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Health 03 Mar 2026

Amana Living announces new chair

The aged care organisation's previous chair has stepped down after almost a decade on the board.

Infrastructure 13 Aug 2024

Project setbacks dent waste sector

A major report has highlighted the challenges facing WA in meeting waste recycling goals.

Infrastructure 08 Mar 2023

Waste projects aim to clean up

More than $1.6 billion is being invested in waste treatment projects in WA, but it may not be enough to improve the state's poor track record.

Manufacturing 03 Nov 2021

WA builds capacity to recycle onshore

With several projects under way, the state also needs to develop markets for its recycled products in pursuit of a circular economy.

Property 11 Nov 2020

Change looms for C&D waste

The government is considering changes to limit stockpiling and waste levy avoidance in the construction and demolition recycling industry.

Technology, Innovation & Science 11 Nov 2020

Environment ripe for recycling

Government, the public, and businesses need to work together to turn WA's poor recycling record around.

Government 20 Aug 2020

WA fails on waste

A new report has found Western Australia is likely to fall well short of its 2020 waste recovery targets, continuing a long pattern of failure.

Property 25 Jun 2020

Constructing a re-use narrative

Recent research on the recycling of building materials in Western Australia has highlighted a pressing need to help facilitate behavioural change across the state's construction sector, which is estimated to produce more than 1.5 million tonnes of waste each year.

Energy 14 Jan 2020

Waste projects shift the dial

Western Australia is leading the country in the adoption of waste-to-energy projects, with $1.2 billion being invested in two path-breaking facilities under construction.

Energy 06 Jan 2020

$511m waste project to proceed

Construction of Western Australia's second large scale waste-to-energy project will begin this month near Rockingham after the development consortium reached financial close just before Christmas.

Appointments 11 Jul 2019

Appointments July 11, 2019

Our weekly appointment wrap includes Scott Jones, Terry Waldron, Reg Howard-Smith, David Buckingham, Philip Mirams, Colin Pavlovich, Ken Michael, Lee Broomhall, Kelly Howlett, Tim Youe, Joshua Byrne, David Templeman, Anne Banks-McAllister, Peter Snowsill, Martin Hirsch, Michael Winlo, Charles Fear, Patrick Beilby, Biljana Radulovic, Hector West, Matthew Seabrook, Arash Kalani, Simon Pigliardo, Kathy Reid, Melissa Joyce, Nada Raphael, Fredrick Riebeling, Gina Nofal, and Nicola Jansen.

News 10 Jul 2019

Reg Howard-Smith appointed Waste Authority chairperson

Former Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA chief executive Reg Howard-Smith has been appointed chairperson of the Waste Authority for a three-year term, replacing Marcus Geisler, who had served in the role since 2008.

Appointments 19 Sep 2012

Geisler has no time to waste on rubbish

Most people would not spend much time thinking about Western Australia's waste issues aside from considering into which bins to dump their household rubbish and recycling.

Regulation 29 Aug 2012

Recycling targets put on hold

THE state government has confirmed a strategy designed to help reduce the level of construction and demolition waste going to landfill has been put on hold.

Government 27 Aug 2012

Marmion funnels funds into recycling

Environment Minister Bill Marmion has and allocated $17.2 million to the Waste Authority for the first year of a proposal designed to improve recycling rates.

Appointments 17 Jul 2012

Geisler replaces Fitzpatrick at Waste Authority

Marcus Geisler has been appointed as chairman of WA's Waste Authority for a two-year term, to replace outgoing chair Peter Fitzpatrick.

Infrastructure 25 May 2012

Asbestos fears halt road base recycling

Main Roads WA has reverted to using limestone for road base after asbestos fears prompted Transport Minister Troy Buswell to stop it using crushed construction and demolition waste.

Regulation 07 Mar 2012

Waste plan eyes more recycling

The Barnett government has lifted the lid on its long-awaited waste strategy, pledging to improve recycling and regulation but has held off on increasing the landfill levy.

Government 06 Mar 2012

Government targets cuts to construction waste

The state government will focus on improving waste recovery rates from the construction, demolition and industrial sectors to achieve "ambitious" targets in its new waste strategy, but has no plans

Government 20 Dec 2011

New era for WA waste recycling

More than one million tonnes of recycled construction and demolition (C&D) waste could be diverted from landfill and used to build roads under a landmark agreement between Main Roads WA and the

Special Reports 07 Dec 2011

Local government bears cost of diverting rubbish from landfill

The waste sector is hopeful the state government will release a waste policy next year ending a policy vacuum in this essential service sector.

Regulation 07 Sep 2011

Fitzpatrick ready to stir the waste pot

THE new chair of the state's Waste Authority is looking to shake up the sector, starting with a new waste strategy with measurable goals and vowing to challenge the government over how it uses the

Appointments 05 Aug 2011

Fitzpatrick heads up Waste Authority

Environment Minister Bill Marmion has announced the appointment of Peter Fitzpatrick as the new chairman of the Waste Authority.

Government 23 Jun 2011

Better but still behind on waste

WESTERN Australia has the worst track record of any state for diverting waste from landfills, new data shows.

Appointments 14 Jan 2011

Malcolm new Waste Authority boss

Environmental consultant Jim Malcolm has been appointed chairman of the Waste Authority.

Government 13 Oct 2010

WA's recycling rates improves

More than 1.8 million tonnes of waste in Western Australia was recycled during 2008-09 according to the state government's Waste Authority.

Government 26 Aug 2010

$6m plant to boost glass recycling

NATIONAL glass recycler Colmax Glass is aiming to increase Western Australia's glass recycling rates from about 25 per cent to more than 80 per cent within 12 months with the opening of its reprocessing plant in Kewdale.

Contracts 03 Dec 2009

Grant helps waste oil research

AN alternative fuel that could help tackle waste oil problems faced at mine sites is being tested and developed in Western Australia.

Government 16 Jul 2009

Local government does the heavy lifting

THE peak body representing regional councils has called on the state government to clarify its long-term strategic vision for waste management.

Government 16 Jul 2009

Landfill levy no solution: WALGA

STATE government disincentives to the disposal of waste in landfill have met with an unfavourable response from local governments, which say they were not consulted in the policy's development and that they will not benefit from its introduction.

Government 11 Mar 2009

Local authorities need to act on waste – report

PERTH faces a waste management crisis if authorities do not build infrastructure to cope with increasing populations by 2019, says Perth Waste Authority chairman Barry Carbon.

Government 28 May 2008

In Brief: Carbon leads new waste board

THE members of Western Australia's new statutory waste authority, Waste Smart WA, were formally announced last week, with Barry Carbon to be chairman.

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