A joint venture between Pact Group Holdings, Cleanaway Waste Management and Asahi Beverages, badged Circular Plastics Australia (PET) is set to build a recycling facility in Albury/Wodonga. It will create
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NSW planning reforms arrive
Long-awaited planning reforms for New South Wales will result in reduced planning assessment times, less red tape, and user friendly e-planning tools to help turbo-charge the economic recovery according to Premier Gladys Berejiklian. She revealed the $83 million NSW Planning Reform Action Plan at Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) late last week.
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Study shows less food wasted during COVID-19 shutdown
Households are wasting less food in the COVID-19 shutdown and these good habits are set to continue, according to a new study Love Food Hate Waste by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.
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LGNSW calls for more details on RMF
Like many operators in the WARR industry, Local Government NSW has welcomed the news of the federal government $190 million Recycling Monestisation Fund the but says a number of questions remain unanswered.
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AWRE heads back to Sydney in November
The Australasian Waste and Recycling Expo (AWRE) is preparing to return to the ICC Sydney Darling Harbour from 25-26 November this year.
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Extended deadlines don’t mitigate the urgency for recycling solution
Major recycling reform in NSW is at a critical stage and the decision to push back a ban on waste glass exports from next month to next year, does not alleviate the urgent need for this reform to progess, according to Local Government NSW (LGNSW).
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NSW councils benefit by EPA FOGO grants
Funding to improve the recycling of kerbside waste is now available for NSW councils and the alternative waste treatment (AWT) industry. The investment is part of the NSW Government’s $24 million AWT
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Young Professional: Ark Du advocates for education to lift awareness of waste recycling
For Veolia Australia and New Zealand landfill engineer Fangzhou Du, colloquially known as “Ark”, a love of the environment has run through his blood for decades.
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$1.5 million in NSW Government grants to stop and clean up illegal dumping
As the illegal dumping of household goods increases under COVID restrictions, the New South Wales Government is encouraging councils, public land managers and community groups to apply for grants to tackle the problem in their local area. Councils have until July 17 to apply for the grants which are a part of the NSW Combating Illegal Dumping Clean-up and Prevention program.
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re/CYCLE takes Vinnies NSW further into circular sustainability
A product range made from recycled textiles including donations to Vinnies Shops unable to be sold on the shop floor, are being offered under the re/CYCLE brand.
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