Category: Resource & Waste Management

The City of Sydney is digging into its mammoth pile of garbage with a new clean energy technology that aims to transform stinking gasses into an upcycled energy resource pumped back into the power grid.

Sydney’s Campbelltown City Council has taken on more clean and green biofuel garbage trucks as it tries to drive down both costs and carbon emissions.

The NSW government has put money on the table to help overhaul waste management infrastructure and divert rubbish going to landfill.

The national competition regulator has given the all clear for the combined outsourcing of wheelie bin management for eight NSW councils, saying the move is in the public interest.

By Professor Edward Blakely* The United States has dealt with more disasters in the last four years than any period in nearly a century. This path of destruction has been…

By Paul Hemsley Councils in Tasmania are backing the idea of a state-based Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) after a new independent report found the move could generate long term savings…

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski There’s no shortage of awards and prizes for sustainability initiatives, but Sydney’s Randwick City Council has taken out top honours over its state local…

By Paul Hemsley City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has moved to reduce the amount of drinking-quality water used by residents and workers in favour of using recycled stormwater…

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Resource and waste management company SITA has collected a key environmental sustainability award for tailoring a waste management program for Sydney’s Taronga Zoo to…

By Paul Hemsley They say that necessity is the mother of invention, however Queensland’s Bundaberg Regional Council has gone one step further after the plucky local government salvaged the state’s…