Steward of change: making product stewardship circular
The media coverage is challenging the status-quo and forcing a re-set on waste avoidance and resource productivity, and this is …
Legal Eagle: Parliamentary Inquiry – EfW technology
Further to this, matters including illegal dumping and the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) were additionally discussed in the inquiry …
Legalities of improper waste disposal and treatment
So long as a business’ activities involve the handling of waste material at any point during the process of creating …
Technology is no replacement for sound risk management
So, how are new technologies contributing to the risk profiles of businesses in the sector? In this article, I’ll look …
Steward of change: towards product stewardship 2.0
The review of the Product Stewardship Act 2011 (herein ‘the Act’) by the Department of the Environment and Energy has …
Chinese Sword: tackling contamination at source
Understandably, the focus of most research and interim state support actions is on dealing with the existing and expected short-term …
Legal Eagle: an update on the changes to the EP&A Act
Of relevance, among many changes, will be: New objects of the EP&A Act A number of new objects in the …
Steward of change: battery stewardship in Australia – on trickle charge or ready to power up?
Other countries recognise this and have taken regulatory action to compel producers to play a stronger role in collection and …
Understanding LISA
Highlights of the Understanding LISA workshop were presentations by leading industry experts, including world renowned expert in geosynthetic liners, and …
UN: towards a pollution-free planet
The report links consumption to waste and then to pollution, with one of the five key messages being: “A new approach to …