Recycled paper mill opens in NSW
06 February, 2013The New South Wales Premier, the Hon Barry O’Farrell, MP, officially opened Amcor’s new recycled paper machine, in Botany, New South Wales, on 1 February 2013.
Leafield Environment Smart E-bins
22 January, 2013Smart E-bins are rotationally moulded from 90% recycled chips of MDPE. The result is a mottled finish that emphasises the recycled nature of the product.
Technology delivers high-value chemicals from waste cellulose
20 January, 2013Following six years of development, Victorian chemical manufacturer Circa Group Pty Ltd has created a technology called Furacell that recycles cellulose waste using a self-contained (closed-loop), energy-efficient process that produces a chemical called Levoglucosenone (LGN), as well as water and phosphate-bearing charcoal with commercial potential as a carbon dioxide sequestering soil conditioner.
Sustainable solutions for the mining industry
11 January, 2013The mining industry faces growing challenges globally on how to use water efficiently, how to recover and recirculate water and how to reduce the areas needed for tailings storage. Paste technology can be used to efficiently recover water from tailing, making it a sustainable solution for tailing treament, especially in dry regions. The technology can now also be used to make it much easier to restore the landscape in a safe way after a mine is closed.
Plastics recycling facility to be built in Queensland
09 January, 2013The Australian Packaging Covenant has announced joint funding of a state-of-the-art plastic recycling facility to be built this year in Queensland.
Publication of ‘Investigation of opportunities for the interim improvement of recycler data’
04 December, 2012The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has released the report ‘Investigation of opportunities for the interim improvement of recycler data’.
Recycling hygiene waste cuts costs and carbon emissions
29 November, 2012Anglican Retirement Villages (ARV) has signed a letter of intent with recycling company Relivit. This measure will help bring Relivit’s recycling process to Australia. ARV will then be able to tackle its largest and most expensive waste stream - continence pads - helping ARV reach its target of recycling 80% of its waste by 2014.
Public space recycling is important
13 November, 2012Today’s waste diversion solutions can actually complement a public space, whether at an airport terminal or a five-star foyer, so in the context of increasing landfill rates in Australia, it’s imperative that such solutions are increasingly available.
National Recycling Week highlights further opportunities to recycle
13 November, 2012A new report from Planet Ark shows that Australians are generally great recyclers at home. The report, titled ‘Second Nature: Recycling in Australia’, has been commissioned for National Recycling Week, which runs from 12-18 November.
Cut landfill by playing the recycling game
12 November, 2012The City of Sydney has created a new online game to help residents sort their household rubbish and reduce waste going to landfill. The game and animation are being launched to coincide with National Recycling Week, which runs from 12-18 November.
Waterproof explosives from old tyres
05 November, 2012A $130,000 grant from assistance program Commercialisation Australia will help one of Australia’s largest tyre recyclers, Queensland-based Chip Tyre, to refine a process that turns rubber crumbs recycled from old car tyres into explosives for use under wet conditions.
Rare earth recycling
29 October, 2012Recycling keeps paper, plastics and even jeans out of landfills. Could recycling rare-earth magnets do the same? Perhaps, if the recycling process can be improved.
Aldi Australia leads the positive charge in battery recycling
17 October, 2012Aldi has become the first Australian national grocery retailer to initiate a free in-store recycling service across all stores for common household batteries, with the launch of the Aldi Activ Energy Battery Recycling Program.
Racing club set to harness drum power
04 October, 2012Victorians in the Greater Bendigo region are racing to improve their drumMuster efforts as a number of collection days are scheduled to kick off this month.
Coca-Cola triples support for Keep Australia Beautiful and beverage container recycling grants
04 October, 2012Around the nation, 78 local communities have been awarded a Keep Australia Beautiful Beverage Container Recycling Grant - a threefold increase on the 23 grants awarded in 2011.
