Councils pilot bag-in-a-bin soft plastics recycling
Councils are piloting kerbside soft plastics collection as part of a national scheme developed by the food and grocery industry.
18 July, 2024Councils are piloting kerbside soft plastics collection as part of a national scheme developed by the food and grocery industry.
18 July, 2024A new $26m new recycling centre will be built in the ACT.
20 June, 2024The Queensland government says 8 billion containers have been returned since it launched a refund scheme almost six years ago.
25 March, 2024A parliamentary committee will look into federal waste reduction and recycling policies and progress towards a circular economy.
4 March, 2024Plastics recycling has failed, according to an expert. Is it time to hit producers with a tax?
4 February, 2024Sustainability crusader Veena Sahajwalla will spread the word about local-level recycling on Australia Day.
25 January, 2024Tasmania’s first state-wide waste strategy sets out a framework for waste, recycling and how to best invest the landfill levy.
27 November, 2023The council projects aim to divert more than 22,000 tonnes of waste from landfill across Victoria.
12 October, 2023A NSW waste depot is implementing a closed-loop water system which will see decontaminated landfill leachate used in glass recycling.
20 June, 2023A Sydney Council is using AI to reduce contamination in kerbside recycling bins.
2 May, 2023Councils are taking recycling into their own hands following the collapse of a national soft plastic recycling scheme.
16 February, 2023The Tasmanian government is seeking a commercial partner to transform end-of life tyres into road surfacing.
2 November, 2022Each year the plant could divert up to 30,000 tonnes of organic waste from landfill into useful biogas.
12 October, 2022The Qld government has enacted special ministerial powers to override a council planning decision.
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