Bowman & Associates News

The Department of Environment and Conservation recently approved the development of the newest Class III landfill for Perth. Local waste management company Perthwaste has been granted a Works Approval for a Class III landfill on a large rural site 100 kilometres south of Perth off Albany Highway. The landfill, to be known as the North Bannister [...]

With the impending arrival of the Clean Energy Future legislation at the end of June this year, there are new assessment requirements for waste management enterprises under the National Greenhouse Emissions Reporting Scheme (NGERS). Bowman & Associates has been carefully following changes to the reporting requirements of the NGERS and is now positioned to offer [...]

The West Australian newspaper released an article on 29th June 2011 “slamming the State Government’s increase in 2009 of the landfill levy which was intended to increase recycling rates”. The Australian Bureau of Statistics report into the waste management industry shows that WA diverts 28.2 per cent of all rubbish from landfill sites compared with a [...]

Environment Minister Bill Marmion today welcomed to the State’s Waste Authority four new members whose individual skills strengthen the Waste Authority, chaired by Jim Malcolm with planning expertise to address long-term waste management planning issues and, for the first time, includes a member to ensure a regional focus.  The new members are: Jennifer Bloom A change [...]

New Landfill Proposal for Perth

May 5, 2011

Bowman & Associates Pty Ltd was engaged by Perthwaste Pty Ltd (Perthwaste), to conduct an environmental Due Diligence investigation into the possible establishment of a Class II or Class III putrescible waste disposal landfill. The objective of the landfill facility is to cater for the projected waste disposal volumes from the Perth Metropolitan Region for the next [...]

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Specifications for Recycled C&D Material

April 19, 2011

Our company Director Bruce Bowman, who is also a Director of the Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA), attended the Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week in Parramatta. Prior to the AGM the NSW WMAA Branch hosted a breakfast seminar with speakers presenting on developments in the NSW C&D sector. Of particular interest was [...]

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Is Plate Glass a Valuable Resource?

April 6, 2011

Bowman & Associates were successful in securing funding in 2010 under the SWIS to investigate the volume of plate glass going to landfill in Perth. The investigation involved contact with plate glass industry stakeholders to estimate the amount of waste plate glass being produced. Contact was made with the waste industry to provide a cross [...]

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Strategic Waste Initiatives Scheme Funding

April 4, 2011

Funding Announcement Environment Minister Bill Marmion has announced the recipients of Round Two grants of the 2010  Strategic Waste Initiatives Scheme (SWIS). Mr Marmion said  “It is essential that we increase the amount of material being recycled and reused, and improve the way we manage waste.” Four organisations have been awarded SWIS funding to support [...]

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Bowman & Associates Services

March 6, 2011

Our team of top class consultants have been on the biggest and the smallest projects, but the results never change. Here at Bowman and Associates we like to do the job properly first time every time so that our clients are never disappointed and the environment is better off because of our intervention.

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Waste Authority Funding Announcement

March 6, 2011

The Waste Authority is about to announce the successful applicants for funding under Round 2 of the 2010 Strategic Waste Initiatives Scheme (SWIS). Funded projects are normally published at www.zerowastewa.com.au/funded_projects/SWIS/2010

The Waste Authority has determined there will be no SWIS funding available in 2011.

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