#recyclingandwastemanagement — Public Fediverse posts
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The dead fish waste disaster that Tasmania failed to plan for
By Adam HolmesHigh-volume salmon mortalities last year swamped Tasmania's waste streams as companies scrambled to find somewhere to accept them, documents show. There are now concerns the state remains unprepared for future mass deaths.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-19/salmon-mortality-impact-on-tasmania-waste-systems/106692286
#FishingandAquacultureIndustry #RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnvironmentalManagement #EnvironmentalPolicy #AdamHolmes
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Behind the front lines of the war against illegal waste
By Charlie McLeanWhile Queensland councils cleaned up enough illegally dumped waste to fill more than 1,200 garbage trucks, investigators say they are getting better at catching those doing the wrong thing.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-19/qld-fight-to-end-illegal-waste-dumping/106588924
#CrimePrevention #RecyclingandWasteManagement #CharlieMcLean
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Cotton farmer stitches together fashion empire in regional Queensland
By Pip CourtneyQueensland cotton farmer and entrepreneur Sam Coulton has spent decades diversifying beyond agriculture, building a fashion brand and tourism business in Goondiwindi while creating jobs and investing in the future of his rural town.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/goondiwindi-cotton-fashion-and-farming-sam-coulton/106676078
#CottonGrowing #FashionBrands #TextileIndustry #RecyclingandWasteManagement #PipCourtney
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Cotton farmer stitches together fashion empire in regional Queensland
By Pip CourtneyQueensland cotton farmer and entrepreneur Sam Coulton has spent decades diversifying beyond agriculture, building a fashion brand and tourism business in Goondiwindi while creating jobs and investing in the future of his rural town.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/goondiwindi-cotton-fashion-and-farming-sam-coulton/106676078
#CottonGrowing #FashionBrands #TextileIndustry #RecyclingandWasteManagement #PipCourtney
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Cotton farmer stitches together fashion empire in regional Queensland
By Pip CourtneyQueensland cotton farmer and entrepreneur Sam Coulton has spent decades diversifying beyond agriculture, building a fashion brand and tourism business in Goondiwindi while creating jobs and investing in the future of his rural town.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/goondiwindi-cotton-fashion-and-farming-sam-coulton/106676078
#CottonGrowing #FashionBrands #TextileIndustry #RecyclingandWasteManagement #PipCourtney
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Cotton farmer stitches together fashion empire in regional Queensland
By Pip CourtneyQueensland cotton farmer and entrepreneur Sam Coulton has spent decades diversifying beyond agriculture, building a fashion brand and tourism business in Goondiwindi while creating jobs and investing in the future of his rural town.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/goondiwindi-cotton-fashion-and-farming-sam-coulton/106676078
#CottonGrowing #FashionBrands #TextileIndustry #RecyclingandWasteManagement #PipCourtney
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Cotton farmer stitches together fashion empire in regional Queensland
By Pip CourtneyQueensland cotton farmer and entrepreneur Sam Coulton has spent decades diversifying beyond agriculture, building a fashion brand and tourism business in Goondiwindi while creating jobs and investing in the future of his rural town.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/goondiwindi-cotton-fashion-and-farming-sam-coulton/106676078
#CottonGrowing #FashionBrands #TextileIndustry #RecyclingandWasteManagement #PipCourtney
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Regional incinerator for Sydney waste draws unanimous ire at inquiry
By Kelly FullerA parliamentary hearing into a proposed $600 million waste-to-energy plant at Tarago has heard widespread opposition and condemnation from the community.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnergyIndustry #EnergyPolicy #LocalGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #Communities #KellyFuller
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Regional incinerator for Sydney waste draws unanimous ire at inquiry
By Kelly FullerA parliamentary hearing into a proposed $600 million waste-to-energy plant at Tarago has heard widespread opposition and condemnation from the community.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnergyIndustry #EnergyPolicy #LocalGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #Communities #KellyFuller
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Regional incinerator for Sydney waste draws unanimous ire at inquiry
By Kelly FullerA parliamentary hearing into a proposed $600 million waste-to-energy plant at Tarago has heard widespread opposition and condemnation from the community.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnergyIndustry #EnergyPolicy #LocalGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #Communities #KellyFuller
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Regional incinerator for Sydney waste draws unanimous ire at inquiry
