Indonesia returns 100 containers of contaminated waste to Australia
Indonesia’s customs officials confirmed on Wednesday that 100 containers of contaminated waste will be shipped back to Australia. The containers …
Feedback sought on Product Stewardship Amendment (Packaging and Plastics) Bill
The Environment and Communications Legislation Committee is seeking feedback on the Product Stewardship Amendment (Packaging and Plastics) Bill 2019.
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Nominations for the WARR Awards closing soon
Nominations for the Waste and Resource Recovery (WARR) Awards are closing on September 30. Don’t miss your opportunity to nominate now.
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EPA guides help construction industry avoid rogue waste operations
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has published new guidelines to help the construction and demolition (C&D) industry properly dispose of waste.
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SA councils agree to prioritise products made from recycled materials
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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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 …
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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