What is Green Star? Green Star is a comprehensive, national, voluntary environmental rating system that evaluates the environmental design and construction of buildings and, with 11 per cent of Australia's CBD commercial office buildings Green Star certified, building green is now a business imperative. So why should you choose Green Star for your next project?
Sydney landfill levy are rising faster than expected with a jump of $10 on 1 July 2009. A host of new non-metro areas also receive a new charge on the waste they send to landfill. Current landfill levy rates 2009-2010 Sydney metropolitan area: $58.80 per tonne, Extended regulated area: $52.40 per tonne, Regional regulated area:
ReGyp has partnered with Corkhill Bros of Canberra, to offer plasterboard/gyprock waste and recycling services in the ACT. Corkhill Bros will also distribute Super AG Gypsum from their Canberra sites. You have visited the REGYP News Room, for more info please visit the full REGYP website www.regyp.com.au , or call 1300 4 REGYP (73497) or
Did you know that both the owner of the waste and the transporter are legally responsible for proving the waste was transported to a lawful place? The owner of the waste and the transporter are each guilty of an offence when waste is transported to a place that cannot lawfully be used as a waste
The NSW Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Report (WARR) 2008, stated that by increasing the cost of disposal of each tonne of waste, the expanded levy provides an incentive to provide recycling and resource recovery solutions. The levy will also provide revenue which will be used to fund new or expanded environmental programs in NSW.
In 2004 NSW DECC also undertook studies to estimate the the quantities and composition of mixed C&D waste disposed at Sydney landfills. Plasterboard waste was estimated to be around 4 percent of the total C&D waste stream with an expected tonnage range of between 10,000 and 25,000 tonnes per annum. The DECC testing called anything
Gyprock & Plasterboard Waste is 100% Recyclable The ReGyp recycling solution assures that the gyprock and plasterboard waste is 100% recyclable. The recycled gypsum powder which makes up to 94% of the waste, can used in industrial and agricultural apllications. The paper with related contaminants which makes up 6% of the waste can be reused
Article - RecyclingToday - DEALING WITH GYPSUM - 8/6/2001 There is a lot of plasterboard produced in the US. In total, about 15 million tons of new plasterboard is produced each year (2000). California alone uses more than 10% of the nation’s total, or about 1.8 million tons per year, according to the state Waste
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