EPA Victoria has granted approval for a $56 million pilot plant that will extract magnesium metal from waste fly-ash sourced from Energy Australia's Yallourn brown coal power station. Read more...
A new agency will regulate waste planning and procurement in Victoria, and it will be mandatory for businesses to separate out recyclables, under a proposed state law. Read more...
In a big win for taxpayers, a court has rejected efforts by liquidators to disown responsibility for a site containing large stockpiles of abandoned industrial waste. Read more...
An EPA Victoria decision to approve a new facility smelting lead from used lead-acid batteries would enable the federal government to restrict the large volumes of lead waste sent overseas. Read more...
Woolworths will attempt to measure scope 3 emissions linked to customer use of its products, while COVID disrupted its trialling of the sale of unwrapped produce, according to its latest sustainability report. Read more...
