Acting Premier Jackie Trad said the paper, which can be found here, informed the development of the state’s waste management strategy, which is underpinned by a waste levy. Key points include: A waste
Read More
Bundaberg assures residents of continued recycling collection
The China Sword Policy has reduced significantly the return obtained for paper commons by Council’s MRF operator and there is now no market for the lowest grade of plastics that were previously recycled.
Read More
Read More
Local Law 20 anti-competitive: WRIQ
The proposed local law is intended to replace Chapter 5A: Waste Management by Local Governments of the Environmental Protection Regulations 2008 and section 7 in Part 2A of the Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulation 2011. Both are scheduled to expire on July 1.
The City of Gold Coast has said that its proposed Local Law 20, which was open for submissions till last week, would protect public health and amenity related to waste management by:
Read More
Read More
Revisiting the issue of interstate waste movement
The issue has now hit the political headlines. It was framed by 4 Corners as a matter of criminal behaviour, which it isn’t. Queensland has committed to reducing it through increased
Read More
Read More
Time for action: getting industry out of the corner
Speaking to industry players including NSW EPA director waste and resource recovery Steve Beaman, ACOR CEO Grant Musgrove, WCRA executive director Tony Khoury, Polytrade Rydalmere manager Nathan Ung, Bingo
Read More
Read More
Closing the loop of Magnetic Island
Speaking to Inside Waste after winning the Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA) Transfer Stations Excellence Awards at the 2017 Australian Landfill & Transfer Stations Innovation
Read More
Read More
Ban the bag and cash for trash: new waste reduction and recycling laws in Queensland
In recent years, bans on lightweight plastic bags have been implemented in South Australia, the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania, while South Australia, New South Wales
Read More
Read More
Waste Opportunist: Closing the plasticulture loop in QLD (part 2)
Queensland’s existing ag-plastic collections DrumMUSTER DrumMUSTER commenced in 1998 and is an Australian-wide program for the collection and recycling of eligible (with
Read More
Read More
Waste Opportunist: Closing the plasticulture loop in QLD (part 1)
Of the many plastics used in Queensland’s agriculture, approximately one-third can be readily recycled, for example, clean plastics such as trickle tapes and plastic packaging. However, plastic products
Read More
Read More
Waste Opportunist: The salt of the earth
In January 2015, Queensland began exporting Coal Seam Gas (CSG, otherwise known as coal bed methane) to Asian markets. The volumes with these exports are expected to realise 1400BCF in 2017 alone, and
Read More
Read More