Queensland Recycling Technologies (QRT), a joint venture between Alceon Qld and Brisbane Recycling Consortium (BRC), has purchased the recycling business assets of a “prominent private company” based in Eagle Farm with a view to create a state of the art recycling and resource recovery processing plant on Brisbane CBD’s doorstep.
Rivka Garson has joined Source Separation Systems as head of business development. Garson has spent much of her career at the forefront of the bioplastics industry. A passionate and active advocate for Australian Certified compostable products, Garson sits on the Australian Bioplastics Association’s (ABA) PR Committee and is a member of the Australasian Organics Recycling Association (AORA) Victorian Executive team.
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Tyre giant Hankook is the latest manufacturer to partner with Tyre Stewardship Australia in a commitment to the responsible disposal of end-of-life tyres.
From today, the aisles of more than 2,500 Coles supermarkets, Express and Liquor stores around the country will be transformed, with single-use plastic tableware now off the shelf. The move will divert 1.5 million kilograms worth of single-use plastic from landfill each year. Read more
Bingo’s general manager for strategy and investor relations, Tara Osborne, has been named a BOSS Young Executive for 2021.
Waste specialist BINGO has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed with Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and its managed funds (MIRA) to acquire 100 per cent of the share capital of BINGO by way of Scheme of Arrangement. Read more
A virtual meeting of National Environment Ministers has focussed on national environmental priorities including: the implementation of the National Waste Policy Action Plan; climate adaptation and resilience, bushfire recovery and resilience; and, progress on environmental regulation and reform.
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The Victorian Government’s decision on how the state’s container deposit system (CDS) will operate is a good and wise decision, the Boomerang Alliance’s director Jeff Angel said.