News Articles for Marcus Geisler

A spike in construction costs has halted a major government recycling project, but private companies are keen to fill the breach.

Red Hill has been selected as the site for Woodside Petroleum's first plant turning carbon emissions into ethanol after a deal with the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council.

Chevron Australia has awarded a five-year contract for the supply of hire equipment services to Coates Hire West.

The state's environmental watchdog has backed the use of waste-to-energy recycling facilities in Western Australia, but cautioned that any proposed plant must meet international best practice stand

THE waste recycling industry is set to come under closer scrutiny and tighter controls as the Department of Environment and Conservation works to eradicate asbestos contamination.

Most people would not spend much time thinking about Western Australia's waste issues aside from considering into which bins to dump their household rubbish and recycling.

Marcus Geisler has been appointed as chairman of WA's Waste Authority for a two-year term, to replace outgoing chair Peter Fitzpatrick.

IMAGINE spending $35 million on a new factory then asking the State Government for a handout so you can create a market for your product. Sound crazy? That is exactly what the ratepayer-funded Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has done.