Plan to radically change food rubbish collection in Victoria

Councils may be pushed to introduce kerbside food waste collection under a state government scheme to dramatically reduce rubbish sent to landfill.

Glen Eira mayor Jamie Hyams putting out food
scraps in the green waste bin for kerbside collection. 

The option is currently being considered as the Andrews government sets out key proposals to reform Victoria’s waste-collection system, which was thrown into crisis after China stopped accepting low-grade recycling material.

About a quarter of local councils already recycle food waste but a paper released by the state government proposes a major expansion of the service.

Read the story from The Age by Benjamin Preiss - “Plan to radically change food rubbish collection in Victoria.”

Conduct code to weed out dodgy solar panel retailers

Solar panel retailers will have to sign up to a code of conduct to prevent dodgy operators joining a state government scheme to provide panels to 700,000 households.

Solar panel retailers will have to sign a code of conduct
to participate in a state government scheme to put
panels on Victorian households. 

The code of conduct will set safety and consumer protection requirements for large and small solar retailers.

Read the story from The Age by Benjamin Priess - “Conduct code to weed out dodgy solar panel retailers.”