Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #recyclingandwastemanagement, aggregated by home.social.
Inquiry urges halt to plan to burn Sydney's waste in regional towns
By Hamish Cole
A NSW inquiry into energy-from-waste facilities has recommended a moratorium on the technology and called for the state government to reject two proposals before the planning department.
Six-year plastics factory fight takes toll on Moss Vale residents
By Kelly Fuller
Residents tell the NSW Land and Environment Court the dispute over the recycling plant is affecting their health, retirement plans and taking psychological toll due to sustained uncertainty.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-19/moss-vale-plastics-factory-court-appeal-residents/107274112
#Courts #RecyclingandWasteManagement #Environment #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #KellyFuller
Billions in the bin as economy struggles with true cost of food waste
By Adelaide Miller
Australia wastes about $36 billion worth of food a year and experts say many businesses don't even know how much potential profit they're throwing away.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/australia-food-waste-business-economic-cost/107249996
#FoodandBeverageProcessingIndustry #RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnvironmentallySustainableBusiness #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #AdelaideMiller
Site renowned for helping build Sydney Harbour Bridge in $1b energy showdown
By Hamish Cole
The proponents of a $1 billion waste processing facility near Mudgee are preparing for a battle with the NSW government over its energy-from-waste framework, as locals are divided.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-25/cenagen-kandos-cement-works-energy-waste-dispute/107175614
Qld council says costs prevent it hitting recycling targets
By Ellie Willcox
As fuel prices soar, many regional local governments are struggling with the cost of transporting recyclables hundreds of kilometres for processing.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnvironmentalPolicy #EllieWillcox
Darwin council considering permanent pre-cyclone clean-up move to May
By Joseph Hathaway-Wilson
The City of Darwin could soon vote to permanently move its annual pre-cyclone clean-up to May after the 2026 clean-up was postponed until after the wet season.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #Cyclones #DisasterandEmergencyResponse #LocalGovernment #JosephHathawayWilson
With this 'little bit', households can help tackle organic waste problem
By Heloise Vyas
Just 11 of 77 councils in Queensland offer kerbside green bin services, and only some provide FOGO bins. One resident is passionate about home composting as a solution to managing organic waste.
As EV popularity rises, is Australia equipped to manage e-waste?
By Chelsea Malunga
As electric vehicle use rapidly grows in Australia, experts say the country's battery recycling industry must prepare for the looming influx of waste.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-20/qld-calls-for-more-ev-battery-recycling/107149400
#ElectricVehicles #RecyclingandWasteManagement #ChelseaMalunga
Parties divided over purple-lid glass bins ahead of Victorian election
By Ethan White
Councils call on the Victorian government to reconsider a mandate requiring purple-lid glass-recycling bins to be rolled out to all homes by July 2027.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #LocalGovernment #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #EthanWhite
Labor's broken promise on plastic recycling
By Shalailah Medhora
Industry groups say they were left blindsided by the federal government's decision to scrap mandatory standards for packaging.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/labor-broken-promise-on-plastic-recycling/107125916
Household waste could make for sweeter tomatoes
By Tayla Larsen
Research has found the flavour and aroma of tomatoes improve when compost made from food and garden organics is added to the soil.
#Agriculture #FertilisersHorticulture #Horticulture #AgriculturalCrops #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #RecyclingandWasteManagement #TaylaLarsen
Residents furious at illegal dumping in native bushland near school
By Andrew Chounding
Rubbish containing dangerous waste found illegally dumped in bushland upsets Albany residents, with the mayor saying it is the worst he has seen.
#Environment #RecyclingandWasteManagement #RegionalCommunities #LocalGovernment #Crime #AndrewChounding
New research helps transform landfill into thriving green space
By Nikki Sorbello
Covering landfill with soil and plants is as effective as traditional methods of capping, while bringing added aesthetic, economic and environmental benefits.
#Environment #RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnvironmentalImpacts #EnvironmentallySustainableBusiness #NikkiSorbello
As solar panel waste grows, extra installation fee proposed to fund recycling
By Ahmed Yussuf
Solar panel waste is projected to reach about 90,000 tonnes a year by 2030. One of Australia's leading science organisations says a $10 fee per panel could help solve the problem.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/solar-panel-waste-growing-recycling-fee-proposed/107023182
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #SolarEnergy #RenewableEnergy #EnergyIndustry #AhmedYussuf
Environment minister defends FOGO changes amid council, resident backlash
By Blake Kagi
The WA environment minister defends rule changes about what can go in green FOGO bins, amid a backlash over the changes and suggestions they have not been communicated clearly.
No dog poo or tea bags in surprise change to WA FOGO bin rules
By Emma Wynne
The WA waste authority has quietly changed the rules on what can go in green-lidded bins in a move councils say is likely to confuse many people still adapting to the new system.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-05/wa-fogo-bin-rule-changes/106999828
'It just gets forgotten': Increase in cars abandoned on Canberra roads
By Emmy Groves
Tow truck operators say they are being called to more abandoned vehicles across Canberra — and while the government aims to resolve cases within nine days, officials say investigations often take four to six weeks.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #TrafficOffences #Roads #EmmyGroves
Canberra food and garden waste collection scheme delayed a third time
By Caitlin Maloney
The rollout of a program to recycle food and garden waste into compost across Canberra, originally due to be introduced in 2023, has been delayed a third time, with the ACT government now aiming to introduce the scheme by 2030.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #Composting #StateandTerritoryGovernment #CaitlinMaloney
Why farmers are spreading crushed glass on their crops
By Pip Courtney
Recycled glass is being turned into a silicon-rich soil additive that farmers say is improving crop growth while creating a new use for millions of discarded bottles.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/ground-glass-silicon-fertiliser-farm-productivity/106963488
Farmers seek solution to mounting plastic waste problem
By Aimee Mitchell
Rows of black and white plastic weed mats are giving vegetable seedlings their best start in life. But disposing of them has become a logistical and cost burden.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/mounting-agricultural-plastic-waste-problem/106965248
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #EnvironmentalImpacts #AimeeMitchell
What belongs in your FOGO bin? Definitely not Ozempic needles
By Sandy Powell
A north-west Tasmanian waste management company says it has a $700,000 per year problem, and council ratepayers are picking up the tab.
