Waste Management Review

22/12/2025

Waste Expo 2025 demonstrated its vital role as the gravitational centre for the entire resource recovery sector, shattering previous attendance records and sharpening its strategic focus.
But the success of this year’s event was less about the sheer volume of attendees – though those numbers were impressive – and more about the quality of the engagement and the clarity it offered for an industry navigating a complex path toward Australia’s 2030 waste reduction targets.
https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/waste-expo-driving-the-circular-economy-forward/
Waste Expo Australia Ecologiq

22/12/2025

“As we wait for government policy to play catch-up, the industry is committed to building infrastructure to deal with the increasing risks of lithium-ion batteries."
https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/ecocycle-lithium-and-leadership/
EcoCycle Group EcoBatt

The accelerating danger from e-waste fires is driving cutting-edge recycling infrastructure. EcoCycle is leading the way.

21/12/2025

The past year has been one of progress, collaboration, and ongoing challenges for the organics recycling industry. John McKew, National Executive Officer of the Australian Organics Recycling Association, looks back at the year that was.
https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/aora-reflects-on-a-year-of-making-waves/
Australian Organics Recycling Association - AORA NSW Environment Protection Authority Environment Protection Authority Victoria

The past year has been one of progress, collaboration, and ongoing challenges for the Australian organics recycling industry.

21/12/2025

"The circular economy isn’t just about diverting waste. It’s about rebuilding value chains to turn risk into resource and cost into opportunity. The work has started, and the next few years will determine whether we finish it."
https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/re-group-building-a-safer-smarter-circular-future/
Waste Authority of Western Australia Australian Organics Recycling Association - AORA

David Singh, Re.Group Managing Director, looks at the challenges facing the waste and recycling sector and the road ahead.

18/12/2025

"It’s about finding the right partners to help get really great outcomes.”
Find out what Resource Hub has in store for 2026. https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/resource-hub-taking-over-australia/
Resource Hub Australian Organics Recycling Association - AORA

18/12/2025

"Despite its size, it’s incredibly efficient, packing a proper compaction punch."
Find out why Whelan Kartaway has stuck with Garwood International's Miner for more than a decade.
https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/garwood-internationals-low-profile-truck-offers-high-rise-solution/
Kartaway

Garwood International’s Miner rear-loading mobile refuse compactor fills a gap for tight access waste collection nationwide.

17/12/2025

In one of the largest industrial-renewal projects in New South Wales’s history, a new proposal will transform the former Kandos cement works, located one hour north-east of Bathurst, into an advanced methanol production and greenhouse facility. Here's how https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/cenagen-fuels-tomorrow/
Cenagen Australian Organics Recycling Association - AORA

NSW set to host a global-first industrial integration that redefines resource recovery, sustainable fuel production and food security.

16/12/2025

Your latest Waste Management Review magazine is now available:
If 2025 had a central theme, it was the harsh reality check provided by the lithium battery crisis. The spike in battery-related fires was a wake-up call that solidified the urgent need for mandated and nationally harmonised Extended Producer Responsibility.
It was also the year where ambitious national targets hit the reality of operational challenges, particularly in contamination and capacity.
As the calendar prepares to flip to 2026, Waste Management Review offered industry leaders a chance to reflect on the hard-won gains of 2025 and forecast the key battles of 2026.
As always, despite the ongoing pressures of market volatility, labour shortages, and evolving regulatory landscapes, the industry remains resilient and poised for a transformative year ahead.
If anyone knows the power of transformation, it’s Van Schaik’s Bio Gro. In our cover story, Stephen Van Schaik recalls how his father’s vision to see value in waste became the backbone of a company that is now championing a soil health revolution in Australian agriculture.
In New South Wales there’s another transformation taking shape. The former cement works in Kandos once supplied the material that hardened the foundations of modern Sydney, including the iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House. Now it’s set to be the site of an industrial integration redefining resource recovery, sustainable fuel production and food security.
We also take a look at the companies powering our organics recycling industry and all the winners of this year’s Waste Innovation and Recycling Awards, plus lots more.
As this year winds down, the team at Waste Management Review would like to say thank you to every company, leader, and essential worker across the waste and recycling industry for sharing your stories with us.
We wish you and your families a safe, peaceful, and joyous Christmas and a restful holiday season.
https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/waste-magazine/
EcoCycle Group Resource Hub Australian Organics Recycling Association - AORA Soilco Pty Ltd. Cenagen Waste Expo Australia FORNNAX TECHNOLOGY PVT LTD Waste Authority of Western Australia

16/12/2025

“We run the risk of being able to collect and process all this organic material, which is great, but we don’t necessarily have well-established markets for it."
In the latest edition of Waste Management Review, we find out how Ennovo is leveraging its landfill gas expertise to navigate the changing waste landscape.
https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/ennovo-pivots-to-organics-recycling/
Australian Organics Recycling Association - AORA Waste Authority of Western Australia

Ennovo is leverages its landfill gas expertise to navigate the changing waste landscape with a new division for organics recycling.

14/12/2025

Landfill dependency or embrace resource regeneration? In the latest edition of Waste Management Review, Vortair Chief Executive Officer Jeff Lang asks which road Australia will choose.
https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/a-fork-in-the-road-for-australias-waste-management/
Australian Organics Recycling Association - AORA Waste Authority of Western Australia

Landfill dependency or embrace resource regeneration? Vortair Chief Executive Officer Jeff Lang asks which road Australia will choose.

14/12/2025

ARRC Gold Coast has finalised the acquisition of Phoenix Power Recyclers, marking a major milestone in delivering the Advanced Resource Recovery Centre and securing long-term organics recycling capacity for the Gold Coast and the wider South-East Queensland region. Find out more about the $90m acquisition at https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/arrc-gold-coast-completes-acquisition-of-yatala-organics-facility/
City of Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate Australian Organics Recycling Association - AORA

ARRC Gold Coast has acquired Phoenix Power Recyclers, marking a milestone in delivering the Advanced Resource Recovery Centre.

12/12/2025

South Australia is accelerating its shift away from the traditional 'take-make-dispose' model with its new SA Waste Strategy 2025-2030. The strategy outlines an ambitious plan for achieving a sustainable economy and net-zero emissions by 2050.
See how SA is tackling the next decade of resource recovery at https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/south-australia-releases-updated-waste-strategy/

South Australia's waste strategy 2025-2030 outlines the framework for accelerating the state's shift to a circular economy.