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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 will hold a Section 20B Conference to allow community concerns over a proposal which involves air curtain burners to be discussed. The works approval […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
EPA Victoria has issued a Council with a Minor Works Pollution Abatement Notice following an inspection of its Landfill found its new cell had unacceptable leachate […]
The NSW Government has doubled a recycling rebate – from up to $25,000 to a max of $50,000 – for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) […]
Work has recommenced on a national battery stewardship scheme for handheld batteries. At a July meeting of State and Federal environment ministers, it was agreed that […]
EPA Victoria will introduce a range of measures to strengthen its asbestos licensing processes for landfills in line with recommendations from an independent report. In August, […]
Victorian Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water Lisa Neville has released the Victorian Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Investment Prospectus aimed at attracting investor funds […]
Victorian Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water Lisa Neville has released the Victorian Organics Resource Recovery Strategy – a guide to managing and recovering the State’s […]
NSW Environment Minister Mark Speakman has announced applications for grants of up to $5 million are now open for equipment and infrastructure that reduces the amount […]
The closing date for submissions to the Senate inquiry into the threat of marine plastic pollution is Wednesday 9 October 2015. In June 2015, the Senate […]
The Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has teamed up with EPA Victoria, Sustainability Victoria and the state’s waste and resource recovery groups to […]
NSW Environment Minister Mark Speakman has announced two new measures aimed at reducing illegal dumping of waste. The first is the expansion of the 6-council Inner […]
The NSW EPA has released the results of a benchmarking survey of NSW residents on waste and recycling. The Waste Less, Recycle More – Community benchmark […]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it will authorise the Australian Paint Manufacturers’ Federation, Paint Stewardship Limited and certain paint manufacturers to introduce […]
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