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Food Waste

Food waste trial hits 300-tonne milestone

Newcastle City Council’s pioneering food waste trial has reached a major milestone, collecting and recycling over 300 tonnes of food …
ACCC

ACCC okay with proposed Cleanaway acquisition

The ACCC will not oppose Cleanaway Waste Management Limited’s (ASX:CWY) proposed acquisition of the waste and recycling business of Citywide Service Solutions Pty Ltd (Citywide Waste). Cleanaway is one of the largest waste management companies in Australia. It is vertically integrated through the waste supply chain, from disposals to collections, with operations in all states …
Wanqiao Liang

Could new battery be answer to some fire woes

Engineers have developed a water-based battery that could help Australian households store rooftop solar energy more safely, cheaply and efficiently. Wanqiao Liang, the study’s first author and PhD candidate at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering,  said the team’s new membrane design fixes the speed problem making it ideal for households and a promising …
Go Organics

REMONDIS acquires major shareholding in GO Organics

REMONDIS Australia has broken into Western Australia’s organics waste management market, having acquired a majority shareholding in JD Organics Pty …
Orontide

Veolia’s acquires Orontide

Veolia Australia and New Zealand has acquired Western Australian engineering and asset maintenance firm Orontide, in a move set to establish a one-stop shop for industrial services in the region. The acquisition is part of Veolia’s global GreenUp strategy, which identifies Australia as a priority country for investment and expansion. The merger will bring more …

Circular Economy

Four bins

Fruitful four-bin system survey from Ararat Council

Nylon

Microscopic helpers recycle nylon waste

Features

Infrastructure plan
Features, New South Wales

NSW infrastructure plan – have your say

The NSW Government is developing the state’s first Waste and Circular Infrastructure Plan to tackle critical infrastructure shortfalls and build …
Craig Barker
Features, Infrastructure, Online Subscription

Australia ripe for investment—but delivery remains challenging

Australia remains a compelling destination for infrastructure investment, particularly in the waste and resource recovery sector, but unlocking the full potential of that capital requires overcoming several delivery and policy hurdles, says Craig Barker, Chief Operating Officer of Veolia Australia and New Zealand. Speaking at the Coffs Waste Conference, Barker highlighted that despite falling behind …
Tin
Features, Litter, Ocean plastic

Huge decrease in plastic litter along Australian coast

Plastic litter along Australia’s coastlines has fallen by more than 33 per cent over the past ten years, according to …

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Opinion

Sharpe
Opinion

Sharpe releases NSW Waste and Circular Infrastructure Plan

The NSW Government has released a draft of NSW’s Waste and Circular Infrastructure Plan, which is needed to prevent Greater …
Venugopal
Opinion

Resource recovery career choice from the start

Unlike a lot of young professionals featured in Inside Waste, Gopika Venugopal was interested in the waste industry from an …
Monash
Hazardous waste, Online Subscription, Opinion, PFAS

Monash water filter designed to remove forever chemicals

Traditional water filters struggle to remove smaller PFAS molecules, but a new Monash-designed filter changes that. Researchers at Monash University have developed a water filtration membrane that effectively removes small PFAS molecules, overcoming a significant challenge faced by conventional water filters. The research team designed a beta-cyclodextrin (βCD) modified graphene oxide (GO-βCD) membrane with nanoscale …
Resource Recovery
Opinion

WMRR: Finally some good news, but plenty to do

After what seems like months of false starts and a general lack of action to move towards our often-cited Net …
Senate tyres
Online Subscription, Opinion, TSA, Tyre waste

TSA welcomes senate inquiry report findings

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) welcomes the findings of the Australian Senate Inquiry’s report ‘No Time to Waste’. Commending the Senate Committee and its Chair Senator Whish-Wilson for making sense of Australia’s current policies and regulations, TSA CEO Lena Goodman said it is clear that there is overwhelming industry and community support for a cohesive national …