Landfill
4 November 2025
Charges and Surcharges – using price to drive down landfill
We should remove taxes on things we want and instead put them on things we don’t want. Tax the things we want less of and remove taxes on things we want more of. This should apply to products, services and... waste.
Grants
30 October 2025
♻️ Grant Opportunity: Resource Recovery Boost Fund (Queensland)
Looking for funding opportunities in Queensland?
Event
14 October 2025
Waste Sector M&A seminar
The Victorian Waste Management Association (VWMA), ANZ, Russell Kennedy and MRA Consulting Group present The Waste Sector M&A seminar for a Changing Industry
Grants
14 October 2025
New Grant Opportunity: Market Accelerator (VIC)
Looking for funding opportunities to support your VIC project?
Grants
3 October 2025
♻️ Grant Opportunity: Go FOGO Grants (Round 5)Â
Looking for funding opportunities to support your NSW FOGO project?
Compost
30 September 2025
Composting in the Concrete Jungle: How FOGO Is Finding Its Place in Australia’s MUDs and RFBs
FOGO is taking off across Australia.
Multi-unit dwellings (townhouses and residential flat buildings) are the next frontier. James and Mike outline the key aspects of a good FOGO program tailored to MUDs and RFBs.
Climate Change
14 August 2025
The Rising Challenge of Methane Emissions from Waste in EU and Australia
As countries work toward their climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, the European Union (EU) and Australia have taken different approaches to tackling methane emissions in the waste sector. Mike and Ilan explain.
Policy
30 July 2025
Waste contracting made… practical
Waste contracts are generally the most valuable contracts that a Council signs.
Mike Ritchie explains how to get them right.
Circular Economy
15 July 2025
Packaging reform stalls as industry awaits regulatory clarity
Almost two years on from a landmark pledge by state and federal environment ministers to take decisive action on packaging waste, Australia is still waiting for meaningful reform.
Landfill
12 July 2025
Recycling plastic packaging will not fix plastic pollution
Single use plastic makes our modern lives easier and often safer. But all too often, it becomes litter.
litter
1 July 2025
Greenwashing – finally a legal precedent
This April, the ACCC finally landed a decent blow against Greenwashing in Australia.
Circular Economy
26 June 2025
Per Capita Waste Generation is rising – Circular Economy action is the answer
Waste in Australia (total generation and per capita) continues to grow, driving up GHG emissions and exhausting landfill space.
To decouple waste generation from economic growth, Circular Economy is the key.
