Local councils across Melbourne face the growing prospect of dumping tonnes of household recyclable material in landfill after the EPA banned one …
Recycling at UNO and how students can easily get involved
On Friday, Feb. 1, the UNO Service Coalition partnered with the Student Government Association (SGA) to host an event open to all students in an …
Defra puts ‘on-the-go DRS’ in consultation options
The Department’s statement said: “As well as making businesses and manufacturers pay the full cost of recycling or disposing of their packaging waste …
Whittlesea residents encouraged to hold recycling for two weeks
The council is one of 20 across Melbourne whose kerbside recycling collections are sent to SKM Services’ plants at Coolaroo and Laverton North.
Food waste bins should be collected weekly, says Michael Gove
Michael Gove’s proposed measures to ensure consistent recycling collections come after a number of councils cut the frequency of collections, leaving …
UK plans to make plastic packaging producers pay for waste disposal
LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Britain is to set out plans to overhaul its recycling system on Monday, including making plastic packaging producers pay …
Meetings as Victorian recycling piles up
The state government is meeting with Victorian councils over the prospect of dumping tonnes of recycling material into landfill, because of the …
Melbourne council sends recyclable waste to landfill after EPA shuts down Coolaroo plant
At least one Melbourne council is sending its recyclable waste to landfill, after the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) banned one of the state’s …
Waste industry wants a new recycling bin for glass
The Environmental Protection Authority has ordered waste management company, SKM, to stop accepting recycling materials at two of its stockpiling …
Recycling ban adds to waste crisis
The company at the centre of last year’s recycling plant fire at South Geelong has been ordered to stop accepting recyclables at two of its Melbourne …