The Queensland government has invited views on establishing an independent EPA, and announced waste levy increases that will support a major new recycling fund.
After a falling-out between two businesses that transported NSW waste to Queensland for levy-free landfill disposal, a court has awarded one of them $611,734 in damages.
The state Opposition has criticised the Palaszczuk government for slow progress in securing federal waste funding, during debate on a Bill to ban some single-use plastic items.
In one of the largest penalties for a waste offence ever imposed in Queensland, Ipswich Magistrates Court has fined a landfill owner $300,000 for grossly exceeding the limit on the amount of waste it was entitled to receive.
Environmental regulators in Queensland and Victoria today announced action against Cleanaway, after the waste company earlier this month received a prevention notice from the NSW EPA.
Remondis has secured agreement from Queensland's Coordinator-General for a streamlined whole-of-government assessment of its plans for a $400 million waste to energy project.