Plastic turned into picnic tables
Picnic tables made from recycled plastic are saving tonnes of waste from going to landfill due to the Victorian Government’s $21 million Urban Parks Active Wellbeing Program.
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Gaia EnviroTech builds modular biodigesters in Regional Victoria
Gaia EnviroTech, the bioenergy and organic waste management division of Gekko Systems, have designed and manufactured Australia’s first modular anaerobic biodigester, with successful installations across regional Victoria and Tasmania.
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Dumping costs Vic $89 million a year
Councils in Vic spent $89 million responding to the dumping of illegal waste in 2019/20, with ratepayers left to foot the clean-up bill. Only a handful of these waste crime perpetrators were punished or prosecuted … despite the fact that this is what ratepayers want, according to lobby group Keep Victoria Beautiful.
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Hazardous waste grants now open
Businesses (local and international) and local governments can access up to $9.7 million in grants for infrastructure projects that improve the management of Victoria’s hazardous waste.
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Applicants sought run Victoria’s CDS
The Victorian state Government is looking for applicants to run its container deposit scheme, with expressions of interest (EOI) from qualified organisations to run the scheme now open.
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Glass recycling plant for West Melbourne
Citywide has unveiled a glass recycling plant capable of cleaning glass from co-mingled bins and contaminated material that can’t be processed by other plants.
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Guide helps businesses reduce/recycle food waste
A new guide aims to help food businesses to reduce costs by avoiding or recycling more of the 237,000 tonnes of food waste currently going to landfill. Food
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Cleanaway wins contracts with 21 Melbourne councils
Cleanaway has won four-year contracts with 21 of the 26 metropolitan councils in Melbourne that tendered their waste volumes.
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MWRRG’s procurement project changes scope
MWRRG’s recycling collaborative procurement project is shifting scope from securing long-term infrastructure contracts to a short-term service provision.
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Geelong recycling plant earmarked for more jobs
Geelong will soon have the capacity to process an additional 8000 tonnes of plastic every year due to a $3 million joint investment from the Australian and Victorian Governments.
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