Brittany Coles, Author at Waste Management Review

$20m to improve plastic and tyre processing in WA

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 by Brittany Coles

The Western Australian Government has committed $20 million to boost capacity for local processing of waste plastic and tyres.

Endeavour Awards winners for 2020 announced

July 10, 2020July 8, 2020 by Brittany Coles

The winners of Australia’s most prestigious manufacturing awards have been announced, featuring a high calibre of companies sharing their innovative ideas, technologies and products.

Coles saves one billion pieces of plastic from landfill

July 8, 2020July 7, 2020 by Brittany Coles

Australian supermarket giant Coles has reached a milestone of one billion pieces of soft plastics recycled through its partnership with REDcycle, a recovery initiative for post-consumer soft plastic.

$190m recycling fund to turbo charge recycling capacity

July 8, 2020July 6, 2020 by Brittany Coles

The Federal Government’s new $190M Recycling Modernisation Fund will generate $600 million of recycling investment and drive a billion-dollar transformation of Australia’s waste and recycling capacity.

Community group secures new conditions for WtE plant

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 by Brittany Coles

Community group Zero Waste Victoria has secured better air quality, waste management, monitoring and reporting for Victorians at a future waste-to-energy facility in Laverton North.

Calls for Europe to double waste streams

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 by Brittany Coles

There is significant potential to double recycling across Europe for municipal, construction and electronic waste according to a European Environment Agency briefing.

Driver dumping acidic waste material charged

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 by Brittany Coles

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has charged a company and an individual following a comprehensive investigation into the dumping of a large volume of highly acidic material.