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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NSW’s Northern Rivers small businesses and residents will be able to access flood support with a new NSW EPA program supporting the management of contaminated lands […]
NSW EPA has released the Carbon credit income from FOGO manual that provides councils with a step-by-step guide on how to plan, register and implement projects […]
NSW EPA has released a discussion paper on including more drinking containers in the NSW Container Deposit Scheme, Return and Earn, as well as opportunities for […]
NSW EPA has released the following new guidance to assist suppliers, industry and retail to comply with the NSW Container Deposit Scheme legislation: Container Deposit Scheme: […]
NSW EPA has released the single-use plastics guide for food service ware items for industry. The guide is intended to assist suppliers to assess whether a […]
The QLD Department of Environment and Science (DES) is proposing to develop, under the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011, an end of waste (EOW) code […]
The NSW Government has banned the supply of some problematic and single-use plastic items. NSW EPA has released a guide to help suppliers identify if their […]
The NSW Container Deposit Scheme – Return and Earn scheme is planning to expand to include glass wine and spirits bottles and larger containers and has […]
The QLD Department of Environment and Science (DES) compliance officers will undertake an inspection blitz to target metal recyclers across Southeast Queensland to reduce the risk […]
EPA SA is warning those considering setting up a landfill, transfer station or stockpiling waste without approval from EPA SA that the consequences can be significant. […]
Comment is sought on the following consultations: National Environmental Management Plan on PFAS – closes 20 December 2022. Discussion paper – Environmental Regulation Reform: A strategic […]
The WA Government’s Waste Authority has released the outcomes of their last meeting that was held on 20 Sept 2022: New chair, Elizabeth Carr AM, has been […]
The Victorian Government is calling on innovators to develop new ways of recycling solar panels in order to reduce waste. Solar panel recyclers and innovators are […]
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