By Kelly FullerA parliamentary hearing into a proposed $600 million waste-to-energy plant at Tarago has heard widespread opposition and condemnation from the community.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnergyIndustry #EnergyPolicy #LocalGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #Communities #KellyFuller
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Regional incinerator for Sydney waste draws unanimous ire at inquiry
By Kelly FullerA parliamentary hearing into a proposed $600 million waste-to-energy plant at Tarago has heard widespread opposition and condemnation from the community.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnergyIndustry #EnergyPolicy #LocalGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #Communities #KellyFuller
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How a case of 'microplastic brain worm' led to this author's debut novel
By Nicola HeathEllena Savage's debut essay collection, Blueberries, was a surprise hit. In her new novel, The Ruiners, she takes on Charles Dickens and the illegal waste trade.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-09/ellena-savage-author-new-book-the-ruiners/106647696
#Books #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #RecyclingandWasteManagement #Author #Fiction #NicolaHeath
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Bin night across Australia is changing as councils, households fight waste
By Sam BradbrookHow councils collect rubbish is changing as the cost of disposing of waste skyrockets and they scramble to meet environmental targets.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/bin-pick-up-changes-as-waste-costs-rise-councils/106642598
#EnvironmentalManagement #RecyclingandWasteManagement #LocalGovernment #SamBradbrook
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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
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A waste spill into a Tasmanian river killed 100,000 fish. Now the mayor says enough is enough
By Adam HolmesA 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
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Identifying the presence of asbestos in mulch relies on the human eye
By Emily Baker and Emily Jane SmithAsbestos, 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
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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'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
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'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
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Would you like fleece with that? Wool could be answer to sustainable food packaging As home-delivered food and meal kits experience a boom in popularity during the pandemic, the dilemma of sustainable packaging is increasingly brought to the fore. Could wool be the answer? https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-07-24/wool-packaging-could-replace-plastic-for-sustainable-food-wrappi/12486782 #EnvironmentallySustainableBusiness #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #RecyclingandWasteManagement
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Would you like fleece with that? Wool could be answer to sustainable food packaging As home-delivered food and meal kits experience a boom in popularity during the pandemic, the dilemma of sustainable packaging is increasingly brought to the fore. Could wool be the answer? https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-07-24/wool-packaging-could-replace-plastic-for-sustainable-food-wrappi/12486782 #EnvironmentallySustainableBusiness #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #RecyclingandWasteManagement
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The Aussie innovator recycling dumped car tyres for farms An innovative Australian is doing his bit to tackle the mountains of used tyres going into landfill by recycling them for use on farms. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-14/australian-made-solution-to-mountains-of-dumped-car-tyres/12450620 #EnvironmentallySustainableBusiness #Business,EconomicsandFinance #RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnvironmentalImpact #Agribusiness #Agriculture #Environment #Rural
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The Aussie innovator recycling dumped car tyres for farms An innovative Australian is doing his bit to tackle the mountains of used tyres going into landfill by recycling them for use on farms. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-14/australian-made-solution-to-mountains-of-dumped-car-tyres/12450620 #EnvironmentallySustainableBusiness #Business,EconomicsandFinance #RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnvironmentalImpact #Agribusiness #Agriculture #Environment #Rural
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Major cotton waste problem solved by entrepreneur and his earthworms As the saying goes, one man's trash is another's treasure. Adrian Raccanello is turning cotton trash — the residue left over from processing, and a long-term problem for Australia's multi-billion-dollar cotton industry — into high-grade fertiliser. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-04/cotton-compost-turns-trash-to-treasured-fertiliser/12410248 #RecyclingandWasteManagement #AgriculturalCrops #WaterManagement #Cotton
