A Melbourne concrete company has faced fines and clean-up costs of more than $86,000 for discharging concrete slurry to a…[Read More]
Landfill operator pays overdue landfill levies
Published: November 30, 2012
EPA Victoria has been paid millions in overdue landfill levies from national quarry and landfill operator Hi-Quality Quarry Products. Proceedings…[Read More]
New funding for business resource efficiency
Published: November 30, 2012
Applications for the first round of funding under the Victorian Government’s three-year $10 million Smarter Resources, Smarter Business program are now open.…[Read More]
Funding grants to boost resource recovery infrastructure
Published: November 30, 2012
The Victorian Government is calling for expressions of interest from organisations to develop large-scale waste infrastructure projects capable of processing…[Read More]
Trials underway with compost
Published: November 30, 2012
Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith recently announced trials were underway to demonstrate the benefits of using…[Read More]
Draft Victorian Waste policy – submission deadline extended
Published: November 23, 2012
More time has been provided to make submissions to the Draft Victorian Waste and Resource Recovery Policy. Final submissions were…[Read More]
Legislation to remove QLD waste levy
Published: November 16, 2012
QLD Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection Andrew Powell recently introduced legislation to remove the previous QLD government’s waste levy.…[Read More]
Movement of controlled waste into Victoria
Published: October 26, 2012
The National Environment Protection Measure (NEPM) for the Movement of Controlled Waste between States & Territories manages the interstate movement…[Read More]
Code of practice for the management of clinical and related wastes
Published: October 19, 2012
The SA Environment Protection Authority has released an Industry code of practice for the management of clinical and related wastes.…[Read More]
First piggeries project declared ‘eligible offsets project’ under Carbon Farming Initiative
Published: October 19, 2012
On 12 October 2012, the Blantyre Methane Digestion Project was officially declared by the Clean Energy Regulator as the first…[Read More]