#Composting #RecyclingandWasteManagement #LocalGovernment #SandyPowell
Western Australia becomes first state to ban non-compostable takeaway coffee cups
The state's environment minister says more than 150 million coffee cups will be saved from landfill each year.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #Environment #EnvironmentalImpact
A waste spill into a Tasmanian river killed 100,000 fish. Now the mayor says enough is enough
By Adam Holmes
A paper company, salmon farmer and water authority provide their industrial waste to a compost facility. But after a mass fish death event — and fines in court — there are calls for things to change.
#WaterPollution #CourtsandTrials #RecyclingandWasteManagement #LawCrimeandJustice #AdamHolmes
Identifying the presence of asbestos in mulch relies on the human eye
By Emily Baker and Emily Jane Smith
Asbestos, it seems, is everywhere around Sydney at the moment. 7.30 went to industry insiders to find out why. The answer according to someone else who owns a similar business is a "major let-down in processes".
#Asbestos #Health #RecyclingandWasteManagement #Environment #EmilyBaker #EmilyJaneSmith
A new soft plastic recycling scheme is underway. Will it work this time?
REDcycle collapsed under its own weight, stockpiling recyclable material with nowhere to go. The new soft plastic recycling scheme will feed new, purpose-built waste processing facilities so it has much better prospects, writes Anya Phelan.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-15/soft-plastic-recycling-redcycle-collapse-new-scheme/103471606
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #PlasticsPolymersandRubberManufacturing #SupermarketsandGroceryRetailers #EnvironmentalImpact #Environment #ConsumerGoods
After a child stumbled upon asbestos in Sydney, multiple more contaminated sites have since been identified — why?
The state's Environment Protection Authority confirmed the locations include multiple parks, infrastructure projects sites, various rail corridors, a school, and a hospital.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-14/asbestos-nsw-identified-recycled-mulch/103461862
#Asbestos #HealthPolicy #RecyclingandWasteManagement #Mesothelioma
'Can't be done quickly': Western Sydney councils call for FOGO deadline extension, to 2035
By Declan Bowring
Councils need more time to organise the rollout for multi-unit dwellings like apartments, according to an organisation representing councils in Sydney's west.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-08/western-sydney-councils-call-for-fogo-rollout-delay/103074296
#LocalGovernment #RecyclingandWasteManagement #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #OrganicFertilisers #Pollution #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentEducation #EnvironmentallySustainableBusiness #EnvironmentalPolicy #FertilisersMulchesandSoilAmendments #Gardening #FoodandCooking #DeclanBowring
Once and for All Tires, LLC opens $17.4M tire recycling plant in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico
#recycling #recyclingandwastemanagement #puertorico #CircularEconomy
https://newsismybusiness.com/once-and-for-all-tires-llc-opens-17-4m-tire-recycling-plant-in-yabucoa/
Food organic waste target abandoned by the federal government https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-01/food-waste-target-abandoned-by-federal-government-/101707458 #news #RecyclingandWasteManagement #StateandTerritoryGovernment #LocalGovernment #ClimateChange
This stunning dress is made from 700 mango pips Growing up on a mango farm in Far North Queensland inspires Jessica Collins to make a full-length ball gown made of hundreds of mango seeds. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-13/teenager-makes-sustainable-dress-from-700-mango-seeds/12875412 #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #RecyclingandWasteManagement #Textiles #Fashion #Rural
Apple growers invent new drink to save fruit rejected from supermarkets A Queensland apple-growing family believes it has made a world-first fruit drink that bottles all of the apple, minus the pips and core. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-01/queensland-apple-growing-family-invents-new-upple-drink/12819162 #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #RecyclingandWasteManagement #LifestyleandLeisure #Horticulture #Agribusiness #Environment #Beverages #Rural
Houses of the future could be built using grapevine waste Researchers are taking grapevine cuttings, normally left to burn or rot, and turning them into building materials, hoping it could help pave the way to a sustainable future. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-06/researchers-recycling-grapevine-waste-into-particleboard/12727282 #RecyclingandWasteManagement #BuildingandConstruction #Viticulture
How seriously should we take the Queensland Premier's renewable energy pledge? Despite Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's promise to set up green energy corridors, the Sunshine State will still struggle to meet its renewables target, writes Peter McCutcheon. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-25/queensland-politics-is-labor-delivering-on-renewables/12589546 #ElectricityEnergyandUtilities #Business,EconomicsandFinance #RecyclingandWasteManagement #GovernmentandPolitics #Parliament
'Hang on a minute, how about a beer?' Small and mysterious, the jujube fruit comes good Jujubes have been grown for thousands of years in Asia but the fruit only recently gained popularity in Australia where farmers are finding new ways to use it, even brewing beer and vinegar. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-14/jujube-farmers-turn-waste-fruit-into-pantry-staple/12534778 #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #RecyclingandWasteManagement #AgriculturalCrops #FoodandBeverage #Agriculture
