Tag: recycling

By Paul Hemsley Low energy light bulbs might be a bright idea to cut household electricity bills, but the City of Sydney is now being forced to come up with…

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 The Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA) has continued to kick the can over a proposed “cash for containers” scheme to reduce litter and kerbside rubbish in…

By Julian Bajkowski Sydney’s Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, has declared that the volume of electronic waste being now junked by city residents has reached the level where unwanted devices could…

Solo Resource Recovery (Solo) will continue to collect recycling bins in the Lake Macquarie area after being awarded a 10 year contract that will result in annual savings of nearly…

By Lilia Guan The West Australia Local Government Association (WALGA) believes data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Report into the waste industry, showed WA as having one of the…

The City of Sydney said Sydneysiders were doing their bit in the war against climate change by recycling 14 tonnes of old TVs and computers – plus some more unusual…

The City of Sydney has joined an innovative project to curb waste to landfill. Lord Mayor Clover Moore announced on Tuesday that the City of Sydney would join the national Garage Sale…

OPINION By John Gertsakis Diverting end-of-life televisions from landfill remains a key objective for Product Stewardship Australia, a not-for-profit organisation, established by television manufacturers to design and deliver a national…

The University of Canberra has become the first tertiary institution to ban bottled water across its entire campus. Initiated by students in partnership with not-for-profit organisation Do Something, it will…