Cigarette butt litter costs woman $1200
A smoke in the park at Doncaster has cost a Thomastown woman more than $1,200 after she dropped a burning cigarette on the ground.
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Wangaratta company told to stop odour
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has issued a notice on a South Wangaratta company involved in the food industry to take immediate action to reduce odour escaping its property and impacting the local community.
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Magnetic material mops up microplastics
Researchers at RMIT University have found an innovative way to rapidly remove hazardous microplastics from water using magnets.
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Dasma lose to EPA in Court of Appeal decision
The Victorian Court of Appeal has delivered a judgement partly relating to the definition of waste under the Environment Protection Act 1970 (Vic) (EP Act 1970), following an appeal from a waste management company, Dasma, who is based in Hazelwood North.
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Rebrand complete for 2019 REMONDIS acquisitions
A suite of specialised industrial and liquid waste operations in Melbourne will adopt the REMONDIS brand, the final step of an acquisition process that commenced in 2019.
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EPA suspends SBI’s operating licence at Melbourne landfill
EPA Victoria has suspended SBI’s operating licence in light of significant and ongoing odour issues and compliance concerns from the Cranbourne West landfill operator.
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$14.26M for healthy soils, soft plastics
$14.26 million in joint Federal and Victorian Government grant funding will give another life to 150,000 tonnes of Victoria’s food and garden waste and 30,000 tonnes of soft plastics.
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$25M investment to boost regional recycling
Up to $25 million is available to cut the cost of recovering recyclable materials in regional Victoria under round two of the Regional Recycling Fund.
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Circular Economy Bill passes through Victorian Parliament
Future of Gippsland Waste-to-Energy facility in doubt
A $48.2 million grant for the proposed waste-to-energy facility in Gippsland, Victoria was granted by former prime minister Scott Morrison; however, that grant is now under review according to a spokesperson from Melbourne-based provider of waste management services, Waste Sense. The construction of the waste-to-energy facility in Gippsland was expected to begin this year.
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