The Victorian government has announced a series of long-term plans for waste and resource recovery across six regions — Barwon South West, Gippsland, Goulburn Valley, Grampians Central West, Loddon Mallee and the North East. [ + ]

Resource recovery company SUEZ and services company Ventia have partnered to develop a soil processing facility at SUEZ's Taylors Road Landfill in Dandenong South. [ + ]

Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) and the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) have announced a partnership to develop a Code for Smart Communities. [ + ]

SOLARWATT and Fronius Solar Energy are set to enter into a partnership. This will include a global distribution agreement, the inclusion of partner products in each company's portfolio, and joint research and development activities. [ + ]

Hobsons Bay City Council has joined with other metropolitan Victorian councils to call on the Victorian government to use funds collected for the Municipal and Industrial Landfill Levy for the purpose for which it was designed. [ + ]

Redback Technologies has been selected by Contact Energy to participate in a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) trial in Wellington. [ + ]

Environmental solutions provider Veolia has acquired Ellwaste Waste and Recycling Services — one of the largest privately owned waste management companies in rural Victoria. [ + ]

With hundreds of thousands of tonnes of re-usable and recyclable materials going to landfill each year in New Zealand, a new report by Eunomia has proposed raising the country's landfill levy from the current $10 per tonne to as high as $140 per tonne. [ + ]

Bock UK has agreed to demonstrate biogas enzyme technology from DuPont Industrial Biosciences at commercial scale in the UK market. [ + ]

The federal government is expanding the Commercial Building Disclosure (CBD) Program to commercial building spaces of 1000 m² and more, in a move that is intended to help more businesses save on their energy costs. [ + ]

Australia's annual population growth rate of 1.6% is alarmingly high, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). [ + ]

The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) is calling on governments to support more targeted spending priorities for landfill levy revenue. [ + ]

Registrations have officially opened for Waste Expo Australia 2017, a waste and resource recovery event taking place from 11–12 October at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. [ + ]

EnviroSuite has announced the completion of the sale of its entire Pacific Environment consulting practice to Environmental Resources Management (ERM), a leading environmental and sustainability consulting group. [ + ]

The Ararat Wind Farm was officially opened today in a special ceremony attended by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D'Ambrosio. [ + ]