Plastic bag company fined for misleading green claims
02 September, 2013A New Zealand plastic bag manufacturer has been fined $30,000 in the Auckland District Court after making environmental claims that were liable to mislead, thus breaching the Fair Trading Act.
Partnership to recycle absorbent hygiene waste
30 August, 2013Initial Hygiene is backing a new absorbent hygiene waste (AHW) recycling technology from nappy and pad recycling expert Relivit, in a partnership which is said to unlock a hidden goldmine in landfill worth approximately $120 million.
Victoria leads in litter decline
20 August, 2013The Keep Australia Beautiful National Litter Index (NLI), released yesterday, shows that the occurrence of litter nationally is declining.
More than a shred of experience
17 August, 2013 | Supplied by: DKSH Australia Pty LtdExperienced Office Furniture manufactures its products on-site in the factory, which combines highly trained and experienced staff working with good-quality German machinery. The company’s newest addition is the Weima WL 4 Shredder.
Demo home shows how to reduce construction waste
15 August, 2013As part of an RMIT University research project, a demonstration home will be built in the Melbourne suburb of Melton to showcase building techniques designed to eliminate construction waste.
Weima manages wood waste in workshop
15 August, 2013 | Supplied by: DKSH Australia Pty LtdSt Mary’s Joinery was established in 1975 and works mainly on commercial building projects to produce quality custom-made joinery for various fit-outs such as offices, hospitals and schools. General Manager Matt White said the company was looking for a solution to manage wood waste in its busy workshop.
Government makes battery recycling a priority
13 August, 2013The Australian Government has released its 2013-14 priority list of products that will be considered for voluntary certification or regulation under the Product Stewardship Act, including end-of-life handheld batteries.
Engineering students encourage public to report environmental pollution
31 July, 2013A smartphone app and website which the public can use to report incidents of environmental pollution have been developed by students at Victoria University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science.
National Bulk Equipment ProductSaver product recovery system for packaged liquids and flow-resistant wet contents
30 July, 2013 | Supplied by: Mercer TechnologiesThe National Bulk Equipment ProductSaver line of product recovery systems is designed to provide automated, controlled removal of free-flowing liquids or flow-resistant wet contents from their packaging.
Ramky Environment enters binding agreement to acquire Enviropacific Services
25 July, 2013 | Supplied by: Enviropacific Services Pty LtdEnviropacific Services has announced that its shareholders have signed a binding share sale agreement for the sale of Enviropacific to Ramky Environment Pty Limited (REPL), a subsidiary of Ramky International Singapore Pty Limited (RISPL).
Mobile phone runs on urine power
17 July, 2013 by Dr Ioannis IeropoulosScientists working at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, which is a collaboration between the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and the University of Bristol, have developed a novel way of charging mobile phones using urine as the power source to generate electricity.
Recycling tyres to recover oil and steel
16 July, 2013Green Distillation Technologies is commercialising an innovative process to resolve the long-standing, global environmental problem of tyre disposal, to produce oil and recover steel and carbon from end-of-life tyres. The company plans to start operations in October at its Warren NSW pilot plant and market an IPO next year to fund seven additional plants in Australia in its first five years.
Developments in PET and bioplastics
15 July, 2013Take a PET bottle, fill it with sand and put the lid on. Do this with lots more bottles, then stack them up and join them together with mud and cement. What sounds like a fun game for the children’s sandpit is, in fact, a new idea in recycling. The bottles are being used to build houses in an outstanding and ambitious project in Nigeria.
SITA secures Rio Tinto waste management contract
12 July, 2013 | Supplied by: SUEZSITA Australia (SITA) has recently been selected as the preferred tenderer to provide total waste management services to Rio Tinto’s Bowen Basin mining operations.
Unitywater lightens the load on landfill
10 July, 2013 | Supplied by: UnitywaterUnitywater will divert 200 tonnes of waste away from landfill, thanks to a recycling program that will see almost 90% of the old Cooroy Sewage Treatment Plant re-used.
