	Thursday, 23 May 2013

Waste

Sustainability leadership starts with training In the 15 years I’ve worked with sustainability practitioners and the environmental services sector, a couple of common themes come up when discussing the differentiators between success and failure. Water sector sniffs around organic wastes The water industry is looming as a threat to the waste sector as it makes increasing noises about sourcing solid and liquid organic wastes to feed into bio-digesters at its sites. WA half right on mattress recycling plan Mattresses are a landfill problem, reveals a recent report, but that doesn’t mean a public subsidy is required. The WA government has got it mostly right. 'Hygiene waste' a growing burden - and opportunity Up to 104 Olympic swimming pools of nappies and incontinence pads are landfilled in SA each year, reveals the first accurate measurement of the waste stream in Australia. Toxfree completes strategic Wanless purchase Toxfree has finalised its $85m swoop into Queensland's C&I waste sector, while the market has welcomed its $43m capital raising pitch. Will O'Farrell choose NGOs over industry on CDS? (21 May 2013) Some 80,000 signatures were delivered to NSW Parliament House in Sydney today to demand Premier Barry O’Farrell support a national container deposit scheme. The AFGC has come out saying the campaign is "misleading and inconvenient". - more Tasmania launches first drop-off point for E-waste (21 May 2013) The Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage, Brian Wightman has opened the E-Waste Tasmania recycling plant in Launceston. - more NSW workshops on program priorities (21 May 2013) The NSW EPA is holding a series of workshops around the state to inform programs under its Waste Less Recycle More initiative. - more Mixed signals on mobile phones (21 May 2013) Mixed results for MobileMuster in 2011-12, with challenges remaining around the rise of smaller mobile phone makers and the number of phones we hoard at home. - more Other Headlines ISWA kicks off quirky video comp TENDER: WA pilot mattress recycling program Yale journal explores the state of EPR Mining helps Veolia's local results	Landfill E-waste bans cut council costs, promote recycling (10 May 2013) The South Australian EPA has argued that its landfill bans for e-waste have cut council costs while helping... - more Recycling Will O'Farrell choose NGOs over industry on CDS? (21 May 2013) Some 80,000 signatures were delivered to NSW Parliament House in Sydney today to demand Premier Barry... - more Organics Water sector sniffs around organic wastes (21 May 2013) The water industry is looming as a threat to the waste sector as it makes increasing noises about sourcing... - more Advanced Technologies Australia negotiates Minamata Convention (6 May 2013) Australia is currently negotiating to enter the Minamata Convention, a global legally binding treaty... - more Collection Toxfree completes strategic Wanless purchase (21 May 2013) Toxfree has finalised its $85m swoop into Queensland's C&I waste sector, while the market has welcomed... - more Hazardous & Problem Waste 'Hygiene waste' a growing burden - and opportunity (21 May 2013) Up to 104 Olympic swimming pools of nappies and incontinence pads are landfilled in SA each year, reveals... - more Waste Legislation & Policy Sustainability leadership starts with training (23 May 2013) In the 15 years I’ve worked with sustainability practitioners and the environmental services sector... - more

Perspectives Cash-for-cans is not the answer (16 May 2013) Despite what the environmental groups might tell you, there are plenty of downsides to the cash-for-cans scheme they propose. By Jenny Pickles. - more Dumper sentenced to prison (16 April 2013) Jacinta Studdert and Gavin Shapiro from law firm Norton Rose dissect the recent case of recalcitrant dumper Dib Hanna. - more Best of the Web Hunt’s back of envelope foundations for Direct Action Growing out versus filling in: how about we all grow up? Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association Accredits Two More Recyclers European Parliament votes 'no' to shipping levy Greg Hunt faces Tony Jones on Lateline Top Stories in Business $2.5T in disaster losses since 2000: Study (23 May 2013) Economic losses from disasters since 2000 are in the range of US$2.5 trillion, a figure at least 50% higher than previous international estimates, according to a UN report. - more Sustainability leadership starts with training (23 May 2013) In the 15 years I’ve worked with sustainability practitioners and the environmental services sector, a couple of common themes come up when discussing the differentiators between success and failure. - more Top Stories in Water Sustainability leadership starts with training (23 May 2013) In the 15 years I’ve worked with sustainability practitioners and the environmental services sector, a couple of common themes come up when discussing the differentiators between success and failure. - more OZWATER: Will on-site stormwater controls be mandatory? (16 May 2013) Melbourne Water is helping trial a novel Environmental Significance Overlay in local planning controls to manage stormwater onsite, including through mandatory measures. - more	Events Bin Trim - Helping Business to Recycle Training Groundwater Modelling for Beginners 2013 Bin Trim ‘Helping Business to Recycle Training’ The Natural Capital Approach: Valuing Goods and Services from the Natural Environment Waste Contractors & Recyclers Association of NSW 2013 Convention Waste Resources Queensland's Waste Reduction and Recycling Strategy 2010-2020 (13 July 2012) The final Queensland’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Strategy 2010–2020 was released on 23 December 2010. - more Inside Waste Industry Report 2011 (13 July 2012) If you are INSIDE the Australian waste and resource recovery industry, or outside looking in, the INSIDE WASTE Industry Report 2011 is an essential tool.... - more

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