New plans by the NSW government for more single-use plastics bans, catching up with other states are welcome, but need improvement, the Boomerang Alliance of 55 NGOs said recently. ‘’NSW has to date
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Wollongong City Council diversts 19,000 mattresses from landfill
Mattrec Holdings has been awarded a contract by Wollongong City Council to break down and recycle mattresses at their Port Kembla facility. Wollongong City Lord Mayor Councillor Gordon Bradbery AM said
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NSW EPA looking to mandate recycled content in govt procurement
Nancy Chang, the NSW EPA executive director of regulatory policy, initiatives and advice, has hinted that the Authority is looking to mandate that state and local government construction contracts must have a certain percentage of recycled content in them.
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Coles and Woolworths have met their obligations – so far
Coles and Woolworths have met their immediate obligations under the Clean-up Notices issued by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) with more than 5000 tonnes of soft plastics moved to safe storage.
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BINGO receives approval for treatment plant
BINGO has secured Department of Planning and Environment development approval for the Patons Lane Recycling Water Treatment Plant (RWTP) and Leachate Treatment Plant (LTP). This coincides with the reactivation of BINGO’s Patons Lane Landfill, which commenced operations on 3 July 2023.
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Researchers tackle new looming waste crisis
Researchers at the University of Sydney have developed new methods to solve a major source of future waste from the automotive, aerospace, and renewable industries.
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BMD wins Richmond System Wastewater contract
BMD Construction has secured a contract for the Richmond System Wastewater upgrade.
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AWRE Summit gets serious about recycling and residuals
There are just over two months to go before the Australian Waste and Recycling Expo (AWRE) 2023 gets underway at Sydney’s ICC from July 26-27, including at the event is a full-day summit.
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Renewable energy key element to circular economy
One of the keynote speakers at the upcoming Waste 2023 Conference at Coffs Harbour will be Planet Ark CEO Rebecca Gilling, whose topic will be A Carbon Neutral Circular Economy for Australia: Connecting the Dots. Getting to carbon neutrality is no easy task, but utilising the organisation’s three main planks, she thinks Australia can get there. Those three planks are carbon neutrality, circular economy and connecting people with nature.
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Tony Chappel: Entrenched positions need changing
One of the first things Tony Chappel did when he became the CEO of the NSW EPA was give a speech at the 2022 Australian Waste and Recycling Expo (AWRE), where he talked about “collective” collaboration between the state government, and waste and resource recovery stakeholders.
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