In a new paper, the federal government says it wants every end-of-life electrical and electronic device reprocessed, to recover valuable materials and reduce carbon emissions.
The Queensland government has invited views on establishing an independent EPA, and announced waste levy increases that will support a major new recycling fund.
A PwC-owned liquidation business that was found to be liable for substantial environmental clean-up costs has asked the High Court to hear its appeal, arguing that the case has national ramifications.
In an unusual move, the NSW EPA has appealed the sentence imposed by a judge in a waste test case, two years after it successfully appealed her initial ruling in the matter.
In a case that turned on the definition of industrial waste, a recycling company has lost a Supreme Court bid to have an EPA clean-up notice declared invalid.
Weston Aluminium has failed to convince a court that it shouldn't pay waste levy contributions because it is merely processing waste, not disposing of it.
A new NSW law puts more pressure on companies to cut packaging waste, tightens controls on plastic, and enables financial assurance requirements to be imposed on brand owners.