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Source separation key to WtE plants

Jonathan Schulberg, Eriez business development manager, heavy industry Australia and New Zealand, believes waste-to-energy (WtE) plants are in short supply, and something needs to be done about it – ASAP. Source separation is one element that would help. Read More

mike.wheelerJune 13, 2023, 8:54 amJune 13, 2023

Features, Online Subscription, Waste & Resource Recovery

Shoalhaven’s waste solution: a viable alternative or a step back on the industry’s efforts?

Facing the danger of reaching landfill capacity within 12 years, Shoalhaven City Council undertook an extensive process of consultation to find an economically and environmentally sound solution to the
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Staff WriterFebruary 18, 2019, 3:04 amFebruary 19, 2019

Australia, Features, Online Subscription, Professional Services

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 stockpile of comingled materials. For example, the recently announced
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Staff WriterMarch 26, 2018, 6:19 amNovember 20, 2018

Australia, Features, Online Subscription, Opinion

The alternative to incineration

Given the depleted condition of Australia’s agricultural soils, burning compostable resources that can provide much needed carbon and nutrients is a terrible waste. Around 70% of the resources in
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Staff WriterJuly 20, 2017, 12:34 amNovember 20, 2018