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Recycled glass being trialled in road resurfacing program

Latrobe City Council is undertaking its first large scale trial using recycled products in asphalt for their road resurfacing program.   Historically, this program used 100% virgin […]

Proposed ban for more single-used plastic products

SA is proposing, from 1 September 2023, to ban four additional single-use plastic products to include:  plastic pizza savers plastic-stemmed cotton buds single-use plastic bowls without […]

EPA GUIDANCE on Site contamination, Air quality, Radioactive materials, equipment and transport

EPA SA has released the following publications that relate to site contamination, air quality, radioactive material, equipment and its transportation: Evaluation distances for effective air quality […]

EPA Victoria blitz of businesses in Bayswater area

EPA Victoria is conducting a blitz of targeted industry in the Bayswater area to stop waste liquids from leaving their premises and  enter stormwater drains. Targeted […]

Advice for Dairy industry by EPA Victoria

EPA Victoria Officers have recently undertaken some inspections of 10 dairy farms in South Gippsland and provide clear advice that all dairy farms should put dairy […]

Container Deposit Scheme – Expanding the Scope of Eligible Beverage Containers

The WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation has released for comment the Container deposit scheme (CDS) – Expanding the scope of eligible beverage containers. The […]

Ban on e-waste disposal to landfill in WA

Industry and the community are encouraged to provide feedback on implementation approaches for the ban on e-waste disposal to landfill by 2024 in Western Australia. Banning […]

Blitz inspections for Horsham and Tullamarine businesses by EPA Victoria

EPA Victoria is undertaking blitz inspections in the Horsham industrial zones and Tullamarine areal to ensure businesses are protecting the environment. EPA will be speaking to […]

Draft PFAS Guidelines

The EPA has begun consultation on 2 draft guidelines that deal with PFAS in South Australia.  As part of the EPA’s regulatory strategy for PFAS management, […]

Extension of northern Adelaide groundwater prohibition

EPA SA will extend an existing groundwater prohibition area (GPA) at Edinburgh to parts of Waterloo Corner, Bolivar and St Kilda, SA. The EPA has completed […]

Australia’s first purpose-built end of life acetylene cylinder treatment and disposal facility to be constructed in Stawell

EPA Victoria has announced that Australia’s first purpose-built, end-of-life acetylene cylinder treatment and disposal centre will be constructed at Stawell, Victoria.  The disposal facility will enable the clean-up […]

Assistance available through new flood program for Central West NSW

NSW EPA will provide assistance to communities of Eugowra, Cudal and Molong in the NSW Central West to remove debris that has spread throughout local waterways […]

Weaving the Waste out of Furnishings – A Textile Report: Released

NSW EPA had engaged Karie Soehardi Consultancy of Circular Design Thinking to conduct research on the local manufacture of seating and drapery (curtains) and the textile […]

Proposed 2023 single-use and other plastic products amendment Regulations

Green Industries SA is seeking your feedback on the proposed regulations to ban 4 additional single-use plastic products from 1 September 2023. In the next 3 […]

$10 million in Grants for e-waste infrastructure

The WA Government has announced $10 million in infrastructure grants to support WA’s electrical and electronic waste collection and recycling network.  E-waste are items with a […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO program

WA Government is providing additional funding under the Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO program (delivered by the Waste Authority) to support local governments to provide better […]

Victorian ban on sale and supply of single-use products

The Victorian Government has now banned the sale and supply of the following single-use plastics that commenced on 1 February 2023: drinking straws cutlery (including knives, […]

Grant Opportunity to Reduce Plastics in NSW

NSW EPA has announced the following grants that build on a number of successful initiatives and programs funded through the NSW Waste Less Recycle More initiative […]

Grants to support the e-waste to landfill ban by 2024

The WA Government will ban e-waste  disposal to landfill from 2024 and  announced infrastructure  to support WA’s electrical and  waste collection and  E-waste are items with […]

Supermarkets on notice by NSW EPA for the clean-up of soft plastic stockpiles

Australia’s largest supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths have been served by NSW EPA with a draft Clean-up Notice to remove more than 5,200 tonnes of soft plastic […]

New guidance for managing PFAS: Comment sought

EPA SA is seeking feedback on two new PFAS-related guidelines for site suitability and the re-use of PFAS-contaminated waste soils –  Draft PFAS-contaminated waste disposal site suitability […]

New Guideline: Best Practice Organics Recycling

A new Better Practice Organics Recycling guideline has been released for WA to enable better environmental management in the organics recycling industry by setting out how […]

New expert group to guide Australia’s transition to a circular economy

The Federal Minister for the Environment and Water announced last week the Ministerial Advisory Group on the Circular Economy at the Circularity 2022 Conference in Sydney. […]

NSW Compost Resources

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has launched a compost initiative to drive down food waste and greenhouse emissions and assist farmers, food growers, businesses and […]

National Environmental Management Plan on PFAS – Comment sought

As a reminder, the Heads of EPAs of Australia and New Zealand (HEPA) have released the draft per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances National Environmental Management Plan (PFAS […]

Digestate – Specification for Safe Use: Comment sought

The Victorian EPA is consulting on a proposed approach to enable the use of low-risk Digestate EPA Victoria is proposing new specifications and standards to simplify […]

Development of draft end of waste codes

The QLD Department of Environment and Science (DES), under the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 has made its annual call for submissions on end of […]

Expanded list of products for industry stewardship

The Federal Government has expanded the list of products that industry must ensure are handled and ultimately disposed of in an environmentally appropriate manner to include […]

Discussion Paper on Driving NSW’s circular economy: Comment sought

The NSW EPA is seeking public feedback on including more drink containers in the NSW Container Deposit Scheme, Return and Earn, as well as opportunities for […]

Response to first and second reviews of container deposit scheme’s minimum network standards

The WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation has released reports summarising the outcomes of the first and second reviews of the Container Deposit Scheme’s minimum […]

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