The Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG) and the EPA Tasmania have both recently released annual reports which highlight challenges and progress in the waste industry.
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National pricing strategy for waste levies could drive necessary change, experts say
In Victoria where the landfill levy is significantly lower than in others jurisdictions, industry experts are pushing for a price hike. While people often want to drive prices down, a shift to a higher levy could be a much-needed step towards creating value for products in Victoria, according to Bingo Industries chief executive for Victoria, …
Plastic-free program engages Yarra community with online map
Dozens of businesses in Yarra city have gone plastic free with community able to support them by finding plastic-free participants through an online Zero Waste Map.
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Infrastructure Victoria preliminary report explores possibility of six-bin system
A six-bin system is one option that Victoria could implement to improve resource recovery in the state, according to a preliminary report handed to the Victorian government by Infrastructure Victoria.
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Cleanaway acquires SKM facilities for $66 million
Cleanaway Waste Management has agreed to purchase SKM Recycling facilities for $66 million and the company will employ SKM’s former staff in Victoria to get those sites up and running.
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Single-use plastic bag ban to commence shortly in Victoria
A state-wide ban on lightweight, single-use plastic bags will take effect in Victoria on November 1.
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E-waste ban in Victoria, results in uptake of recycled electronics community-wide
E-waste is growing three times faster than general waste in Australia, according to Sustainability Victoria. In order to protect the environment and people’s health, The Victorian government implemented a ban on e-waste going to landfill, from July 2019.
Councils break away from three-bin system amid Vic waste crisis
Dozens of councils and businesses were hit with the realisation that the recycled content they were responsible for could no longer be sent to SKM Recycling facilities after the company went into receivership in August. The failed enterprise led to councils sending recyclable material to landfill and it left companies out of pocket, after it …
City of Melbourne no longer sending 45 tonnes of recycling to landfill each day
After almost two months of sending about 45 tonnes of recycling to landfill each day, the City of Melbourne has reached an agreement to resume the processing of household recycling. Until September 23, the council had been forced to send recyclable material to landfill due to the closure of numerous SKM facilities. SKM Recycling, which …
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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