NevRwaste News

DSE Waste Policy Review – NevRwaste Stakeholder Engagement Session

Waste policy Review

The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE), in partnership with environment portfolio agencies the Environment Protection Authority, Sustainability Victoria and the Metropolitan and Regional Waste Management Groups, is leading a review of waste policy to recommend a new Victorian Waste Policy.  On behalf of DSE, NevRwaste facilitated the stakeholder engagement session in Wangaratta during March…

COMPOST CHAMPIONS

Benalla Compost Champions

Benalla Rural City “Composting Champions Project” is coming along very well! Expressions of Interest are out, infrastructure has been ordered and education materials is back from the printers.  The Benalla Garden Club are building on the great knowledge they already have in order to support householders who take up this project to ensure it will…

SEED Growing Strong!

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The SEED project is growing very strongly at the moment. More and more schools are contacting the Project Officer to talk through ways they can implement environmental sustainability in their schools.  They are often directed to many of the resources that are on the SEED website as well as local natural resource management people they…

Executive Officer Summary

A highlight of the first quarter this year has undoubtedly been the Department of Sustainability and Environment’s Waste Policy Review. I’d like to thank all the regional State Government partners, Member Council and Industry representatives who joined with NevRwaste to discuss the pressing regional waste issues we currently face.  NevRwaste’s “Secure your load or secure…