Media Releases from Zero Waste SA 2005

Fringe Goes Green (92Kb PDF) - 11/11/2005
Adelaide’s iconic Fringe Festival is becoming a Zero Waste SA event, Environment and Conservation Minister John Hill says. The amount of waste produced by the three-week event, to be staged in February and March next year, will be dramatically cut, and the focus will be on recycling.

South Australians Ramp Up Recycling Effort (94Kb PDF) - 9/11/2005
South Australians are overwhelmingly embracing recycling making it part of their everyday lives, a new survey says.

Greening The Festival State (84Kb PDF) - 28/10/2005
Event organisers in  South Australia are being offered subsidies by the State Government to “go green” and reduce waste from their festivals, concerts, sporting events, conferences, fairs and fetes.

Plastic Bag Taskforce Meets (51Kb PDF) - 13/10/2005
New figures show the use of plastic bags in Australian supermarkets is on track to be slashed by 50 per cent by the end of the year, Environment and Conservation Minister John Hill says.

SA's Waging a War on Waste (101Kb PDF) - 14/9/2005
South Australia’s waste will be reduced, reused and recycled under a progressive strategy launched by the State Government.

Burnside residents undertake Australia’s largest organics collection trial (305Kb PDF) - 5/9/2005
Starting in September 2005, almost 1,800 Burnside households will be participating in a large scale organics waste collection trial, with the aim being to understand the community’s use and acceptance of new technology and determine the system’s potential to reduce household organic waste going to landfill.

Turning Waste Into Wine (94Kb PDF) - 18/6/2005
Sludge from wine production could be recycled and turned into rich compost to fertilise vineyards in a trial being supported by the state's recycling body, Zero Waste SA.

Zero Waste welcomes new board members (81Kb PDF) - 18/7/2005
The State Government’s recycling body, Zero Waste SA, is welcoming two new members to its board. Katherine Wells and Lachlan Jeffries have been appointed to the Zero Waste board.

SA To Trial Bio-bags In War On Plastic (88Kb PDF) - 17/6/2005
South Australia’s nation-leading war on plastic bags is stepping up with environmentally-friendly biodegradable bags about to hit households.

Funding To Improve Regional Recycling (104Kb PDF) - 17/6/2005
Thousands of tonnes of waste will be stopped from going to landfill by a State Government program to provide funding for recycling in country areas.

SA First In Plastic Bags Ban (104Kb PDF) - 5/6/2005
Single-use plastic shopping bags will be banned in South Australia in three years with the State Government introducing a deadline to rid the state of the environmental scourge.

SA Companies Win Funds For Recycling (88Kb PDF) - 3/6/2005
Up to 3800 large truckloads of recyclable rubbish will be diverted from
landfill in Adelaide with three South Australian companies winning a total
of $672,500 in funding from the State Government to improve their recycling
facilities.

Don't dump on charity (64Kb PDF) - 27/04/2005
Householders could put goods and clothing destined for charity out for kerbside collection, avoiding a trip to the charity bin.

Councils clean up in funding for recycling (82Kb PDF) - 12/04/2005
Up to 19 councils across the state have won almost $2 million in State Government funding for improving their collection of household recyclables.

Shoppers say plastic not so fantastic (79Kb PDF) - 11/02/2005
A shopping centre in Adelaide’s south is tackling an environmental menace with its campaign to eliminate plastic shopping bags.

Push to reach zero waste accelerates (60Kb PDF) - 4/02/2005
Almost $900,000 is on offer by the State Governments recycling agency Zero Waste SA in the bid to find better ways to use recycled waste.

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