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Major cotton waste problem solved by entrepreneur and his earthworms As the saying goes, one man's trash is another's treasure. Adrian Raccanello is turning cotton trash — the residue left over from processing, and a long-term problem for Australia's multi-billion-dollar cotton industry — into high-grade fertiliser. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-04/cotton-compost-turns-trash-to-treasured-fertiliser/12410248 #RecyclingandWasteManagement #AgriculturalCrops #WaterManagement #Cotton
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Roly's ark: How this retiree built a haven for native animals Rolland Franke, 66, is loving a unique retirement on his mum's former vegetable garden, with bettongs, wallabies, crocodiles and other native fauna. Here's how he created it. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-22/rigger-retires-in-flinders-ranges-to-build-native-wildlife-park/12372796 #CompostingandWaterConservation #RecyclingandWasteManagement #CommunityandSociety #HumanInterest #Horticulture #WaterSaving #Environment #Rural
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Roly's ark: How this retiree built a haven for native animals Rolland Franke, 66, is loving a unique retirement on his mum's former vegetable garden, with bettongs, wallabies, crocodiles and other native fauna. Here's how he created it. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-22/rigger-retires-in-flinders-ranges-to-build-native-wildlife-park/12372796 #CompostingandWaterConservation #RecyclingandWasteManagement #CommunityandSociety #HumanInterest #Horticulture #WaterSaving #Environment #Rural
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Could sugarcane regions pioneer a bioplastics industry? A North Queensland politician says bioplastics could meet a demand for eco-wrapping and boost farmers' income, but the industry and researchers say it's not a simple feat. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-22/the-viability-of-making-bioplastics-in-cane-farming-regions/12369948 #RecyclingandWasteManagement #BiotechnologyIndustry #ScienceandTechnology #BiologicalDiversity #RegionalDevelopment #PlasticsandRubber #Biotechnology #Sugar
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Could sugarcane regions pioneer a bioplastics industry? A North Queensland politician says bioplastics could meet a demand for eco-wrapping and boost farmers' income, but the industry and researchers say it's not a simple feat. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-22/the-viability-of-making-bioplastics-in-cane-farming-regions/12369948 #RecyclingandWasteManagement #BiotechnologyIndustry #ScienceandTechnology #BiologicalDiversity #RegionalDevelopment #PlasticsandRubber #Biotechnology #Sugar
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Despite the smell, farmers excited as salmon waste becomes fertiliser The salmon industry in Tasmania is expanding and that means more waste from fish farms to manage. One solution is converting it to liquid and spraying in paddocks. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-06-16/turning-fish-farm-waste-into-farm-fetiliser/12357022 #Fertilisers,MulchesandSoilAmendments #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #RecyclingandWasteManagement #AgriculturalMachinery #Fishing,Aquaculture #Agribusiness
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Despite the smell, farmers excited as salmon waste becomes fertiliser The salmon industry in Tasmania is expanding and that means more waste from fish farms to manage. One solution is converting it to liquid and spraying in paddocks. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-06-16/turning-fish-farm-waste-into-farm-fetiliser/12357022 #Fertilisers,MulchesandSoilAmendments #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #RecyclingandWasteManagement #AgriculturalMachinery #Fishing,Aquaculture #Agribusiness
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The campers are back but so is the litter, say rangers Park rangers fill rubbish bags full of toilet paper and chip packets as campers litter several Riverland sites in South Australia. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-11/campers-dump-rubbish-and-toilet-paper-in-national-park/12341936 #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnvironmentalManagement #RainForestsandForest #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentalHealth #LifestyleandLeisure #TravelandTourism #LandManagement
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The campers are back but so is the litter, say rangers Park rangers fill rubbish bags full of toilet paper and chip packets as campers litter several Riverland sites in South Australia. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-11/campers-dump-rubbish-and-toilet-paper-in-national-park/12341936 #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #RecyclingandWasteManagement #EnvironmentalManagement #RainForestsandForest #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentalHealth #LifestyleandLeisure #TravelandTourism #LandManagement
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'Bottle'O'Bob' saved 294,000 containers from landfill and funded a skatepark in the process An octogenarian who raised about $40,000 for his community by saving tens of thousands of bottles and cans from landfill is named New South Wales Environmental Citizen of the Year. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-05/nsw-environmental-award-given-to-man-who-recycled-290k-cans/12324898 #CharitiesandCommunityOrganisations #RecyclingandWasteManagement #CommunityandSociety #Environment #Rural
