Method Recycling has introduced the Method Twenty to its product family. It’s a 20L bin designed with the same practical design elements of the 60s; this time with smaller spaces in mind.
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ACT MRF temporarily storing materials amid bushfire crisis
The ACT Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) is temporarily storing paper and cardboard to manage the impacts of the bushfire crisis in NSW.
Supermarkets trial plastic wrap-free fresh produce
Several New Zealand Countdown supermarkets are removing plastic produce bags and ‘unwrapping’ fresh produce in a 10-week trial to see if it is a viable long-term solution to plastic reduction.
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Report: New Zealanders send 39 per cent of household plastic containers to landfill
A newly released report on New Zealand’s plastic rubbish and recycling practices is a “timely wake-up call” for a nation that needs to improve its processes, New Zealand’s Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage explained.
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Terminator
Application: The Terminator is a low-speed, high-torque single-shaft industrial shredder designed to process nearly all types of difficult waste, including heavy C&D debris, bulky waste, white goods, mattresses, tires and MSW.
Inside Waste seeks contributor
Inside Waste has an opportunity for a contributing writer to join its team and produce thought-provoking and informative news articles and features for its magazine and online platforms.
Eurobodalla Shire Council offers extra kerbside services due to landfill fire
The Eurobodalla Shire Council is offering extra kerbside pick-ups to help residents affected by a fire at a Surf Beach waste management facility.
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National program launched to give valuable waste materials second life
A national program has been launched to identify valuable products from waste streams, which will then be transformed into useful resources.
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EIS highlights benefits of proposed energy recovery project at Lithgow
An environmental impact statement (EIS) that details the benefits of an energy recovery project at Lithgow has been publicly released.
Carbon abatement – the waste sector can do much more
Projections show Australia is very unlikely to meet its current 2030 carbon reduction targets, with recent reports of increasing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from all sectors other than the electricity and agriculture industries.
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