A new report into consumer insights has today revealed that 76 per cent of Australians think that recycling is the most positive thing they can do for the environment and that the first place they turn to for accurate information about how to recycle right is the labelling on their product packaging (51 per cent).
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) will continue to authorise the 15c-per-litre levy (plus GST) on the wholesale sale of architectural and design (A& D) paint that is part of the National Paint Product Stewardship Scheme operated by NGO Paintback. This is great news, according to Karen Gomez, CEO, Paintback.
It’s a hard life being a black soldier fly (BSF) – first as maggots/larvae you’re put through the wringer breaking down organic waste, then before you reach adulthood, you’re turned into poultry feed.
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WWF-Australia and the Boomerang Alliance have welcomed a long-awaited plan to ban harmful single-use plastic items in NSW and called on the state government to introduce legislation this year.
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement of a $356 million investment to support the phase out of single-use plastics and the rollout of a uniform approach to food waste reduction across the state.
If you’re one of the thousands of highway drivers who use roadside rest stops you may well have seen piles of grain on the ground left behind from trucks that are either cleaning out trailers or reducing weight.
Australia’s first underground automated waste collection system for a CBD is live and was officially opened in the new Maroochydore City Centre on the Sunshine Coast.
The WRIQ is inviting its members and non-members to attend a WRIQ Business Breakfast at the Brookwater Golf Club, Ipswich. This business breakfast comes at an important time for the industry to come together on the back of a spike in consultation and engagement from the Department on Organics, Composting, Waste to Energy and other government priorities.
Woolworths Group has established a new executive level leadership role solely dedicated to sustainability which will drive concerted action across each of the group’s brands and businesses as it works towards a set of ambitious targets for 2025 and beyond.
Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6, has agreed to acquire Beauparc Utilities from founder Eamon Waters and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund.
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