After winning EPA Victoria works approval for a facility to generate steam from Melbourne's waste, Australian Paper has failed to make the shortlist to secure feedstock from 16 metropolitan councils.
Boral has applied to the ACCC for approval of a 10-year deal that would give it exclusive rights to waste fly-ash from Stanwell's Tarong coal-fired power station in Queensland.
A composting company is seeking EPA approval to process food waste in the Latrobe Valley, positioning itself to handle kerbside FOGO collections from councils in the Gippsland region.
Cleanaway has revealed plans to double its capacity to generate electricity from methane extracted at Victoria's largest landfill, delivering more than 400,000 tonnes of abatement annually.
AGL says the coal ash dam at its Bayswater power plant will be full within two years, unless it is upgraded, and the company also plans to reduce saline discharges from the site.