BINGO continues remediation for issues at Eastern Creek
BINGO has continued to undertake remedial and preventative measure to address any potential odour from its landfill facility at Eastern Creek in Sydney.
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EPA’s changes will decrease recycling rates, reduce jobs, discourage investment
The NSW construction & demolition (C&D) waste sector is the largest resource recovery sector in NSW, processing over 13.4 million tonnes a year and contributing $500 million annually to the economy. It employs more than 1,000 workers. The EPA’s proposal to rapidly change the framework that presently recycles over 1.2 million tonnes of fines from co-mingled waste could destroy business’ investment confidence, leading to a lack of investment, and innovation. The EPA needs to focus on better enforcement of the existing regulations, rather than increasing the regulatory burden on ethical operators. The EPA’s proposal will merely force ethical operators out of the industry.
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30 councils benefit from scrap grants
Two sets of grants totalling more than $2.8 million will be a boon for recycling food waste across NSW.
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Charitable Recycling conference set for October 2022
The Charitable Recycling Australia National Conference 2022 will be in Sydney at the Novotel Sydney Central on 17-18 October. It’s live and in person, because nothing beats an experiential face-to-face event.
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Sydney Water fined by EPA after sewage spills
Sydney Water must pay more than $1.2 million in restoration and prevention costs after it discharged a total of more than half a million litres of untreated sewage in two separate incidents.
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Return and Earn opens in Mascot
Sydney’s latest Return and Earn location at Mascot, marking the beginning of a partnership that will help NSW’s circular economy flourish.
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BINGO gets flare go ahead at Eastern Creek
BINGO has received formal approval for a permanent landfill gas capture system at its Eastern Creek facility. The new system will replace the current temporary infrastructure and combust gas derived from the landfill with two permanent, enclosed flares at a rate of 3,000 standard cubic metres per hour.
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NSW bushfires clean up gets $24 million boost
The NSW Government is investing almost $24 million to help deal with waste and damage in the ongoing clean up from the 2019-20 bushfires.
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DIC Australia fined over wastewater event
Ink manufacturer DIC Australia who was found responsible for polluting a Western Sydney river with purple dye will pay $88,000 towards environmental and clean-up programs and the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) costs of investigating the incident.
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Single-use plastic ban legislation passed in NSW
The ban on single-use plastics, including bags, straws, cotton buds, plates, bowls and cutlery is closer, after the Plastics and Circular Economy Act 2021 passed in the NSW Parliament recently.
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