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Category: Waste and recycling

Posted inSpinifex

Gutters, downpipes and drains speak the truth about local councils

by Michael Mobbs 17 May 202217 May 2022
Posted inWaste and recycling

Business is booming for Fairview and its Ecoloop process to recycle dodgy cladding

by Andrew Sadauskas 10 May 202211 May 2022
Posted inWaste and recycling

We need a “war” on plastic as business interest ramps up and the election looms

by Rose Mary Petrass 3 May 20225 May 2022
Posted inWaste and recycling

PET circle: Why plastic is too good to throw away

by Jeremy Chun 26 April 202210 May 2022
Posted inWaste and recycling

Private capital sniffing around waste

by Rose Mary Petrass and Tina Perinotto 19 April 202219 April 2022
house demolished
Posted inWaste and recycling

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

by Frank Klostermann, Full Circle Advisory 14 April 202220 April 2022
Posted inSpinifex

Circular construction: why builders must adopt sustainable waste management

by Phil Smith, SHAPE Australia 11 April 202211 April 2022
Anna Minns headshot
Posted inWaste and recycling

Meet the next crop of booming circular economy startups

by Andrew Sadauskas 5 April 20225 April 2022
Microplastic
Posted inWaste and recycling

We ingest about a credit card’s worth of plastic every week

by Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group 31 March 202217 April 2022
waste disposal bin used to collect rubbish and unused material at the construction site.
Posted inSpinifex

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

by Frank Klostermann, Full Circle Advisory 28 March 202228 March 2022
Bin chicken ibis
Posted inWaste and recycling

When it comes to managing waste, NSW is in trouble

by Frank Klostermann, Full Circle Advisory 22 March 202222 March 2022
Australian garbage wheelie bins with yellow lids for recycling household waste lined up on the street kerbside for council rubbish collection.
Posted inSpinifex

Make the circular economy a fact

by Suzanne Toumbourou, Australian Council of Recycling 15 March 202215 March 2022
Posted inWaste and recycling

We need to talk about plastic

by Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group 10 March 202210 March 2022
UN Plastic Deal
Posted inWaste and recycling

UN commits to End Plastic Pollution in “most significant” green deal since Paris Accord

by Rose Mary Petrass 4 March 20224 March 2022
plastic recycle
Posted inWaste and recycling

Energy from Waste in NSW – Epilogue

by Frank Klostermann, Full Circle Advisory 1 March 20221 March 2022
plastic
Posted inWaste and recycling

War on plastic – global push to end plastic poisoning the circular economy

by Annie Hall 16 February 202216 February 2022
battery
Posted inEnergy

Why we need to recycle batteries and how to do it

by Rose Mary Petrass 15 February 202215 February 2022
Posted inSpinifex

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

by Frank Klostermann, Full Circle Advisory 8 February 20228 February 2022
Posted inWaste and recycling

Energy from waste – it gets emotional out there

by Frank Klostermann, Full Circle Advisory 3 February 20225 February 2022
Garbage pile in trash dump or landfill, Aerial view garbage trucks unload garbage to a landfill, global warming.
Posted inWaste and recycling

Energy from waste – setting up the traps

by Frank Klostermann, Full Circle Advisory 1 February 20221 February 2022
Reverse Garbage
Posted inWaste and recycling

Reverse Garbage moves to a new creative space warehouse as the love of old things keeps getting bigger

by Rose Mary Petrass 25 January 202227 January 2022
Rear view. Truck oversize rides on road. Large truck driven mining dumper. Load ahead
Posted inWaste and recycling

Ambushed on the road to a circular economy

by Frank Klostermann, Full Circle Advisory 16 November 202116 November 2021
Posted inWaste and recycling

Aussies wiser than ever about recycling

by Duncan Murray 9 November 20219 November 2021
garbage dump pile in trash dump or landfill,backhoe and truck is dumping the gabage from municipal,garbage dump whit old garbage truck and dark clouds or rain clouds
Posted inSpinifex

Here’s talking to you EPAs of Australia. We need a paradigm shift and cancel the word waste and maybe some of your policies too

by Frank Klostermann, Full Circle Advisory 13 October 202113 October 2021
Posted inWaste and recycling

Australia has a trillion dollar opportunity – will it go to waste?

by Tina Perinotto 6 October 20216 October 2021
Posted inWaste and recycling

The Aussie eco startup crowdsourcing $4.3 million to tackle single use plastics

by Duncan Murray 28 September 202128 September 2021
Posted inSpinifex

Is waste incineration burning a hole in our sustainable future?

by Dr Krzysztof Dembek, Swinburne University of Technology, Dr Magnus Moglia, Swinburne University of Technology, Dr Christian Nygaard, Swinburne University of Technology, Dr Simone Taffe, Swinburne University of Technology and Dr Ian Woodcock, Swinburne University of Technology 2 September 20213 September 2021
Posted inWaste and recycling

How does product certification help construction and demolition waste resource recovery?

by Salman Shooshtarian, RMIT University and Tayyab Maqsood, RMIT University 17 August 202117 August 2021
Posted inWaste and recycling

Where are we headed with plastic waste management?

by Dr Ross Headifen, Biogone 11 August 202111 August 2021
Posted inColumns

New “rules of the road” recycling and what the minister (and others) say

by Pete Shmigel, Columnist 28 July 202128 July 2021

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