World’s first ecofriendly, super-elite muscle car to unveil at MotorEx 12
23 April, 2012Car constructor and green homes builder Mick Fabar plans to stun car enthusiasts, politicians and environmentalists alike at Meguiar’s MotorEx in Sydney’s Olympic Park Dome on 21 July, when he unveils ZERO’D, a 600 horsepower, turbocharged, biodiesel V8-powered sedan built with a ‘zero carbon footprint’ approach.
James Cook University launches carbon neutral food recycling system
20 April, 2012Queensland’s James Cook University claims to be the first university in the world to install a machine that takes food scraps and turns them into a liquid bio-fertiliser. The Bio-Regen system, created by local company VRM, has the potential to revolutionise management of commercial food waste and is already attracting worldwide attention.
Solving a 700 million pig problem
18 April, 2012Australian science is helping to solve one of China’s biggest and smelliest problems - what to do with the waste produced by its 700 million pigs.
Campbell Scientific CS120 atmospheric visibility sensor
04 April, 2012 | Supplied by: Campbell Scientific Aust Pty LtdThe CS120 is an infrared forward scatter visibility sensor for road, marine and airport-based weather stations. It uses infrared forward-scatter technology with a 42° scatter angle that provides accurate measurements in fog and snow.
Glass recycling behind the bar
31 March, 2012 | Supplied by: Sulo MGB Australia Pty LtdBar staff know that empty bottles are noisy, bulky and hard to handle behind the service area. BottleCycler provides a solution which quietly reduces glass bulk by 80% and deposits the crushed glass into a sturdy Sulo 60 L compact wheelie bin for collection and recycling.
Thermo Fisher Scientific GA5000 landfill and contaminated land gas analyser
30 March, 2012 | Supplied by: Thermo Fisher ScientificThe portable GA5000 landfill and contaminated land gas analyser supports environmental legislation compliance and standardises monitoring routines.
Dead TVs to be recycled Australia-wide
29 March, 2012The number of ‘dead’ and obsolete televisions and computers dumped on Australian kerbsides is set to drop from July 2012, thanks to the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme.
ETSA Utilities lighting the way on recycling
29 March, 2012ETSA Utilities has been announced as the first electricity distributor in Australia to become a Signatory in the federal government’s FluoroCycle scheme, which aims to increase recycling of mercury-containing street lamps and reduce the amount of mercury entering the environment.
Tyrewise launched in New Zealand
22 March, 2012The Product Stewardship Foundation in New Zealand has been awarded funds to develop an industry-led, end-of-life tyres (ELT) program called Tyrewise. The program will allow for a consistent nationwide approach to the responsible disposal of tyres, removing hidden costs for consumers and ratepayers as well as providing a better outcome for New Zealand’s environment.
Regional NSW installs mobile glass crusher
20 March, 2012A mobile glass crusher has been installed at the Wellington Resource Recovery and Transfer Station. The Komplet MT5000 mobile glass crusher will increase glass recycling rates by processing glass bottles and jars collected through kerbside recycling and drop-off facilities and re-use the recovered crushed glass (RCG) locally in civil construction applications.
Getting it sorted
19 March, 2012 | Supplied by: STEINERT Australia Pty LtdThe UniSort line of sorting machines developed by RTT Steinert uses a range of detection and separation technologies to automatically sort waste at different points along the recovery and recycling path.
Cushion Pack Packaging Padding Machines
19 March, 2012 | Supplied by: Brentwood Recycling SystemsThe Packaging Padding Machines from Cushion Pack can be used to convert waste cardboard into useful packaging material. The cardboard shredding machine turns unwanted cardboard boxes into soft, pliable packaging material that can provide a suitable replacement for packaging material such as bubble wrap.
Publication of National Waste Report 2010 Evaluation Workshops study
13 March, 2012The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has released the ‘National Waste Report 2010 Evaluation Workshops’ study. The ‘National Waste Report 2010’ was launched on 7 May 2010 and is intended to assist government, businesses and the community to make sound policies and decisions, and help individuals to contribute to waste minimisation in meaningful and achievable ways.
Reverse recycling pays at the Sydney Aquarium
01 March, 2012Sydney Aquarium installed the Envirobank recycling machine in January this year. Similar to a vending machine, customers can deposit an empty plastic bottle, aluminium can or plastic cup into the Envirobank and they will be guaranteed a reward voucher for instant redemptions.
Organic waste from Adelaide Oval gets a new life
29 February, 2012 | Supplied by: BASF Australia LtdFood scraps and organic waste from on-site food preparation and catering areas at the Adelaide Oval will find a new use as nutrient-rich compost, thanks to a closed system recycling program supported by BASF.
