Victoria

Veolia-Opal-Masdar Tribe bottom ash recycling facility gets EPA approval

Veolia-Opal-Masdar Tribe’s $8 million bottom ash recycling facility has been approved by EPA Victoria. The first facility of its kind to be approved for construction in the state, it will be located with the Maryvale Energy from Waste (EfW) facility. Read More

mike.wheelerSeptember 9, 2022, 11:10 amSeptember 9, 2022

Features, Industry News, Victoria

Charges laid by EPA Victoria over alleged tyre stockpiling

EPA Victoria has laid three charges against ELT Recycling Australia alleging that in October 2021 the company stored in excess of 5000 EPU (Equivalent Passenger Units, the equivalent of standard car tyres) of waste tyres without an operating licence and subsequently: Read More

mike.wheelerSeptember 6, 2022, 10:55 amSeptember 6, 2022

Victorian households get fourth bin for glass

Thousands of Victorian households will soon be able to recycle more efficiently and divert tonnes of waste from landfill due to the roll-out of the four-bin waste and recycling system. Read More

mike.wheelerSeptember 1, 2022, 10:30 amSeptember 1, 2022

Industry News, News, Victoria

Latrobe City Council come out fighting over EfW facility

Latrobe City Council has called on the Albanese Federal Government to uphold the $48.2 million commitment made to the Energy from Waste (EfW) Facility at Maryvale Mill – operated by Opal Australian Paper – in April 2022. Read More

mike.wheelerAugust 31, 2022, 9:56 amSeptember 1, 2022

Features, Industry News, News, Victoria

$285,000 fine for asbestos dump at primary school

A court case involving more than 100 loads of asbestos-contaminated waste dumped at a Victorian primary school has ended with a conviction and a $285,000 fine. Read More

mike.wheelerAugust 16, 2022, 8:27 amAugust 16, 2022

News, Victoria

Finalists announced for Premier’s Sustainability Awards

New apps, innovative alternatives to plastic, and food rescue organisations are but a few of the many inspirational entrants tackling waste which have been uncovered among this year’s Premier’s Sustainability Awards finalists.
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mike.wheelerAugust 4, 2022, 9:25 amAugust 4, 2022

Vic government announces $10 million for WtE initiative

The Victorian Government has announced $10 million to support projects that create electricity, heat, gas or liquid fuel from organic waste that would otherwise go to landfill. Read More

mike.wheelerJuly 19, 2022, 7:53 amJuly 20, 2022

News, Victoria

Gaia EnviroTech receives funding for commercialising anaerobic digestion for organic waste

The Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio, has recently announced that Gaia EnviroTech has been awarded funding for the establishment of commercially viable Anaerobic Digestion (AD) for organic waste. Read More

mike.wheelerJune 28, 2022, 7:59 amJune 28, 2022

News, Victoria

Food waste helps grow orchard that will feed disadvantaged

Veolia has announced it will use the circular economy of food waste to help feed disadvantaged communities in Melbourne by planting an orchard in the Mornington Peninsula.

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mike.wheelerMay 12, 2022, 9:03 amMay 12, 2022

Features, Victoria

BioFactory launched as part of CE project

Deakin University will establish a BioFactory in Geelong as part of a Circular Economy Accelerator-Organics (CEA-O) project in partnership with the Victorian Government, 20 industry partners, Monash University and RMIT University. Read More

mike.wheelerMarch 22, 2022, 9:50 amMarch 24, 2022