Federal Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley has unveilled Australia’s largest tyre recycling plant at Erskine Park in Western Sydney.
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Platform to provide KPIs on circular economy
A new circular economy metrics platform launched by NSW Circular is designed to help councils, precincts, industry and communities track their transition to zero waste. Read more
A quarter of Australians ‘don’t know where to start’ when it comes to recycling
Australians are increasingly conscious about their environmental impact with more than half (57 per cent) concerned about sending their shoes and clothes to landfill and bothered by products that can’t be recycled easily (54 per cent) – according to the latest survey by TreadLightly.
Close The Loop lists on the ASX
Close the Loop, an end-to-end solutions provider from design and manufacturing, through to collection and recycling of products, has announced that trading of its shares on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has commenced, under the code ‘CLG’ following the completion of an initial public offering (IPO). Read more
Lack of trust in how QLD govt spends levy monies
A lack of trust is just one issue that Queensland state government has when it comes to dividing up monies it collects from landfill levies. Millions of dollars from the State Government’s waste management fund could flow back into communities through a proposed new government scheme as a major stakeholder demands action from ministers.
Engage Victoria wants input on 4-bin solution
Packaging targets a failure says Boomerang Alliance
Almost all of Australia’s key packaging waste and recycling targets are on the path to failure, Jeff Angel, director of the Boomerang Alliance of 56 group, said after the release of a major review by the industry-based Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO).
Applicants sought run Victoria’s CDS
DIC Australia fined over wastewater event
Ink manufacturer DIC Australia who was found responsible for polluting a Western Sydney river with purple dye will pay $88,000 towards environmental and clean-up programs and the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) costs of investigating the incident.
Pact Group gets $20 million government funding
Pact Group has received $20 million in funding from the Federal Government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative for Recycling and Clean Energy Manufacturing projects to support its investments in world-leading technology which will increase the amount of recycled materials in locally made plastic packaging.
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