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EU to mandate battery targets

Brussels will introduce mandatory recycling targets for battery makers including electric car manufacturers from 2030. The move comes as the EU attempts to meet growing demand for vital raw materials without undermining its ambitious environmental goals. Read More

claire moffatDecember 10, 2020, 8:36 amDecember 11, 2020

Australia, Latest News, News, Online Subscription, Waste & Resource Recovery

Landmark waste legislation passes with no mandate for plastic

Unprecedented waste and recycling laws that cement Australia’s seven national targets for waste by 2030 were passed this week, however an amendment by the Greens to reduce single-use plastics or meet
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claire moffatDecember 10, 2020, 8:21 amDecember 10, 2020

International, Latest News, News, Waste & Resource Recovery

Kiverco signs for major Red Sea waste project

Northern-Ireland company Kiverco has been chosen to design, build and install a waste recycling plant that will help recycle all construction waste from the The Red Sea Project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Read More

claire moffatDecember 9, 2020, 2:46 pmDecember 9, 2020

Australia, Latest News, News, Online Subscription, Opinion, Waste & Resource Recovery

Why we should have a national landfill levy

Australians want to take care of the environment, both locally and globally. That means preserving remaining natural habitat and reversing climate change. There are few that now quibble with protecting
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claire moffatDecember 8, 2020, 9:58 amDecember 10, 2020

Latest News, News, Victoria, Waste & Resource Recovery

Council pushes back against decision to extend concrete crusher facility

Kingston Council has voiced its “deep disappointment” that the Victorian Planning Minister has given an 11th hour approval for a concrete crushing facility to remain in Kingston’s Green Wedge for a further 10 years. Read More

claire moffatDecember 8, 2020, 8:31 amDecember 8, 2020

Asia/Pacific, Latest News, News, Waste & Resource Recovery

China to force businesses to submit formal recycling plans and report plastic use

Within the last week China has decreed that it will ban all imports of solid waste from January 1 2021 and told restaurants, e-commerce platforms and delivery companies they have to report their use of
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claire moffatDecember 3, 2020, 8:52 amDecember 3, 2020

International, Latest News, News, Waste & Resource Recovery

Half of UK waste firms challenged during COVID

As Australia celebrates the opening of State borders this week, a survey reveals that more than half of waste businesses in the UK have found their level of work lower than in 2019 after the impact of the pandemic. Read More

claire moffatDecember 3, 2020, 8:50 amDecember 3, 2020

Australia, News, Online Subscription, Waste & Resource Recovery

Study indicates a sustainable led COVID recovery

The iugis’ Sustainable Re-set report reveals the nation expects more from governments when it comes to issues like fighting food waste. The study, undertaken by YouGov, surveyed both consumers and small
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claire moffatDecember 3, 2020, 8:06 amDecember 3, 2020

Australia, Latest News, News, Waste & Resource Recovery

‘Project life’ agreements set to unlock jobs and investment

The Australian Resources and Energy Group AMMA has described the proposed Federal legislation for ‘Project Life Greenfields Agreements’, as a crucial industrial relations reform that will create jobs and economic growth by stimulating investment in the resources, energy and infrastructure sectors. Read More

claire moffatDecember 3, 2020, 7:49 amDecember 3, 2020

ACT, Latest News, News, Waste & Resource Recovery

Ban on single use plastics gains momentum

The Boomerang Alliance has welcomed the accelerating push across Australia to ban certain single-use polluting plastics with a new law introduced by the ACT Government today. The ban follows the recent South Australian law on these products, with Queensland and Western Australia planning to act next. Read More

claire moffatDecember 3, 2020, 7:42 amDecember 3, 2020