Rubber from used tyres acts like sunscreen for roads and halves the rate of sun damage when mixed with bitumen, new research has found. Read more
Vic EPA fines cheese maker over odour
EPA Victoria has fined Yering cheese maker Yarra Valley Dairy more than $9,000 over a strong odour affecting neighbouring properties in the wine country of the Yarra Valley.
Boomerang Alliance: Coles ‘’reusable bags’’ not reusable
According to the Boomerang Alliance, Coles Supermarkets in their recent announcement about using marine plastic waste in plastic bags are undermining their own Together to Zero Waste strategy by failing to meet genuine standards for reusability.
Scrap metal dealers on the look out for thieves
Energex, Ergon Energy Network and Waste Recycling Industry Queensland (WRIQ) are asking scrap metal dealers to be on the lookout for stolen electrical equipment following a rise in metal theft.
Return and Earn agreement extended
TOMRA Cleanaway will continue in the role of Network Operator under the New South Wales Container Deposit Scheme, ‘Return and Earn.’ The Network Operator Agreement has been extended for four years, ending in late 2026. Read more
Chappel appointed CEO of NSW EPA
Tony Chappel has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) replacing acting CEO Jacqueline Moore.
Plastic fruit sticker example of what is wrong
Would the maniac who designed the first plastic fruit sticker please stand up! Why is it that every banana, orange, apple, kiwi fruit, and other piece of fruit you buy now comes with a plastic sticker attached to it?
Coffs Waste 2022 – the highlights
The 2022 Coffs Waste Conference has come and gone and with everyone back at the office, we managed to have a quick debrief. What everyone agreed on was that it was great to physically be back in a room with all our peers.
REMONDIS acquires ETS
REMONDIS Australia has acquired Environmental Treatment Solutions (ETS).
BG & JM Barwick gets funding for organic facility
The Tasmanian Government is investing in organic waste collection and reprocessing infrastructure across the State. It has recently announced that BG & JM Barwick has been chosen as the successful applicant for $3 million of seed funding to establish a regional organic waste processing facility in southern Tasmania after an Expressions of Interest process.