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'Energy from waste' licence milestone for cleaner paper

'Energy from waste' licence milestone for cleaner paper

Energy-rich waste from a paper mill will be turned into power instead of landfill as regional economies and heavy industries look for new ways to survive.

School one of four more sites laced with asbestos

School one of four more sites laced with asbestos

School one of four more sites laced with asbestos

School one of four more sites laced with asbestos

The NSW Environment Protection Agency has identified four more public sites across Sydney that have been contaminated with asbestos, including a second school.

Asbestos kills off Mardi Gras fair, shutters school

Asbestos kills off Mardi Gras fair, shutters school

Asbestos kills off Mardi Gras fair, shutters school

Asbestos kills off Mardi Gras fair, shutters school

Asbestos-tainted mulch is to blame for the closure of a primary school in Sydney's southwest and the cancellation of a major Mardi Gras festival event.

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Primary school shut for weeks in asbestos mulch scandal

Primary school shut for weeks in asbestos mulch scandal

Recycled mulch should never have been laid in a school from which 700 pupils must now relocate for several weeks due to an asbestos find, it has been revealed.

High lead levels detected near Tas recycling plant

High lead levels detected near Tas recycling plant

There is no risk of harm to the community after elevated levels of lead dust were detected near a Tasmanian recycling plant as investigations continue.

'Crucial' research funding to end plastics, cut methane

'Crucial' research funding to end plastics, cut methane

Almost $130 million in federal grants to end widespread use of plastics and cut methane emissions in farming are part of a push for a less harmful economy.

Riches or rubbish: firms prepare for EV battery surge

Riches or rubbish: firms prepare for EV battery surge

The question of what to do with electric car batteries when they reach the end of their useful lives is being discussed in Australia as a deadline looms.

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Scepticism over 'missing piece' of sustainable future

Scepticism over 'missing piece' of sustainable future

Scepticism over 'missing piece' of sustainable future

Scepticism over 'missing piece' of sustainable future

As waste-to-energy leaders meet in Sydney, a chemical engineer has warned of ultra-fine pollutants being spread to communities near incinerators.

Australia props up nuclear agency amid Pacific concern

Australia props up nuclear agency amid Pacific concern

Australia props up nuclear agency amid Pacific concern

Australia props up nuclear agency amid Pacific concern

Australia announced more funding for the international nuclear watchdog as China seized on division in the Pacific over Japan's release of nuclear wastewater.

Fewer pizza boxes in landfill thanks to recycling boost

Fewer pizza boxes in landfill thanks to recycling boost

Fewer pizza boxes in landfill thanks to recycling boost

Fewer pizza boxes in landfill thanks to recycling boost

More grubby pizza boxes and other contaminated paper will get a second life courtesy of a nation-first recycling system in Melbourne's north.

Call for national rules to sort out plastic recycling

Call for national rules to sort out plastic recycling

Call for national rules to sort out plastic recycling

Call for national rules to sort out plastic recycling

Australians continue to incorrectly recycle plastic waste, with calls for the federal government to implement consistent guidelines nationwide.

Company behind chemical warehouse inferno fined $3m

Company behind chemical warehouse inferno fined $3m

Company behind chemical warehouse inferno fined $3m

Company behind chemical warehouse inferno fined $3m

A defunct chemical waste recycling company has been hit with $2.98 million in fines after a warehouse fire burned a worker and forced schools to close.

Ex-CEO behind waste cartel still working for firm

Ex-CEO behind waste cartel still working for firm

Ex-CEO behind waste cartel still working for firm

Ex-CEO behind waste cartel still working for firm

The former CEO of a Sydney waste firm caught fixing prices in a criminal cartel still advises the company's management team as a "consultant".

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