225K in fines for improper tyre storage
Western Sydney company BSV Tyre Recycling Australia Pty Ltd (BSV) has been ordered to pay more than $160,000 for 10 offences relating to the improper storage of waste tyres by the Land and Environment Court.
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Which product stewardship schemes are most effective? Not many
The Evaluating Product Stewardship benefits and effectiveness – Summary Report, May 2023 (Institute for Sustainable Futures; ISF) fails to reveal many of the systemic problems suffered by Product Stewardship (PS) schemes in Australia.
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Tyre recycling plant to be online soon
Melbourne-based Tyrecycle will be commissioning its new tyre recycling plant in East Rockingham, Perth, in March 2024. It had a successful cold commission at the end of 2023 and the company’s CEO Jim Fairweather couldn’t be happier with the $15 million plant.
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Agreement signed between NTRO and Entyr
The National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO) and technology company, Entyr, have signed a five-year product development agreement including an extended royalty arrangement.
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