Category: Resource & Waste Management

A new report looks at ethical issues around the use of AI by council garbage trucks at a Melbourne Council.

City of Perth’s fleet of waste trucks is getting a safety upgrade with a helping hand from mining magnate Gina Rinehart.

Lithium batteries and solar panels are among the emerging waste streams that will have to be dealt with in coming years.

The NSW EPA will launch a review of the state’s waste levy this year, and says consultation with local governments and other stakeholders will begin soon.

A regional Queensland council says investing in a new recycling facility has helped it cut landfill by 65 per cent.

Australia’s largest crumbed rubber asphalt project will see the equivalent of 3,600 tyres incorporated into roads across Sydney.

A NSW waste depot is implementing a closed-loop water system which will see decontaminated landfill leachate used in glass recycling.

Council waste management workers are facing a new threat from wrongly disposed of lithium batteries.

A court has found that material stored by a Victorian recycling company is waste and must be disposed of.

A audit has identified a range of issues in the way South Australian councils are managing sewerage services.