A trainee program that would replenish an ageing council workforce and the transformation of a major recreation park were among the local government initiatives celebrated in recent sector awards.
Tag: landfill
‘Backed into a corner’ on recycling: Ipswich
Australia’s environment ministers are under pressure to agree on a national response to the worsening recycling crisis as a Queensland council stops recycling.
Sydney councils adopt new waste management technology
SSROC and Veolia ANZ have opened an advanced Mechanical and Biological Treatment (MBT) facility.
The future of urban recycling: top 10 predictions
Pay as you throw.
Put your rubbish in the mail? Australia Post to collect trashed plastic envelopes
Customers can upcycle spent satchels through the Post.
Will the carbon tax repeal reduce your council rates?
Higher waste costs could bury savings.
Has an Aussie start-up cracked how to make tyre recycling sustainable and profitable?
Destructive distillation produces carbon, oil, steel . . . and profits.
New green bins gobble food to halve landfill
Waste supporting ponds
Australia’s e-waste junk pile risks burying councils
Tonnage of turfed devices rivals regular rubbish.
Randwick Council tops NSW council sustainability awards
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski There’s no shortage of awards and prizes for sustainability initiatives, but Sydney’s Randwick City Council has taken out top honours over its state local…