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Waste Authority: Outcomes of last meeting of 31 March 2022

The Waste Authority held its last meeting on 31 March 2022 and the outcome of the meeting are now available.

Independent Review of NSW Resource Recovery Framework: Comment Sought on Issues Paper

An independent review, led by Dr Cathy Wilkinson, Monash University, is underway on the NSW resource recovery framework and comment is sought on the issues paper. […]

Australia’s Largest Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Recycling Plant Opens

On 11 March 2022, Australia’s largest Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) recycling plant was officially opened in Albury, NSW and has the capability to process approx. one billion […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Recycling Victoria Councils Fund, Stream 2 Implementation grants

Just a reminder that Sustainability Victoria has available funding through Round 2 Recycling Victoria Councils Fund, Stream 2 Implementation grants. The funding supports circular economy projects […]

Laws Clarified Relating to Animal Disposal

EPA Victoria has taken action at a pet burial and cremation business in south west of Victoria as the business was previously accepting pets for burial […]

Draft Energy from Waste Amendment Regulation: Comment sought

The NSW Government is putting into law how energy from waste is to be managed in NSW and therefore, has released the draft Protection of the Environment Operations […]

New Laws to make more Offenders Accountable for their Clean-up

New laws have passed in the NSW Parliament that will provide the NSW EPA with more powers to hold waste offenders and those responsible for contamination, […]

NSW Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy, Stage 1, 2021-2027: Released

The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment has released the NSW Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy – Stage 1,  2021-2027 that outlines the actions NSW will […]

Cleaning of asbestos roof results in conviction for company and director

A company and its director have been convicted and fined for causing environmental harm over the dislodging of asbestos fibres from the roof of a building. […]

Feds Response to Inquiry into Australia’s Waste Management and Recycling Industry

The Federal Government has responded to the Inquiry into Australia’s Waste Management and Recycling Industries that was undertaken by the House of Representatives Standard Committee on […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY for small to medium manufacturing to commercialise new products and processes

Funding is available through the Advanced Manufacturing Commercialisation Fund, that is offered as matched funding of between $100K to $1M for small to medium manufacturing enterprises […]

Subsides for SA Businesses Seeking to Improve their Sustainability

Funding is available through the SA Assess Implement Monitor (AIM) Grant as subsidies of up to $15,000 are available for SA businesses and not-for-profit organisations to […]

Minamata Convention on Mercury: Effective 7 March 2022

In Australia, the new Minamata Convention on Mercury will come into effect on 7 March 2022 and each states and territories are responsible for implementing various […]

Feds announce funding to enhance activity for indigenous community near National Radioactive Waste Management Facility site

The Federal Government last year announced that it will place the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility at a site in Kimba, SA which is home to […]

Victoria’s Implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

Further to our article in this edition of National ENW e-news under ‘Federal’, the new Minamata Convention on Mercury will come into effect in Australia on […]

Charges for stockpiling e-waste and waste tyres for company and director

Charges have been laid against a Balwyn North company and its director for stockpiling e-waste and waste tyres at the company’s Broadmeadows site.   EPA Victoria allege […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Regional Recycling Fund Round 1

The Victorian Government is providing funding under Round 1 of the Regional Recycling Fund and will invest up to $10 million in regionally significant resource recovery […]

NEW GUIDELINE: Best Practice Environmental Management Environmentally relevant activity organic material processing by composting

The QLD Government has released the Best Practice Environmental Management Environmentally relevant activity 53(a) Organic material processing by composting Guideline that provides best practice environmental management […]

Prohibition on PFAS Contaminated Groundwater

EPA SA has established a Groundwater Prohibition Area (GPA) for parts of Edinburgh, Direk, Burton, Salisbury North, Penfield, Paralowie and Waterloo Corner to prevent residents and […]

More Groundwater Assessment at Woodville

EPA SA is conducting additional groundwater assessments at Woodville to establish the extent of a proposed groundwater prohibition area. At this stage, EPA is planning that […]

Melrose Park Area: Further assessment to establish extent of contamination

EPA SA has announced that the boundary of the groundwater assessment area at Melrose Park has been expanded to the north and further work is being […]

WasteSorted e-Waste Grant Recipients

Three projects will receive funded through the WasteSorted E-Waste Grants that will assisting in the development of long-term innovative concepts to process e-waste.  The three projects […]

Construction and Demolition Recycling

WA’s  Waste avoidance and resource recovery strategy 2030 provides targets for Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste, including a material recovery target of 75% by 2025 and […]

Environmental Contamination and subsequent clean-up: Factsheets released

Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE) has released a series of factsheets to assist you to understand contamination assessment […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Recycling Victoria Household Education and Behaviour Change Fund: Round 2 opens

Sustainability Victoria is delivering the Recycling Victoria Household Education and Behaviour Change Program to help educate Victorians to better manage and reduce their household waste. This […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Recycling Victoria Councils Fund Round 2 Stream 2: Implementation

Sustainability Victoria has announced the Recycling Victoria Councils Fund Round 2 that supports Victorian Councils and Alpine Resort Management Boards (ARMBs) in reducing the amount of […]

NSW EPA targets pesticide impacts in Hearnes Lake Catchment

NSW EPA officers are working on horticultural farms in the Hearnes Lake Catchment Area in order to protect local waterways and aquatic life from pesticide runoff […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: QLD Food Waste for Healthy Soils Program

The QLD and Federal Governments are working in partnership to deliver the Queensland Food Waste for Healthy Soils Program, with the QLD Government committing up to […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Regional and Remote Recycling Modernisation Fund

The QLD and Federal Governments are working in partnership to deliver the Regional and Remote Recycling Modernisation Fund (RRRMF) that provides grants for infrastructure and equipment […]

Update on asbestos-contaminated material from Goolwa Waste Depot

EPA SA has written to 127 landowners to advise them of information that will be recorded on EPA SA’s Public Register in relation to asbestos-contaminated material […]

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