Here's our waste management news roundup for October 2019

• Plastic bag litter drops 30 per cent in WA
• Coles partners with Cleanaway to convert waste into fuel
• Litter reporting app launched in Tasmania
• Cleanaway launches waste-to-energy plan
• VIC commits $1.6M to recycling research projects
• Single-use plastic bag ban to commence shortly in Victoria
• Cleanaway acquires SKM Recycling
• Unilever to eliminate over 100,000 tonnes of plastic packaging by 2025
• Ikea rolls out nation-wide scheme which saw 1,600 pieces of furniture returned and re-sold
• Ikea Richmond in Melbourne's CBD diverts over 80 tonnes of food waste

The Monthly Waste Management News Roundup - August 2019

Here's our waste management news roundup for August 2019

• Queensland CDS exceeds annual target three months ahead of schedule
• Coles donates unsold food waste 
• Recycled plastic railway sleepers have been installed on Victoria's regional train network
• City of Melbourne joins other Victorian councils in calling for CDS
• Fine-dining chefs cook discarded produce to fight food waste
• Excavated sandstone reused to build new Western Sydney International Airport
• City of Mitcham installs recycled tyre pavement

The Monthly Waste Management News Roundup - July 2019

Here's our waste management news roundup for July 2019

• Victorian e-waste landfill ban take effect in July
• Queensland levy comes into effect 
• Australia's largest plastics recycling plant opens
• Queensland releases waste management strategy
• Victoria to develop 10-year action plan
• Bayside reduced 4000 tonnes of waste going to landfill by using recycled asphalt
• New recycling facility opens in Melbourne 
• Knox Recycling takes delivery of Australia's first Untha XR shredder

The Monthly Waste Management News Roundup - June 2019

Here's our waste management news roundup for June 2019

• New glass recycling plant to process one billion glass bottles annually
• Downer opens soft plastics asphalt plant in Lake Macquarie
• Single-use items to be phased out of Sydney venues and events
• Woolworths implements food waste diversion programs in 100% of its              supermarkets
• Deakin researchers develop concrete solution for recycled glass
• Scientists repurposes waste into recyclable plastics
• Single-use plastic bags banned across Victoria from November 1
• Aldi announces new packaging commitments
• Coca-Cola produces Australia's first recycled carbonated soft drink bottle

The Monthly Waste Management News Roundup - May 2019

Here's our waste management news roundup for May 2019

• City of  Yarra to trial kerbside glass collection
• Single-use plastic bottles now banned by Zoos Victoria
• New composting and renewable energy site opened in SA.
• Qantas operates world's first zero waste flight
• Onkaparinga Council to introduce fornightly green bin collection 
• Cleanaway trials electric waste collection
• Coles to start selling 'ugly' fruit and vegetables at reduced prices
• Newly opened Waste treatment plant in Melbourne to process 120,000              tonnes of waste per year 
• Melbourne can expect more electric waste collection vehicles making                rounds

The Monthly Waste Management News Roundup - April 2019

Here's our waste management news roundup for April 2019

• Green waste bins have now rolled out to all of Canberra
• NSW's most advanced beverage recycling centre in Granville launched
• Grants for waste and recycling infrastructure allocated
• Fuji Xerox opens Eco Manufacturing Centre
• ACT proposes single-use plastic ban. 
• Tyre recyclers Toowoomba plant receives environmental green light
• Container deposit site to open in Queensland's Hervey Bay.