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Adelaide City Council will investigate setting up its own rubbish collection service in a bid to become Australia’s first zero-waste city, prompting warnings that it could cost ratepayers millions and may place the council at legal risk from private garbage contractors.
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Four of Australia’s largest potato growers are joining forces to turn their waste vegetables into new products, starting with research into building a starch industry in South Australia.
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A South Australian startup that has developed a low-cost technique for making activated carbon from agricultural waste will soon begin a capital-raising round to fund commercial production.
An Australian recycling giant with two transfer stations in Adelaide has collapsed with debts worth $100 million.
The prime minister is allocating $20 million to grow Australia’s recycling industry and start the transition to banning waste exports.
Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths are stepping up their war on plastic, introducing new targets to slash the amount of wrapping on fresh fruit and vegetables as well as tackling food waste.
