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Waste Innovation and Recycling Awards’ winners announced

The Waste Innovation and Recycling Awards (WIRA) have been announced with nominations and finalists exceptional in all categories. At a gala event held at the Melbourne Arts Centre, the Waste Innovation and Recycling Awards represent the best of the best in the waste and recycling industry, with judges stating they were impressed by the high calibre of nominations to the 12 categories. Held in the conjunction with Waste Expo Australia, WIRA was held for the second time in eight months due to the 2021 event being postponed. Read More
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Expansion of container types essential for CDS

Environment, resource recovery and retail industry groups have welcomed the NSW government support of the expansion as to the types of containers that will be covered by refund schemes. They called on all state environment ministers – who meet on October 21 – to move quickly, as it makes good recycling, business and community sense to do so, according to Jeff Angel, Director of the Boomerang Alliance of 55 NGOs. Read More
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B-Cycle releases report on state of battery recycling

Australia’s official government-backed battery recycling Scheme, B-cycle, has released its first performance report – Positive Charge. The Scheme has doubled the national collection rate of loose batteries and power tool batteries, recycling the equivalent of 38 million AA batteries in its first six months – enough loose batteries to wrap halfway around the world. Read More
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Coffee cups and lids must be banned – Boomerang Alliance

Plastic, single use coffee cups and lids are a massive litter and waste problem in Australia, and have been for the past 30 years so must be banned, according to a spokesperson from the Boomerang Alliance of 55 environment NGOs. With over 1.8 billion coffee cups and lids littered or landfilled every year, it’s urgent to make the switch to reusables. Read More
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When disasters strike, who’s in charge of the clean-up?

According to the United Nation’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the number of natural disasters around the world has increased by a factor of five over the past 50 years. The organisation’s Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970-2019) states there have been more than 11,000 natural disasters over that time period. More than two million people have lost their lives as a result, while there has been more than US$3.6 trillion in monetary losses. Read More