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Opinion

Speakers announced for VWMA event

Revelations about asbestos found in mulch at a park in Melbourne’s west – following a spate of similar incidents in New South Wales and Queensland earlier this year – underscores it’s an issues-rich environment in the Victorian Waste & Resource Recovery sector. Read More

mike.wheelerApril 4, 2024, 10:02 amApril 4, 2024

VWMA to host hazardous waste breakfast seminar

The Victorian Waste Management Association (VWMA) in conjunction with associate member and event sponsor Russell Kennedy Lawyers is hosting a special breakfast seminar to update members and industry participants on the current hazardous waste issues in New South Wales and Queensland, and how these issues may present in Victoria. Read More

mike.wheelerMarch 15, 2024, 3:02 pmMarch 19, 2024

News, Opinion

Solving commercial challenges when tracking hazardous waste

Hazardous waste – it’s a health risk, a destructive contaminant in recycling, and an expensive material to process. In Victoria, it’s also subject to a huge landfill levy of $250 per tonne. Due to its cost and complexity, there has been big incentives for those unwilling to pay the levy to illegally dump material, resulting in stockpiles and hazardous dump sites. Read More

mike.wheelerOctober 12, 2021, 7:53 amOctober 12, 2021

News

VWMA announce conference dates

Waste recycling industry leaders are offered the opportunity converge, learn, network and ultimately shape the future of the industry at the Victorian Waste Management Association (VWMA) Annual Conference on Tuesday, 20 April at Leonda.

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mike.wheelerMarch 30, 2021, 8:32 amMarch 30, 2021

Latest News, News, Online Subscription, Victoria, Waste & Resource Recovery

VWMA says beverage industry CDS calls “not in the public interest”

The Victorian Waste Management Association, (VWMA) is urging the Victorian Government to resist changing its container deposit scheme. The not-for-profit association representing more than 350 waste recycling
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claire moffatFebruary 11, 2021, 8:26 amFebruary 11, 2021

Latest News, News, Waste & Resource Recovery

Are aerosol cans recyclable?

Typically, recycling education programs focus on putting the right items in the recycling bin because it’s good for the environment, but consider also, a recycling facility is a workplace. This means
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claire moffatDecember 17, 2020, 2:47 pmDecember 17, 2020

Latest News, News, Victoria, Waste & Resource Recovery

Victorian transfer stations need to open

As Victorians celebrate their release from lockdown, the Victorian Waste Management Association (VWMA) wants the Government to open transfer stations and metals recycling to the public “as soon as possible”. Read More

claire moffatOctober 26, 2020, 2:22 pmOctober 27, 2020

Australia, Industry News, News, Online Subscription

Leadership changes at VWMA and WRIQ

A senior leadership change has been made at the Victorian Waste Management Association (VWMA) with the appointment of Alex Serpo as the new executive officer commencing in May. He will be leaving the National
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claire moffatApril 21, 2020, 9:56 amMay 4, 2020

Events

Victorian Waste Management Association hosts one-day workshop

With the Victorian government’s E-Waste to Landfill Ban starting on July 1, 2019, a workshop is being held to inform attendees about the ban. Read More

Staff WriterMay 5, 2019, 5:34 amMay 6, 2019

Industry News

VWMA wants you to tell your story

The Victorian Waste Management Association (VWMA) is urging the industry to talk about the great work it is doing and says the Australian Freight Awards (AFIAs) is a good platform to do so. Read More

Staff WriterAugust 9, 2018, 3:14 amOctober 15, 2018