Lord Mayor Sally Capp,in her final week in the role,said the ASX-listed Cleanaway would also redevelop the city’s waste-transfer facility in North Melbourne.
Damaged concrete has resulted in water contaminated with toxic chemicals leaching into groundwater,according to the state’s environmental regulator.
Bins are overflowing and dumped rubbish is piling up on streets as the City of Sydney faces a wave of complaints over delays to its waste collection services.
When 15 suckling pigs could not be sold after functions were cancelled because of lockdown,Melbourne-based social enterprise Yume stepped in.
French waste giant Veolia,which has emerged victorious from its bitter takeover battle with Suez this week,said it is reviewing Cleanaway’s lucrative side-deal with Suez and would not say whether the deal will be allowed to go ahead uncontested.
Cleanaway’s $2.5 billion bid for the Australian assets of Suez could be in peril if the French waste giant’s suitor,Veolia,wins a reported bid to vote its Suez stake at an upcoming shareholder meeting.
French waste giant Veolia has accused takeover target Suez of selling its Australian assets to Cleanaway on the cheap and acting to the detriment of its investors.
Cleanaway’s $2.5 billion bid for the Australian recycling assets of Suez Groupe has set up a major scrap with the $20 billion waste giant Veolia Environnement which said it would legally challenge any deal that could derail its bid for Suez’s French parent.
Three corporate giants have combined to develop the country's biggest PET plastic recycling plant in a $45 million deal in a boost to the waste industry.
Packaging maker Pact is teaming up with Asahi and Cleanaway to build a $30m recycling plant in Albury that would process more than 500 million plastic bottles a year.
The embattled firm has been bought by waste giant Cleanaway for $66 million,but warehouse owners across Melbourne are left with huge stockpiles of abandoned SKM waste.