Producer responsibility key to success in soft plastics recovery
The Boomerang Alliance has cautiously welcomed the progress report released at the recent National Soft Plastics Summit.
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Public to have say on WA e-waste ban
The Western Australian public can now have their say on regulations that will ban e-waste from landfill. E-waste items like televisions, mobile phones, computers, screens, data storage, refrigerators, dishwashers, batteries, medical devices, lighting and lamps are included in the first phase of bans.
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Wollongong City Council diversts 19,000 mattresses from landfill
Mattrec Holdings has been awarded a contract by Wollongong City Council to break down and recycle mattresses at their Port Kembla facility. Wollongong City Lord Mayor Councillor Gordon Bradbery AM said
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New way of dying clothes means less wastewater
Deakin University has signed a partnership agreement with Geelong-based company Xefco as part of its Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH) to conduct new research into how dying clothes without using water can be achieved.
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Queensland councils look into landfill biogas extraction
Queensland council leaders looked into landfill biogas extraction at an open day at the Toowoomba Waste Management Centre.
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‘Education first’ approach to single-use plastic ban
Queensland’s single-use plastic ban came into effect on September 1. The government is trying to make sure that it gives as much assistance as possible to those companies making the transition through
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Cleanaway fined 30k over waste hand sanitizer movement
EPA Victoria has issued three fines to Cleanaway Pty Ltd totalling nearly $30,000 for transporting waste hand sanitizer without properly logging its movement.
A further $9,246 fine was issued to one
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Facilitating safe recycled organic products
The Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has recently engaged a consortium led by Dr Kevin Wilkinson, Frontier Ag & Environment, to consider Revision of AS4454: Composts, Soil Conditioners and Mulches in order to facilitate the production and use of clean, consistent and safe recycled organic products.
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ACT to introduce legislation to kick start circular economy
The ACT Government has introduced new legislation to support a new legal framework to establish a circular economy by keeping more resources in the economy for longer.
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Visy upgrades paper and cardboard recycling facility
Visy has unveiled a $42.5 million upgrade to its paper recycling and remanufacturing campus in Coolaroo with Premier Daniel Andrews and Federal Minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek.
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