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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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October 30, 2026