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Tyres dumped near Mildura

EPA Victoria is appealing for public assistance after around 2000 tyres were found dumped near Mildura on Wednesday 23 March 2016. The tyres were found dumped […]

Opportunities for SA businesses through SA Government’s Trade Waste Initiative

SA Sustainability, Environment and Conservation Minister Ian Hunter has announced a $5.29 million initiative to help South Australian industry improve its trade waste systems. The Trade […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Round 4 opens – for food and organic waste collection systems

Round 4 of the Local Government Organics Collection Systems grants is now open. The grants enable councils to apply for funding to reduce and recycle food […]

Crackdown on illegal transport of waste

Queensland Environment Minister Steven Miles has announced a total of 55 enforcement actions have been taken against waste operators since the launch of a government crackdown […]

NSW Government provides grants to councils to improve landfill management

NSW Environment Minister Mark Speakman has announced 20 regional and rural councils will receive a share of almost $3 million in grant funds to help address […]

EPA SA considering position over waste ruling

EPA SA has expressed disappointment, in a statement released this week, over a court ruling that could have ramifications for South Australia’s waste regulations and may […]

Tackling the plastic waste issue

Plastics are having a harmful impact on our Australian environment and as a result of this, Federal Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt has announced ‘a […]

EPA Victoria to enforce new rules around waste tyre stockpiles

EPA Victoria has begun inspecting waste tyre storage facilities across the state to enforce new regulations around waste tyre stockpile sites. EPA CEO Nial Finegan said […]

EPA conducts trials to resolve waste legacy

EPA Victoria will oversee a small-scale trial to safely destroy chemical wastes that have been stored in Melbourne for more than 15 years. The chemicals were […]

Steering Group established to examine solutions to damage caused by plastic bags

Queensland Environment Minister Steven Miles and NSW Environment Minister Mark Speakman have announced the establishment of a steering group to examine practical solutions to the damage […]

E-waste certification reminder

The Federal Department of Environment has posted a reminder that from Friday 1 July 2016 all recycling under the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme must […]

NSW Government investigates legacy of PFC

NSW EPA is undertaking an investigation program to assess the historical legacy of perfluorinated compound (PFC) use across NSW. PFCs are a group of chemicals that […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY – NSW EPA Council Litter Prevention Grants – Round 3 opens

NSW EPA has opened Round 3 of the NSW EPA Council Litter Prevention Grants Program with $1.5 million of funding available to individual NSW councils. The […]

Dust emission fines for 4 NSW waste facilities

NSW EPA has handed four licensed waste facilities a total of $52,000 in fines for poor dust management practices. The fines followed the EPA’s Operation Sandstorm […]

More funding for recycled waste

NSW Environment Minister Mark Speakman has announced that a further 9 waste facilities in NSW will receive grants to expand or upgrade recycling equipment to increase […]

State of waste and recycling report

The Queensland Government has released the State of Waste and Recycling in Queensland 2015. The report presents data on and trends in, the wastes managed by […]

New method to reduce organic waste in landfill

The Federal Department of Environment has released a new method aimed to reduce organic waste in landfill. The method, Source Separated Organic Waste under the Emissions […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY – $300,000 to keep organics out of landfill

The Victorian Government has announced $300,000 will be offered for investment in innovative projects that help keep organic waste out of landfill and reduce greenhouse gas […]

Draft Victorian Community and Business Waste Education Strategy

Consultation on the Draft Victorian Community and Business Waste Education Strategy is now open until Friday 4 March 2016.   The Strategy is a Victorian Government […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY – Victorian Litter Innovation Fund

Sustainability Victoria will also discuss the Victorian Litter Innovation Fund at the AEBN seminar on Friday 26 February.   The fund, which has opened its first […]

NSW container deposit scheme

NSW Premier Mike Baird has announced that NSW will implement a container deposit scheme (CDS) in July 2017 to tackle litter across the state and improve […]

Funding to help reduce food waste in NSW

NSW Environment Minister Mark Speakman has announced ten NSW organisations have been awarded a share of more than $320,000 in grants to help reduce food waste. […]

SA launches low carbon investment plan

SA Government has released the Low Carbon Investment Plan, a blueprint for how South Australia plans to achieve $10 billion investment in low carbon generation by […]

Bioenergy and energy from waste market – Report released

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has released The Australian bioenergy and energy from waste market report  that identifies significant opportunities for investment in bioenergy and […]

Nuclear waste sites shortlisted

Federal Minister for Energy Josh Frydenberg has shortlisted six sites as potential permanent storage sites for low and intermediate level radioactive waste. Earlier this year, landholders […]

Review of Victoria’s landfill levy priority statement – Comment sought

The Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has released the draft Sustainability Fund Priority Statement that outlines how programs will be prioritised to ensure […]

EPA Victoria Community consultation on air curtain burns to be held

EPA Victoria will hold a Section 20B Conference to allow community concerns over a proposal which involves air curtain burners to be discussed. The works approval […]

New SA Waste Strategy announces new waste reduction targets

  SA Environment Minister Ian Hunter has released the State’s latest waste strategy which will guide efforts in recycling and waste avoidance for the next five […]

Victoria’s Landfill Levy – How should it be spent? – Have your say!

The Victorian Government is seeking feedback on the draft Sustainability Fund Priority Statement as part of its review on how more than $300 million from the […]

Fine for company for illegal interstate waste transport

A Laverton-based business has been fined $22,000 by EPA Victoria after allowing 900 tonnes of hazardous waste to be transported interstate without EPA approval. The company […]

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