Tag: recycling

Recycling industry applauds the Andrews Government’s $37 million package to boost the market for recycled materials in the state, which follows Senate inquiry’s recommendation that governments adopt green procurement.

Commonwealth departments and state and local governments would adopt more explicit ‘green procurement’ policies under measures recommended by a Senate committee.

Queensland is set to reform its process for allocating grants to councils with the State Government providing $4.5 million to tackle the long-running issue in its budget this week.

Local government welcomes new pledge to tackle waste but recycling industry says implementation detail and funding are missing.

Australia’s environment ministers are under pressure to agree on a national response to the worsening recycling crisis as a Queensland council stops recycling.

The waste fiasco exposed in the Four Corners report will have wide-ranging implications for local governments.

City of Greater Bendigo has launched a community recycling education campaign.

Melbourne is recycling cigarette butts into plastic industrial products.

Recycling of old mobile phones by councils is up 25%, to 4.5 tonnes.

Maroochydore in Australian first.