Australia’s waste export ban initiatives has seen the shipping of whole baled tyres for disposal overseas stopped at the beginning of December.
Dumping costs Vic $89 million a year
Councils in Vic spent $89 million responding to the dumping of illegal waste in 2019/20, with ratepayers left to foot the clean-up bill. Only a handful of these waste crime perpetrators were punished or prosecuted … despite the fact that this is what ratepayers want, according to lobby group Keep Victoria Beautiful.
Hazardous waste grants now open
Businesses (local and international) and local governments can access up to $9.7 million in grants for infrastructure projects that improve the management of Victoria’s hazardous waste.
Gill – education one of the biggest challenges
Right to repair needs attention to help circular economy
Maroochydore system first for Australian CBD
Odour complaints arise from the community
Odour impacts liveability. It’s the reason for a large number of complaints made to environmental authorities and in communities, with landfills often listed as the top source.
WMRR’s Sloan comes out firing over Victorian CE bill
There has been a flurry of recent activity in Victoria, from the introduction of the Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Bill into Parliament to the release of the waste to energy (WtE) framework. If it’s all about looking busy, then Victoria is certainly winning the race, though questionable, ill-considered and interventionist action is really not what the Victorian waste and resource recovery (WARR) industry needs from government right now, according the Waste Management Resource Recovery Association of Australia WMRR.
How composting facilities complement biogas plants
SPV company created to deliver waste processing for household waste
Councils in Melbourne’s south east have joined together to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) called South East Metropolitan Advanced Waste Processing to deliver new infrastructure to process household waste.