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Batteries, Clothing, Commercial and industrial waste, Construction and Demolition waste, Container deposit schemes, Ewaste, Latest News, Packaging, Plastics, Product Stewardship, Solar panels, textiles, Tyres

Product stewardship needs stronger national framework

Having spent the majority of his working life in product stewardship and recycling, the EcoCycle Group’s national partnerships manager, Spyro Kalos, is part of a growing push for stronger, nationally consistent frameworks to support responsible end-of-life management of batteries, electronics, and other products. Read More

mike.wheelerDecember 17, 2025, 10:41 amDecember 17, 2025

Border Force intercepts illegal tyre waste

The Australian Government has stopped the unlawful export of 10 shipping containers of illegal tyre waste from Sydney to Malaysia. Read More

mike.wheelerSeptember 29, 2025, 2:20 pmSeptember 30, 2025

Circular Economy, Ewaste, FOGO, Latest News, Online Subscription, Paint, Plastics, Product Stewardship, Tyres

Getting onboard with product stewardship schemes

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
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mike.wheelerApril 22, 2025, 9:00 amApril 22, 2025

Features, Online Subscription, Tyres

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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mike.wheelerJanuary 15, 2025, 3:01 pmJanuary 15, 2025

Disposal, Latest News, Recycing/reusing, Tyres

$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. Read More

Lisa KoryckiJuly 4, 2024, 9:47 amJuly 4, 2024

Batteries, Clothing, Container deposit schemes, e-waste, Opinion, Packaging, Paint, Product Stewardship, Solar panels, Tyres

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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Mike RitchieJune 24, 2024, 8:22 amJune 24, 2024

collection, Equipment, Opinion, Perth, Product Stewardship, Professional Services, Tyres

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. Read More

mike.wheelerMarch 7, 2024, 10:21 amMarch 7, 2024

Circular Economy, Features, Recycing/reusing, Tyres

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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mike.wheelerJuly 13, 2023, 9:25 amJuly 13, 2023