Waste Management
Council extends organics service to rural households
Kody Cook Council, Environment and Sustainability, Planning, Spotlight, VIC, Waste Management 0A Victorian Council has voted to include all of the region’s rural households in its organic waste collection program,...
WA Gov to further support FOGO rollout
Kody Cook Council, Environment and Sustainability, News, Spotlight, Sustainability, Waste Management 0Western Australian Government has announced that it will be increasing funding for local councils to support the rollout of...
The Victorian Government is rolling out new bins across the state for recycling glass, with many councils taking up...
Council supports Gosford growth and sewer projects
Tayla Oates Asset Management, Civil Construction, Council, Facilities Mangement, Mobility, NSW, Project, Waste Management, Water, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0Central Coast Council is making significant progress on a suite of critical infrastructure works that aim to support growth...
$2M for VIC Councils to improve recycling programs
Tayla Oates Community Services, Council, Environment and Sustainability, News, Public facilities, Spotlight, Sustainability, VIC, Waste Management 0Sustainability Victoria is set to deliver $2 million in funding on behalf of the Victorian Government to councils in...
Melbourne introduces FOGO collection for high rise residents
Tayla Oates Community Services, Council, Environment and Sustainability, News, Sustainability, VIC, Waste Management 0City of Melbourne has launched a pilot Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) collection service for high-rise apartment buildings,...
Gosnells installs 12 new recycling points
Tess Macallan Environment and Sustainability, News, Sustainability, Waste Management 0The City of Gosnells is hoping to boost community recycling through the installation of 12 container exchange points across...
$20M for FOGO rollout in WA
Tess Macallan Environment and Sustainability, News, Sustainability, Waste Management 0The Western Australian Government has announced a fourth round of funding to support local governments in adopting Food Organics...
Queensland Councils embark on US trade mission
Tess Macallan News, QLD, Spotlight, Transport, Waste Management 1The Council of Mayors South East Queensland (SEQ) delegation is a eleven-day international mission through the US, aiming to...
Soft plastic restrictions for Hornsby recycling centre
Tess Macallan News, Sustainability, Waste Management 0Hornsby Shire Council’s Community Recycling Centre (CRC) at Thornleigh has stopped accepting soft plastics, hard plastic and Styrofoam from...
Newcastle’s vision for a sustainable waste future
Council Journalist Asset Management, Features, Waste Management 0Since 2015, the City of Newcastle has invested $54 million into the region’s waste and recycling facilities and the...
Transforming Victoria Daly’s waste management for a cleaner future
Council Journalist Features, Urban Development, Waste Management 0By Maggie Coggan, Victoria Daly Regional Council Designing happy and healthy communities may conjure up images of urban greenery,...
Melbourne Councils investigate feasibility of reusable sanitary products
Holly Tancredi Council, Environment and Sustainability, News, Spotlight, Sustainability, VIC, Waste Management 0Seven metropolitan Councils in Melbourne are collaborating to undertake a feasibility study, investigating the potential to reduce waste to...
Maitland’s new on-demand kerbside pickup
Rebecca Todesco Council, News, Project, Smart Cities, Sustainability, Waste Management 0In a first for the region, Maitland City Council has paired with start-up, RecycleSmart, to offer an on-demand recycling...
Central Coast Council opens $9M landfill cell
Holly Tancredi Environment and Sustainability, News, Project, Spotlight, Waste Management 0Central Coast Council’s $9 million engineered landfill cell has been officially opened, with Council maintaining that it will continue...
First council to supply new Energy from Waste facility announced
Rebecca Todesco News, Spotlight, Sustainability, Waste Management 0Maroondah City Council has been announced as the first Council to supply municipal solid waste to the Maryvale Energy...
Toowoomba’s new waste contract brings electric trucks to the region
Rebecca Todesco Council, Electric vehicles, Environment and Sustainability, News, QLD, Waste Management 0Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has awarded a new waste contract to JJ Richards Waste and Recycling, including an emissions...
Bushfire Recovery Program funds $200k for solar powered waste management centre
Holly Tancredi Council, Environment and Sustainability, News, Project, Waste Management 0The New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority’s (EPA) Bushfire Recovery Program for council landfills has funded a $200,000 project...