Melbourne and Bandung join forces to tackle food waste
13 March, 2025Applications are now open for the Melbourne-Bandung Food Waste Challenge, delivered in partnership between the City of Melbourne, Rocket Seeder and the City of Bandung.
Basketball Vic reduces sports ball waste with TreadLightly
11 March, 2025Basketball Victoria has joined the TreadLightly program to help reduce the millions of sports balls that are discarded into landfill each year.
CDS Vic teams up with Carlton FC to reduce landfill
06 March, 2025This year's AFL season is set to become more sustainable, as Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme has signed on to partner with Carlton Football Club.
ACCIONA creates surfboard from retired wind turbine blades
05 March, 2025ACCIONA has partnered with professional surfer Josh Kerr and his brand Draft Surf to create surfboards made from decommissioned wind turbine blades.
NSW Government introduces food waste mandate
28 February, 2025The NSW Government has passed legislation to become the first state to implement a statewide mandate for food organics and garden organics (FOGO) recycling.
ACCC authorises supermarket soft plastics recycling
27 February, 2025The ACCC has granted authorisation to the major supermarkets to continue to recycle stockpiled soft plastics and implement a pilot in-store collection program.
Sustainable dye extracted from avocado by-products
26 February, 2025Westfalia Fruit has committed to using all parts of the avocado across the supply chain, including the skins and seeds, to make sustainable products.
Amazon Australia delivers on 100% recyclable packaging
24 February, 2025Amazon Australia has continued its commitment to reduce packaging waste by moving to 100% recyclable packaging.
Recycled end-of-life solar panels trialled for concrete
21 February, 2025Boral Limited has trialled a new recycled sand for concrete using crushed glass from end-of-life and damaged solar panels.
Australasian Waste Recycling Expo debuts as ReGen at ICC
20 February, 2025ReGen, Australia's Circular Resource Expo, formerly known as the Australasian Waste Recycling Expo, is set to debut on 23–24 July 2025 at ICC Sydney.
Glass reaches 2025 recycling target in APCO packaging report
03 February, 2025The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation has released its latest report on the status of Australia's packaging consumption and recovery.
Fighting waste by counting flies
17 December, 2024An innovative tech collaboration is helping to finesse a rubbish recycling process that relies on the insatiable appetite of black soldier fly larvae.
NSW celebrates recycling triumph
25 November, 2024Considerable progress has been made in the New South Wales recycling sector, with the state now capable of processing nearly 140,000 tonnes of additional material annually.
Experts call for fashion waste overhaul
21 November, 2024A new study has analysed what happens to donated textiles in a number of western cities, including Melbourne, Amsterdam, Austin, Berlin and Toronto.
Soft plastics recycling platform with traceability being developed
14 November, 2024Close the Loop and Recity have teamed up to develop a soft plastics recycling initiative with traceability based on GS1 Australia Standards.
