Waste Management

Redland City Council has extended its trial which allowed residents to take e-waste to Recycling and Waste Centres for free,...

The City of Greater Geelong is tackling illegal dumping by using permanent and mobile CCTV cameras and patrols. Deliberately leaving,...

The Victorian Government has announced 30 councils will share in $360,000 to help investigate projects that will divert waste from...

City of Newcastle (CN) has lodged a development application (DA) for its new organics processing facility, set to manage waste...

The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has called on the next Federal Government to provide a $100 million per year...

Leading Telemetry expert, Metasphere, has launched a revolutionary wastewater level monitoring solution, Art Sewer. Metasphere provides robust, reliable systems and...

The City of Ballarat is calling for its local waste system to turn full circle, launching a suite of projects...

Culverts play a major role in Australian roads and transport, and can be described as the hidden hero of the...

The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has welcomed millions in extra funding to go towards recycling and reducing waste, an...

The City of Cockburn is set to revitalise Henderson Waste Recovery Park into a Resource Recovery Precinct as part of...

The City of Canning in Western Australia has experienced waste collection delays brought about by COVID related contractor shortages and...

The Local Government Association of South Australia (LGA) will be hosting an information session with the Department for Agriculture, Water...

The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has responded to the recently announced Remade in Australia recycling initiative. The program focuses...

A new wastewater treatment plant has been completed as part of $45 million upgrades to vital infrastructure in Somerset in...

South Australian councils are encouraged to apply for the complementary Council Modernisation and Kerbside Performance grants programs, assisting councils to...

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has partnered with various councils throughout South East Queensland (SEQ), to tackle waste management.  The SEQ...

South Australia's largest household recyclables facility has officially opened, and will be able to process 60,000 tonnes of yellow bin...

by Linda Scott, President of the Australian Local Government Association The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated local government’s ability to respond...