Category: Resource & Waste Management

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

A Victorian council is trialling the use of coffee grounds in concrete footpaths as a replacement for sand.

The NSW government is accused of withholding more than half a billion dollars a year in waste levies collected from local councils

Western Sydney councils have met with visiting Dutch experts to share ideas on waste management and the circular economy.

Engineers from RMIT have collaborated with a recycling company to make energy-smart bricks out of recycled material including ash and glass.

A council-led trial of recycled rubber roads is having positive environmental results, according to researchers from RMIT.

A Queensland council is working with a local textile recycling company totrial a new type of mulch made from cotton fibres.

A NSW council says artificial intelligence is identifying 2,000 cases of damage and hazards affecting local roads and footpaths a week.

Local government’s peak body wants budget funding for standardised kerbside bins across Australia.

Victorian councils have been ordered to revisit garden mulch supply contracts following the discovery of asbestos at metropolitan parks.