Coffee cups need to be on agenda at ministers’ meeting
Australian environmental groups have urged federal and state governments to target coffee cup pollution, when Australia’s environment ministers meet on Friday 21 October.
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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.
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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.
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Results in from independent review of TSA scheme
An independent review of the national Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme (TPSS) – a scheme administered by Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) – shows commendable work has delivered public benefit at small cost to the economy but that the Scheme has reached a turning point.
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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.
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Waste businesses to be consolidated under Pure brand
After more than 25 years in the waste industry working for Veolia and Toxfree, Peter Goodwin formed a new group, which has led to the development of the Pure brand. Goodwin, along with other partners, has raised capital to create a number of business units under the Pure name.
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Veolia and Defence Dept team up over coffee cups
A successful coffee cup recycling trial managed by Veolia for the Department of Defence is set to divert up to three million coffee cups from landfill every year.
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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.
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STG Global signs deal with US’s New Way
Truck body specialist STG Global has signed a deal with a United States company to supply its dual organic and solid waste processing trucks to the Australian market.
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NREL and CSIRO sign collaboration deal
An agreement between Australia and the United States will see greater international research collaboration in areas related to plastic waste and renewable energy. The CSIRO has signed a MoU with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
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