Paper manufacturer Opal is pressing ahead with plans for a large waste-to-energy plant at its mill in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, but will start with a smaller processing capacity.
The ACCC has given Boral until Friday to respond to concerns raised with the agency over the company's bid to secure exclusive rights to waste fly-ash from a Queensland coal-fired power station.
The Ballarat processing plant of McCain Foods has achieved a 20% improvement in water efficiency over the past year, and is working towards achieving the company's global goals on waste and carbon.
A Victorian tribunal has cleared the way for the state's first waste gasification plant to be built, after ordering that the original EPA works approval be amended.
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.