Councils form company to procure EfW landfill solution
Nine Melbourne councils have entered an Energy from Waste agreement that they say will divert 95 per cent of household waste from landfill.
19 August, 2024Nine Melbourne councils have entered an Energy from Waste agreement that they say will divert 95 per cent of household waste from landfill.
19 August, 2024City of Sydney Council will use maggots to convert residential food scraps into animal feed and fertiliser.
22 June, 2024Western Sydney councils have met with visiting Dutch experts to share ideas on waste management and the circular economy.
14 May, 2024Local government’s peak body wants budget funding for standardised kerbside bins across Australia.
23 April, 2024Six Queensland councils are collaborating on a regional waste and resource recovery management plan.
7 February, 2024A Queensland council has scored state government investment of more than $9.5 million to introduce organic waste collection.
22 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, 2023City of Subiaco says its FOGO service is proving a winner for the environment and the community.
22 November, 2023Bega Council has awarded the contract for a new organics processing plant.
1 November, 2023One of the world’s first hydrogen powered garbage trucks has started rounds on the NSW South Coast, with councils hailing it as a milestone.
18 October, 2023A remote Qld council will get $3m to improve waste management in line with the government’s First Nation sustainable waste strategy.
25 September, 2023Lithium batteries and solar panels are among the emerging waste streams that will have to be dealt with in coming years.
30 July, 2023A NSW waste depot is implementing a closed-loop water system which will see decontaminated landfill leachate used in glass recycling.
20 June, 2023Council waste management workers are facing a new threat from wrongly disposed of lithium batteries.
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