NZ researchers turn chicken feathers into fire retardant
25 July, 2019Research from The University of Auckland has discovered that chicken feathers can be used as a base for a fire retardant.
West Melbourne welcomes paper sorting facility
19 July, 2019A $2.5 million paper sorting facility has opened in Truganina, West Melbourne, to process 39,000 tonnes of recycled paper a year.
High-spec fuel from waste using mobile shredder
18 July, 2019 | Supplied by: FOCUS enviroKnox Recycling has installed an Austrian-made 37-tonne mobile machine configured by FOCUS Enviro to process commercial, industrial and wood waste into PEF.
WA group seeks landfill alternatives
16 July, 2019South West Regional Waste Group has called on the commercial waste management sector to submit proposals on strategies and technologies that will divert the region's waste from landfill.
RPC bpi nordipac NOREC closed chemical recycling process
16 July, 2019 | Supplied by: Synergy Packaging Pty LtdThe NOREC recycling process is taking steps to produce environmentally friendly packaging by converting plastic materials into re-usable bags.
WSROC calls for urgent state action on waste
11 July, 2019Western Sydney has seen unprecedented growth, yet councils in the area are not seeing waste management infrastructure put in place to accommodate the increase.
NZ biorefinery turns e‑waste into valuable metal
08 July, 2019Mint Innovation has constructed a working biorefinery to demonstrate technology that can recover valuable metals from e-waste.
Is our recycling heading to Indonesia?
08 July, 2019ACOR has confirmed that the Indonesia-bound shipping container at the centre of recent media reports was sent by an Australian recycling company.
Project creates flexible packaging from post-consumer plastic
11 June, 2019Project Proof, an initiative led by packaging and paper company Mondi Group, has shown that unclean, raw, post-consumer recycled content can be used to create new flexible packaging.
Concrete evidence that glass can replace sand
11 June, 2019Researchers from the Deakin School of Engineering have discovered that recycled or waste glass can substitute sand when making polymer concrete.
Product transformation messages inspire recycling
31 May, 2019Research from Penn State University and Boston College has shown that US consumers are inspired to recycle if they are prompted to think about how recyclables become new products.
Victoria counts down to e-waste landfill ban
29 May, 2019From 1 July 2019 a Victorian Government ban on e-waste in any bin or landfill site will take effect, making Victoria the third Australian state to ban e-waste from landfill.
Melbourne plant takes composting to the next level
27 May, 2019A waste treatment plant in Melbourne heralds industrial-scale composting and slashed carbon emissions.
One man's mission for a better resource recovery industry
23 May, 2019 | Supplied by: STEINERT Australia Pty LtdDanish entrepreneur works with STEINERT to turn incineration bottom ash into pure metal fractions of raw-material quality.
Not dead yet: resurrecting the circular economy
21 May, 2019Most Australians recognise that extracting resources to make products that we use and then throw away is unsustainable. There is a call to shift to a circular economy...
