Category: Resource & Waste Management

Council named overall sustainable cities winner at NSW environment awards.

If legislated, the proposals will bring the state into line with other jurisdictions.

An $8-million bioplastics facility has opened in Western Australia.

Nine Melbourne councils have entered an Energy from Waste agreement that they say will divert 95 per cent of household waste from landfill.

A NSW council’s initiative to address hoarding has been so successful it’s being adopted in LGAs across Australia.

Queensland has introduced tougher regulations for composting facilities after an ongoing battle against smelly waste.

Councils are piloting kerbside soft plastics collection as part of a national scheme developed by the food and grocery industry.

City of Sydney Council will use maggots to convert residential food scraps into animal feed and fertiliser.

A new $26m new recycling centre will be built in the ACT.

The Queensland fire service has launched an Australia-first trial of a low emissions truck run on treated vegetable oil.