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“Zero Waste is a goal that is both pragmatic and visionary, to guide people to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are resources for others to use. Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to reduce the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them. Implementing Zero Waste will eliminate all discharges to land, water, or air that may be a threat to planetary, human, animal or plant health. ”
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read moreNew scientific report reveals toxic and hazardous chemicals in plastic food packaging.
Today the National Toxics Network joins more than 160 organisations from all over the world in this declaration of concern and call to action on plastics, packaging and human health. The Impact of Food Contact Chemicals on Human Health: A Consensus Statement published...
read moreVictoria’s new Circular Economy Package paves the way for waste incineration across the state
Today the Victorian government announced their Circular Economy Package – ‘Recycle Victoria, A new economy’. This 10 year plan to cut pollution and boost economic growth and jobs lays out the government’s response to the states waste management crisis which has been...
read moreNTN calls on government to open waste policy to greater engagement
The National Toxics Network calls on the Australian Government to open up their Waste Export Ban policy for greater stakeholder and community engagement. The Prime Ministers decision to ban Australian waste exports comes with significant local, national and...
read moreNew international law to protect vulnerable countries from waste dumping
The Basel Ban Amendment, adopted by the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal in 1995, has finally today become international law. This amendment to the Basel Convention, now ratified by 98...
read moreWaste management giant Cleanaway goes up in smoke
The Cleanaway Materials Recovery Facility in South Guildford, Western Australia – the largest in the southern hemisphere - has today caught fire and burnt through potentially 1 million tonnes of waste materials, including mixed plastic and cardboard wastes. The WA...
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The Next Generation NSW Pty Ltd have submitted to the NSW EPA for assessment a Mass Combustion MSW incinerator claimed to be the largest in the southern hemisphere. More than 70% of those who made submissions to the NSW EPA did not support the project. Strong community opposition existed, including local government health authorities who have warned that the project risks years of concerted environmental protection policy to reduce the impacts of air pollution in the urban centers.
The NSW parliamentary inquiry report in energy from waste technology recommended that Dial A Dump Industries’ The Next Generation EfW plant not be approved. Now, this sentiment has been echoed by the NSW Department of Planning.
Media report included the Guardian Online, Nine news, Green Left and Jeremy Buckinham and Inside Waste.Finally a twitter video feed from Nine News.
International Zero Waste expert, Professor Paul Connett provides the blueprint for communities and decision makers around the world on how to establish sustainable zero waste city models and why this issue has never been important now than ever. With a foreword by Jeremy Irons, this book is a must read for all zero waste enthusiast as well as local, state and national governments charged with the management of our waste. https://www.chelseagreen.com/the-zero-waste-solution
