Nine South Australian councils have committed to buying products made from recycled materials to support a circular economy.
Albury council’s decade-long waste program close to goal of halving waste to landfill
In 2009, the Albury Waste Management Centre (AWMC) was bearing 100 per cent of the region’s local waste. Having the fourth largest landfill in NSW, the Albury City Council set out to change the way this waste was being processed, so it established a goal to halve the amount of waste going into the AWMC by 2020.
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Victoria’s $30 million Lara waste stockpile clean-up begins
The first truckloads of construction and demolition (C&D) waste will be removed from a waste stockpile in Lara this week, in a clean up that could take several years.
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Actions for a circular economy in Australia from the EU model
Circular Economy (CE) could be transformative. Transforming an economy from linear consumption to circular materials flow including redesign, recovery, reuse, repurposing, is just that – transformative.
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Positive response from members of SA’s first single-use plastics taskforce meeting
A taskforce with representation from 15 organisations met for the first time on September 12 to help inform the next steps towards a single-use plastics ban in South Australia.
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Fine Food Australia panellists discuss steps to reducing food waste in a creative way
Buy smart, cook smart and think smart when purchasing food. That is the advice people in the hospitality industry gave at a talk on food waste at Fine Food Australia.
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Over $250,000 awarded to research ideas in food production, wastage and data transmission
CSIRO’s ON and the Menzies Foundation have awarded three Australian scientists with more than a quarter of a million dollars to commercialise their research ideas in food production, wastage and data transmission.
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Macquarie City FOGO service diverts 111kg of waste from landfill per person
In the first year of Lake Macquarie City Council’s Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) service, the council reduced the amount of waste landfilled from its domestic waste collection service by 22,380 tonnes – a 26 per cent decrease compared to the year before.
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Queensland researcher finds replacement for sand in construction industry
A University of Queensland researcher is exploring the use of crushed waste glass as an alternative to sand for ground improvement during construction.
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New Zealand government and councils collaborate to address landfill issues
The New Zealand government and 16 regional councils are leading a project that will identify the risks associated with current and closed landfills in the country.
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