The heart of many a recycling facility is its conveyor system and when a conveyor belt is in need of repair, downtime is undoubtedly cause for concern.
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Lightweight, single-use plastic shopping bags will be banned in Western Australia from July 1 next year.
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) PPS Australia was one of three winners in the communications and electronics category at the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation Awards this year, along with Fuji Xerox Australia and SingTel Optus.
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Queensland's Environment Minister, Steven Miles, is encouraging the sector to make a submission on the government's investigation into the cross-border transport of waste to Queensland landfills.
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Mass consumption requires an industrial solution but today, given the number of materials in the waste stream, the household waste collection system runs the risk of becoming far too complex for the community - just think of the ever-increasing number...
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Remondis Australia has acquired a liquid waste collection business in Queensland.
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Serial dumper Dib Hanna has become the first person to be extradited in relation to alleged environmental offences.
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Four of Indonesia's rivers rank among the 20 most polluted in the world in terms of mismanaged plastic waste measured in metric tons.
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In its first action since extending the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) to cover standard contracts involving small businesses in November last year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted proceedings in the federal court...
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Queensland's Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Bill 2017 that introduces the state's container refund scheme and plastic shopping bag ban was passed by state Parliament this week with bipartisan support.
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