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Latest news: Waste Management and Pollution Control
'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.
Mar 04, 2024
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.
Feb 17, 2024
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.
Feb 14, 2024
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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.
Feb 14, 2024
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.
Feb 01, 2024
'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.
Dec 12, 2023
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.
Nov 17, 2023
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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.
Oct 31, 2023
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.
Sep 20, 2023
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.
Aug 24, 2023
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.
Jun 30, 2023
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.
Jun 23, 2023
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".
May 22, 2023
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