Tonnage of turfed devices rivals regular rubbish.
Category: Resource & Waste Management
Disabled jobs binned in national e-waste scheme strife
Warning that charities are being turned into ‘above-ground landfills’.
Deep dig for answers on disused mines
Sustainable legacies actively sought
Sydney’s new reverse vending machines swallow cans, spit out food vouchers
It’s the ultimate junk food fix: put in empty drink containers and get back a food truck voucher.
Sydney wants to start distilling its rubbish into renewable fuels
The City of Sydney is digging into its mammoth pile of garbage with a new clean energy technology that aims to transform stinking gasses into an upcycled energy resource pumped back into the power grid.
Campbelltown Council and SITA deploy soy sipping trucks
Sydney’s Campbelltown City Council has taken on more clean and green biofuel garbage trucks as it tries to drive down both costs and carbon emissions.
Councils offered $85m to reduce waste
The NSW government has put money on the table to help overhaul waste management infrastructure and divert rubbish going to landfill.
My Rubbish Rules: ACCC approves joint waste collection for NSW councils
The national competition regulator has given the all clear for the combined outsourcing of wheelie bin management for eight NSW councils, saying the move is in the public interest.
Australian councils share disaster smarts with United States
By Professor Edward Blakely* The United States has dealt with more disasters in the last four years than any period in nearly a century. This path of destruction has been…
Tasmanian councils harden push for container deposit scheme
By Paul Hemsley Councils in Tasmania are backing the idea of a state-based Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) after a new independent report found the move could generate long term savings…