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The NSW EPA has released the following new guidelines: Blueberry industry guidance fact sheet (December 2017) provides guidance for blueberry farmers on the safe use of […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has a total of $2.5 million in grants, with individual grants up to $150,000, for projects to divert construction and […]
Applications are now open for the NSW EPA Circulate Industrial Ecology Program. Grants totalling $2.5 million, with individual grants up to $150,000, are available to business, […]
The NSW EPA has announced funding of $5 million, with individual grants of between $50,000 and $400,000, for Councils, industry, consultancies and not-for-profit organisations to deliver […]
The WA government is seeking public comment on a discussion paper outlining the proposed implementation of ban on lightweight single-use plastic bags. A ban on lightweight […]
As reported in the 1 September 2017 ENW, the WA Government has committed to the commencement of a container deposit scheme in 2019. The start date […]
Funding of $1 million has been announced to support projects in WA that divert waste from landfill. The WA Government has stated that projects which champion […]
The Victorian Government has released the interim report of the Resource Recovery Facilities Audit Taskforce, formed to inspect resource recovery facilities across the state and address […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released the following new industrial waste resource guidelines: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) Management (Publication IWRG643.2) summarises the requirements for the […]
A South Australian council has been convicted and fined in the Environment Resources and Development Court for breaching the Environment Protection Act 1993. The Council was […]
Green Industries SA has announced grants of up to $15,000 (plus GST) for solid waste management improvement incentives. South Australian businesses, not-for-profit organisations, tertiary education centres, […]
The Western Australia Waste Authority has released a consultation paper on its review of the WA waste strategy. The waste strategy sets the long-term strategic direction […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority has released a fact sheet for landowners on the storage and abandonment of waste. The fact sheet is intended to assist […]
The South Australian Environment Protection (Waste Reform) Amendment Act 2017 was granted royal assent on 14 November 2017 and commenced on 28 November 2017. The legislation […]
The Federal Government has released the National Food Waste Strategy which provides a framework to support collective action towards halving Australia’s food waste by 2030. The […]
The South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released the energy from waste discussion paper Enhancing resource recovery and discussing the place of energy recovery. The […]
Sustainability Victoria is offering materials efficiency grants to manufacturing businesses that have the potential to significantly improve materials efficiency and have less than 200 full time […]
The Western Australian Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) has released a discussion paper proposing amendments to the Environmental Protection Regulations 1987 to provide for […]
The Victorian EPA has released a new guideline on the Management and storage of combustible recyclable and waste materials. The guideline provides practical guidance on how […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority has released guidance for beverage suppliers under the Container Deposit Scheme set to commence on 1 December 2017. The […]
The Victorian Government has released a discussion paper on converting waste to energy to support the development of new technologies, including anaerobic digestion and thermal treatment […]
The Victorian EPA has released a new publication to assist planners in decision making around the level of assessment required for sites located within the buffer […]
The NSW EPA is undertaking consultation on the proposed changes to NSW environment protection legislation concerning construction waste. The changes build on the 2014 reforms of […]
The South Australian Government has announced $200,000 in funding through Green Industries SA for recycling projects. Grants of up to $20,000 per project are available, with […]
The Federal Department of the Environment and Energy has released a Regulation Impact Statement on options for a national phase out of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority has released the following new guidelines: Guidelines for the NSW Site Auditor Scheme (3rd edition) describe the obligations of […]
The Victorian Government has announced that they will ban single-use lightweight shopping bags in the state. The Victorian Minister for Environment Lily D’Ambrosio said the Labor […]
The NSW container deposit scheme, known as Return and Earn, commences on 1 December 2017. The successful tenderers for the scheme co-ordinator and network operator, who […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has released guidelines for applicants for round four of the NSW EPA Council Litter Prevention Grants. The program has $11.25 million […]
The High Court of Australia recently refused to hear three separate appeals from waste companies, adding further certainty to the legal definition of ‘waste’. One of […]
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