Which comes first, composting capacity or the commitment by Council to supply FOGO material? How many times have you heard this: “Council cannot go to FOGO because there are no processing facilities and no markets for the compost”. Many Councils pose this as a Chicken and Egg question. It isn’t.
A new composting facility will see the contents of Tweed Shire Council’s food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bins transformed into 175 tonnes a week of soil health products for the local community, parks, gardens and agriculture.
The Federal Government has announced $7 million for recycling in regional and remote Australia. Minister for the Environment, Sussan Ley, said the funding will help build new or expand existing recycling facilities to deal with waste glass, plastics, tyres and paper in remote and regional areas, and would help tackle the city-country imbalance when it comes to recycling opportunities.
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The Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence has released an Overcoming Free-Riders white paper setting out 10 strategies to overcome the problem of free-riders.
WMRR has acknowledged that the NSW government, through its Energy from Waste (EfW) infrastructure plan, has provided clarity to the market as to where it sees a place for EfW in an integrated waste and resource recovery (WARR) system in NSW.
Australia’s support for a binding global treaty to address marine plastic pollution is a breakthrough, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia.
The WRIQ’s September Business Breakfast will feature presentations by: ANZ, State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning (DSDILGP), and the National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC).
On 13 September 2021, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works will hold a public hearing to scrutinise a proposal from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) to construct a $59.8 million purpose-built intermediate level solid radioactive waste storage facility at its Lucas Heights campus.