The removal of the levy could force taxpayers to foot the bill for the cost of administering waste export licences.
Supermarkets are charging shoppers more for loose produce than the same items covered in plastic.
The minister who first introduced Victoria’s waste-to-energy policy is opposing an incinerator,as the Allan government takes friendly fire from Labor MPs.
Sydney’s available landfill space is vanishing as NSW falls well behind its recycling targets.
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Maribyrnong council and gas giant BOC are accused of failing to take action on stockpiling of gas cylinders at a factory that burned for nearly two weeks in 2018.
Metallurgists are extracting gold,silver and copper as they hunt through your e-waste for precious metals.
Victoria’s environmental watchdog is pursuing global waste giant Veolia in the Supreme Court over alleged failures to safely manage the landfill site near several hundred homes.
More than a year after the collapse of REDcycle,Australian industry and government can’t agree on how to collect our sea of soft plastics,let alone what to do with it.
The companies behind Australia’s biggest consumer brands are calling for regulation of recycling and packaging to ensure consistency between the states and territories,and ensure laggards don’t benefit from cheaper costs.