The operator of an illegal scrap metal and auto wrecking business has successfully appealed against the severity of a series of fines handed down by the local court.
A NSW Parliamentary committee has recommended a full review of the NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme, to improve its integrity and transparency and to fix the serious flaws in the biodiversity offsets market.
One of Australia’s oldest ski resorts has been fined and ordered to pay substantial legal and investigative costs after being convicted of two environmental offences when it discharged partially treated effluent into a tributary of the Snowy River.
Circular Australia has set out 31 key metrics to measure progress towards a circular economy in a new report designed to help governments and organisations to set targets and monitor improvement.
Specialist tyre upcycler Pearl Global, expects the recent listing of end-of-life tyres to the national priority list of problem wastes, and the Labor Government’s commitment to ban the export of waste tyres, will boost demand for its service and the prices paid under the tyre recycling scheme.
Governments must force manufacturers who use soft plastics in their packaging to recover and reuse the material, according to the peak body for Australia's waste and resource recovery industry.
