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Composting our way to sustainability – one quality tonne at a time
Compost
8 May 2025

Composting our way to sustainability – one quality tonne at a time

FOGO is taking off across Australia. All the more reason to implement stricter, and uniform, compost standards.

Earth day 2025
Recycling
22 April 2025

Earth day 2025

Recycling won’t save the earth, but it does make a significant contribution.

The State of Packaging Recycling in 2025
Circular Economy
17 April 2025

The State of Packaging Recycling in 2025

Packaging recycling in Australia has some way to go. Both in terms of meeting the national 2025 Waste Targets and in terms of reducing the use of dangerous chemicals and composite materials that pollute and hinder recycling. Government intervention was supposed to help. This has not happened yet.

FOGO is the future but it’s future is not certain
Compost
12 March 2025

FOGO is the future but it’s future is not certain

Now that State Governments are mandating FOGO collections, it is more important than ever to pay attention to the quality of the product and our compost markets.

Hitting the NSW Waste targets is good for the planet and good politics
Infrastructure
26 February 2025

Hitting the NSW Waste targets is good for the planet and good politics

NSW has some way to go to hit the 2030 National Waste Targets. To do so, it needs a lot of new waste infrastructure. Mike Ritchie takes a look at the types and number of facilities needed.

What can the industry look forward to, heading into 2025
State of Waste
18 February 2025

What can the industry look forward to, heading into 2025

As 2024 comes to an end, Mike Ritchie makes a wishlist for 2025.

Commercial food waste collections coming to NSW
Organics
6 February 2025

Commercial food waste collections coming to NSW

Starting on 1 July 2025 large food waste generators will no longer be able to send organics to landfill. This major reform will improve resource recovery, create hundreds of jobs, reduce landfill consumption and reduce GHG emissions.

The State of Waste in 2024
State of Waste
30 December 2024

The State of Waste in 2024

As 2024 comes to an end, Mike Ritchie reflects on the State of Waste in Australia, lays out some basic facts that everyone in the sector should be aware of, and puts forward a to do list for 2025.

The State of Packaging Recycling
Circular Economy
28 November 2024

The State of Packaging Recycling

In 2018 we set National Packaging Targets with a 2025 horizon. 2025 is upon us. How have we fared?

Climate tipping points
Circular Economy
25 October 2024

Climate tipping points

Isn’t it amazing that the media can so consistently fail to join the dots on climate change?

We should use the term “Service Fee” instead of “Gate Fee”
Circular Economy
10 June 2024

We should use the term “Service Fee” instead of “Gate Fee”

All waste, and most recycling, becomes a resource only when money is spent converting it.

Why aren’t all landfills listed as Contaminated sites?
Landfill
21 May 2024

Why aren’t all landfills listed as Contaminated sites?

Of the 400 landfills (plus) in NSW only 20 are actively supervised as contaminated sites by the EPA.

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