Why plastics pipes are important to the future
Plastic pipes and fittings have transformed the way we live, delivering essential services and utilities to our homes and communities.
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Deleting heavyweight plastic bags is great, but what are the alternatives?
Western Australia banned heavyweight plastic bags in 2022, Queensland will follow this September. South Australia and the ACT will act soon. The bans are forcing the major supermarkets to abandon their 15 or 25 cent plastic bags.
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Is kerbside collection the dumping ground for FMCG packaging?
The proposal from the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) for a National Plastics Recycling Scheme (NPRS) is being met with considerable scepticism. The failure of industry to meet the national voluntary packaging targets hampers the credibility of this latest proposal, which is based on kerbside collection.
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National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme releases plan
The National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme (NCPSS) has released its plan to achieve circularity for Australian clothing and fashion by 2030.
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Insitu Advisory consultant loves variety of job
A common theme for those who start out in the waste industry is that it was never their intention to do so in the first place. This was the case for Amy Alessi who works for InSitu Advisory as an environmental consultant. That doesn’t mean that her Bachelor of Science degree didn’t come in handy when she decided to take a role at the company once she graduated. And it was after working in the industry for 12 months, Alessi decided to apply for her master’s degree in environmental engineering management to expand her horizons in the waste industry. Like any job, the learning curve has been steep.
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Acetylene disposal facility to be built in Victoria
A new industry to recycle, process and dispose of end-of-life acetylene cylinders is being set up in Stawell, Victoria.
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REDcycle did the right thing by stockpiling
Amidst all the media hyperventilating about the demise of REDcycle and the stockpiling of plastic, it is easy to think that all plastic recycling, and all recycling for that matter, is broken or worse still a fraud. It isn’t.
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The REDcycle crisis that never was
Few events in waste have captured our attention in recent months like the disruption in REDcycle soft plastic collections. What the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and others have dubbed a ‘collapse’ has been also variously referred to as a ‘crisis’, ‘debacle’, ‘shock’ and a ‘botched plastic bag recycling program’.
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Charitable Recycling Australia launches export accreditation scheme
Charitable Recycling Australia has established a credible, realistic and practical accreditation process to provide a standard for the export of second-hand clothing for reuse.
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Boomerang Alliance releases national plan for soft plastics
Australia urgently needs a national plan to tackle the soft plastics crisis, according to the Boomerang Alliance of 55 groups, on releasing its proposed product stewardship scheme to mandate action by producers and supermarkets.
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