A pick-up in new housing construction in Australia is at least a year off, according to forecasts by BIS Shrapnel. The economic and building research firm is forecasting 1.4% year-on-year growth in new private dwellings in the current 2012-13 financial year, but then a big jump of 10.6% growth in the 2013-14 financial year. The
CONTROVERSIAL plans to massively expand an Ipswich dump have been put on hold and its opponents want to stop it for good. Transpacific (TPI) has applied to increase the capacity of the dump at New Chum from 50,000 to 1.9 million tonnes a year. Deputy Mayor Victor Attwood said the application had passed from the
Landfills have wasted no time in dumping carbon price on their customers. Landfills have pushed up gate fees for the disposal of waste by more than 20 per cent as the carbon tax and the state's waste levy combine to blow out the cost of dumping rubbish in NSW. The move, which the industry says is
REGYP is now offering a new collection service for plasterboard waste in Sydney. The service uses a utility and trailer to offer a cheaper service for residential housing customers. The new & demolition plasterboard waste is then recycled into usable products. Please contact us for pricing.
Knauf is expanding its Chinese business as the local housing market booms. Their current production from 3 plants is 65mm2 per annum, with a new facility in Shanghai set to increase the capacity by 50%.
REGYP recycled the plasterboard was from the new interior fit-out completed at 1 O'Connell St, Sydney. We recycled the old plasterboard waste from the office strip out and the offcuts from the new office fit out. The waste plasterboard was recycled back into usable products at our Sydney recycling plant. REGYP's Sydney plant has a recycling rate of 100%.
The Federal Government has released a calculator for landfill operators. Only certain operators are required to report and pay carbon tax on thier emmissions. Based on default figures released by the Federal government, one tonne of waste at landfill have been estimated to have a range of $2 - $35 per tonne. A lot depends on the
The Swedish Environmental Agency, Naturvårdsverket, in April 2012 issued new and stricter rules regarding handling, sorting and landfiling of gypsum plasterboard waste, following intervention from the EU Commission. From this date plasterboard waste in Sweden in line with EU Council decision 33/2002 must be segregated from mixed waste containing organic materials, and plasterboard waste can
Recycling plasterboard and gyprock waste has the following environmental benefits: - reduces the demand on lanfill sites, - reduces the demand on natural resources (mined gypsum), - reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) by substituting mined gypsum in industrial or civil applications with recycled gypsum. Approximately 1 tonne of CO2 per 55 tonnes of gypsum used. Reductions
NSW Waste Levy Waste contractors in NSW have called for a freeze on waste levy increases with the addition of possibly $7 - $24/t from the new carbon tax. With the carbon tax and the schedule levy increases of $10/t every July until 2012 will mean waste costs will soar. Thiess Waste It is
