Frank Klostermann, Author at The Fifth Estate

NSW waste infrastructure – decision time

by Frank Klostermann and Ron Wainberg, MRA Consulting 4 December 20254 December 2025

NSW’s waste infrastructure woes are not over yet

by Frank Klostermann 18 November 202525 November 2025

Waste and recycling

The state that didn’t let a good crisis go to waste

by Frank Klostermann 30 October 202530 October 2025

What does sustainability have to do with economics and politics? #2

by Frank Klostermann 3 September 20253 September 2025

What does sustainability have to do with economics and politics?

by Frank Klostermann 28 August 202528 August 2025

Waste or resource or both?

by Frank Klostermann 29 April 202530 April 2025

Lithgow says ‘No!’ to energy from waste – what about other places?

by Frank Klostermann 26 March 202526 March 2025

Microplastics have been found in blood, semen and bone marrow; so what are we doing about it?

by Frank Klostermann 17 March 202517 March 2025

Reducing emissions in landfills is difficult – here’s how not to do it

by Frank Klostermann 18 June 202418 June 2024

Australian garbage wheelie bins with colourful lids for general and green household waste lined up on the street kerbside for council rubbish collection

How to solve NSW waste infrastructure woes

by Frank Klostermann 5 June 20245 June 2024

Waste and recycling

Is anyone responsible for waste infrastructure in New South Wales?

by Frank Klostermann 29 April 20241 May 2024

Waste and recycling

Going full circle: the threat of AI, nano plastics and FOGO

by Frank Klostermann 29 June 20235 December 2023

Waste and recycling

Food and Garden Organics: it’s the right thing to do, but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

by Frank Klostermann 13 June 202313 June 2023

Food and garden organics – contamination is inevitable

by Frank Klostermann 5 June 20236 June 2023

Waste and recycling

Food and Garden Organics – a good thing is about to get damaged

by Frank Klostermann 31 May 202331 May 2023

The politics of the circular economy and the meaning of trust

by Frank Klostermann 30 November 2022

The economics of the circular economy

by Frank Klostermann 23 November 202223 November 2022

Is circularity really possible?

by Frank Klostermann 14 November 202223 November 2022

“Social licence to operate” – what exactly is that?

by Frank Klostermann 12 September 202212 September 2022

Biogas

Can “natural” gas be renewable?

by Frank Klostermann 29 August 2022

Plastic recycling 101

by Frank Klostermann 25 August 202230 August 2022

Prove me wrong: the EPA doesn’t trust the market to sort this out

by Frank Klostermann 10 August 202211 August 2022

The big international trends in waste management

by Frank Klostermann 20 July 202220 July 2022

house demolished

Waste and recycling

Managing waste and transitioning to a circular economy – what the EPA needs to do better

by Frank Klostermann 14 April 202220 April 2022

Garbage

Here’s why things can go so wrong in NSW if you’re talking waste management

by Frank Klostermann 5 April 20225 April 2022

waste disposal bin used to collect rubbish and unused material at the construction site.

Waste and recycling: how else are the problems piling up in NSW?

by Frank Klostermann 28 March 202228 March 2022

Bin chicken ibis

Waste and recycling

When it comes to managing waste, NSW is in trouble

by Frank Klostermann 22 March 202223 August 2022

plastic recycle

Waste and recycling

Energy from Waste in NSW – Epilogue

by Frank Klostermann 1 March 20221 March 2022

Energy from waste might be a high tension political issue – but here’s a solution

by Frank Klostermann 8 February 20228 February 2022

Waste and recycling

Energy from waste – it gets emotional out there

by Frank Klostermann 3 February 20225 February 2022