Waste experts say China will next year prohibit all solid waste imports and major shipping companies are already planning to ban recyclables destined for China.
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.
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.
Victoria last year used almost $200 million of landfill levy revenue to help finance a wide range of renewable energy, climate change, waste and biodiversity activities, according to a new government report.
In a decision with crucial ramifications for Melbourne's capacity to dispose of waste, Victoria's Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by developers against the expansion of Cleanaway's Ravenhall landfill.
A Victorian tribunal has granted the state government's Metropolitan Waste Resource Recovery Group full status as a party to a dispute between an environmental organisation and a company proposing a waste gasification plant.
Infrastructure Victoria says the state requires up to $1.1 billion of new waste processing capacity to meet needs to 2039, and proposes running auctions for government funding.