Waste Export Ban on mixed plastics- is Australia ready?
In the latest edition of Waste Management Review just out now, National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) CEO Rose Read discusses the waste export ban on mixed plastics and is Australia ready?
NWRIC supports the export bans but is concerned that the pace of developing local markets for recycled plastics through government procurement and the approval and construction of waste plastic sorting and secondary processing infrastructure is too slow.
“There is a real risk that potentially up to half of the waste plastic currently collected through household kerbside yellow bins will either be stockpiled until more sorting or processing capacity comes online or end up in landfill.
AGL Withdraws Plan To Build Gas Terminal in Victoria
Energy giant AGL has formally withdrawn its plan to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Melbourne just weeks after the Victorian Labor government rejected the company’s proposal.
“The Victorian Minister for Planning found AGL’s proposed project to have unacceptable environmental effects,” an AGL spokeswoman said in a statement.
“As a result, AGL has taken the step of withdrawing the works approval application while it considers its options.”
Notice of AGL’s withdrawal emerged on April 15 after the company notified Victoria’s Environmental Protection Authority of its decision on April 9.