Category: Resource & Waste Management

A council-led trial of recycled rubber roads is having positive environmental results, according to researchers from RMIT.

A Queensland council is working with a local textile recycling company totrial a new type of mulch made from cotton fibres.

A NSW council says artificial intelligence is identifying 2,000 cases of damage and hazards affecting local roads and footpaths a week.

Local government’s peak body wants budget funding for standardised kerbside bins across Australia.

Victorian councils have been ordered to revisit garden mulch supply contracts following the discovery of asbestos at metropolitan parks.

A West Australian Council is installing a biogas system at an ageing landfill site which it says will capture and destroy greenhouse gases.

City of Melbourne is stepping up its cleaning efforts with a 24/7 war on graffiti and mess.

The Queensland government says 8 billion containers have been returned since it launched a refund scheme almost six years ago.

The government says it’s working with councils to reduce the clean up bill after the discovery of asbestos-contaminated mulch.

A parliamentary committee will look into federal waste reduction and recycling policies and progress towards a circular economy.