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In an effort for Queensland to reach its waste and resource recovery targets, several changes have been made to the way the waste levy operates in […]
The Victorian Government has announced funding for Victorian businesses under the Recycling Victoria Organics Markets Fund to support projects that remove barriers that prevent or limit […]
The Victorian government is providing funding to Victorian organisations to help unlock the role that neighbourhood batteries can play in Victoria’s transitioning electricity scheme. This program […]
Sustainability Victoria is providing funding under the Waste to Energy Fund: Bioenergy – Stream 1 Project development to research institutions, businesses, consultants…to support bioenergy projects developers. […]
The Qld government has released a proposed Five-year roadmap for action on single-use plastic items as it plans to ban the following single-use plastics items from […]
EPA SA regulates, monitors and advises on radiation use in SA. A new Radiation Protection and Control Act 2021 (RPC Act) will come into operation on or before 11 February […]
The Western Australian Government is implementing a state-wide ban on the supply of certain plastic items, enforceable from 1 July 2022. The National Retail Association has […]
The Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee (ERAC) have released for comment a draft methodology variation under the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) on Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Source […]
The NSW Government has released the 2022-23 NSW budget for environment and heritage. Some key highlights include: $598 million over 10 years for National Parks and […]
NSW EPA has released the report 2020 Key Littered Items Study NSW Report that details the findings from a study on NSW Key Littered Items (KLIS) […]
The WA Waste Authority has released the outcomes of their latest meeting that was held on 16 June 2022. The outcomes of the meeting are now […]
The Victorian Government has introduced a Bill to Parliament to make amendments to a range of legislation to give effect to the powers of the new […]
The NSW Government has commenced remediation of a former waste oil processing facility in the Maitland suburb of Rutherford, after taking over the site from the […]
The Federal Government is providing funding under the Advanced Manufacturing Commercialisation Fund that provides small to medium manufacturing enterprises with matched funding to commercialise new products […]
The Circular Economy Business Innovation Centre (CEBIC) has opened the Round 2 of the Recycling Victoria Business Support Fund. Funding is available to projects that help […]
From 7 June 2022, funding will be available through the Recycling Victoria Organics Markets Fund. Sustainability Victoria is supporting end markets for recycled organic products through […]
Sustainability Victoria (SV) has launched their strategy SV2030: A Decade of Action: Accelerating Victoria’s transition to a circular, climate resilient clean economy. It is SV’s agenda […]
A reminder that the NSW plastics ban on lightweight single-use bags comes into effect from 1 June 2022, with more problematic plastics such as cutlery and […]
The following information is provided by the QLD Government as a reminder to businesses with operations in QLD: Under the Environmental Protection Regulation 2019, waste handlers must […]
EPA SA is consulting with medical, science, mining and other industrial users of radiation on draft regulations and codes of compliance. The regulations support the new […]
Sustainability Victoria has announced funding for Victorian organisations to research and develop new uses for recycled materials. The funding is available under the Recycling Victoria Markets […]
Sustainability Victoria is providing funding under Stream 2 Commercialisation support of the Recycling Victoria Markets Acceleration Fund (RVMAF) to support activities directly related to the commercialisation […]
NSW EPA has announced that following an industry consultation, they will not proceed with proposed changes to the rules governing how skip bin residue, called ‘recovered […]
From 1 February 2023 (not 2022, as reported in AEBN National ENW e-news 18-25 April 2022 edition), the Victorian Government will ban from sale and supply […]
As a reminder, from 1 June 2022, NSW will ban lightweight plastic bags. Other single-use plastic bans will phase-out the supply of the following items in […]
A drink importer that repeatedly failed to comply with NSW packaging legislation requirements is the first NSW company to be fined under the rules that govern […]
EPA Victoria is advising all builders and land developers that they play a part in managing waste on their construction sites and are subject to the […]
A waste company in NSW has been convicted and fined more than $600,000 in the NSW Land and Environment Court for two water pollution offences and […]
The NSW Land and Environment Court has fined a University in NSW a total of $61,000 in relation to the disposal of a radioactive source contained […]
The WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation have released an application form for single-use plastics exemptions for organisations and individuals if they are seeking to […]
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