by jane bremmer | Mar 4, 2020 | Blog
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...
by jane bremmer | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog
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...
by jane bremmer | Dec 13, 2019 | Blog
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...
by jane bremmer | Dec 6, 2019 | Blog
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...
by jane bremmer | Dec 4, 2019 | Blog
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...
by jane bremmer | Sep 24, 2019 | Blog
The Australian Public Health Association (APHA) has published a world first, full systemic review, of health impacts related to waste incineration technologies. The report finds that both workers and the public are adversely affected by waste incinerator...
