Recyclable plastic packaging to save one million eggs per year
02 April, 2014Recyclable plastic packaging that will save more than a million eggs from going to waste each year has been successfully trialled by UK supermarket Tesco.
Compost-A-Pak Shopping Bags
01 April, 2014Compost-A-Pak Shopping Bags are made of third-grade, non-eating corn sourced from international regions with high rainfall to minimise irrigation. The shopping bags are 100% Australian certified compostable, so users can be confident they will break down when exposed to composting environments, leaving no harmful residue.
End of the road for landfill and incinerated plastics?
23 March, 2014The large-scale incineration or dumping of plastic films in landfills could soon be a thing of the past as new technologies seek to convert plastics into fuels and other useful products.
National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme 2012-2013 results
10 March, 2014The Department of the Environment has released a report on the outcomes of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme from 2012-13.
TerraCycle to take on Australia's unrecyclables
11 February, 2014Global recycling company TerraCycle, which currently operates in 23 countries including the US, Canada, the UK and New Zealand, has officially launched in Australia.
Gaining value from avocado waste using innovative drying process
11 February, 2014Waikato Innovation Park in New Zealand has received funding from the Bio-Resource Processing Alliance (BPA) to help it turn 'waste into wealth' and scale up commercial production of avocado powder.
TechCollect's top 10 tips for recycling e-waste
11 February, 2014Now the retail frenzy of Christmas and the January sales is over for another year, e-waste recycling service TechCollect is reminding people to think carefully about what they do next with the old computers, printers and TVs they replaced or upgraded.
Invotec Group to recover metals from crab shells
31 January, 2014European PCB manufacturer Invotec Group will be participating in the Sustainable Treatment Of Waste Using Recycled Chitosans (STOWURC) project, which has been set up under the auspices of the UK's Technology Strategy Board.
New Zealand's first recycled PET packaging plant opened
31 January, 2014Flight Plastics' new plastic packaging plant was this week opened by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. It is the country's first plastic packaging plant to manufacture food-grade PET packaging from recycled PET (RPET) flake.
Creating art with e-waste
24 January, 2014American artist Chris Jordan, well known for his works depicting mass consumption and waste, is calling on Australians to help him create a large-scale artwork by handing in their old mobile phones.
Transpacific opens Riverland Resource Recovery Facility
24 January, 2014Waste management company Transpacific has opened its Riverland Resource Recovery Facility. As noted by Nick Clark, this is "the first large-scale recycling facility in this district with the capacity to manage and process general waste, recyclables, commercial and industrial waste, and construction and demolition waste from the local area".
TechCollect to focus on business e-waste in 2014
23 January, 2014Not-for-profit e-waste collection and recycling service TechCollect will this year focus on collecting the large volumes of computer and IT waste generated by the corporate world.
Heineken aces recycling program at New Zealand Festival of Tennis
21 January, 2014Spectators at this year's New Zealand Festival of Tennis, comprising the ASB Classic and Heineken Open, were actively encouraged to recycle their glass bottles and other drinks containers.
Taking care of food waste on site
14 January, 2014Totally Environmental (Australia) has recently launched a food and green waste composting technology that could stop the millions of tonnes of food waste ending up in Australian landfill sites every year.
Harmonising the production of food and energy
09 January, 2014Although biofuels can clearly contribute to energy security and resource efficiency, they can also be sometimes considered controversial. This is primarily because the raw materials used in their production are grown using land that could have been used for food crops. Another issue revolves around the environmental impact caused by certain by-products. Weber Ultrasonics in Germany has developed a process that could provide a solution to these problems.
