Solution for hazardous solid wastes
29 January, 2007 | Supplied by: ITs Green
Evashred Shredders has an updated range of mobile shredders and accessories to improve the automation during hazardous waste collection. At the centre of its technology is its EV60C Shredder. A range of accessories to automate pick-up and handling for the operator/driver is also available.
Intelligent robots help minimise waste
20 December, 2006
UniSA's Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Research (CAMR), in collaboration with industry partner Dematec, has developed a novel automated manufacturing process by introducing the zero waste management principle
Recycling: the key to sustainability
20 December, 2006 by Wendy Cramer, Journalist
Although Australian businesses are still not required by law to have a sustainability program in place, an increasing number of companies are successfully manufacturing new and useful products out of recycled content
Logger for harsh environments
20 October, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.techsci.com.au/
The Almemo 2690.8 handheld data logger is designed for use in harsh environments and is suitable for use with all Almemo environmental and atmospheric monitoring sensors. The instrument includes a shock absorbing rubber cover and is rated at IP54 when used with Almemo waterproof input and output connectors.
Microbial air monitoring
20 October, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.aiscientific.com/
The AES Chemunex Sampl'Air enables microbial monitoring of the air through impacting microorganisms onto a standard Petri dish. The high reliability of the sampling is guaranteed by an impacting speed monitoring system.
Improving packaging sustainability
20 October, 2006
The Sustainable Packaging Alliance has received two significant Commonwealth government grants to support the development of its prototype rapid packaging environmental impact assessment tool, PIQET.
Turning tyres into diesel fuel
20 October, 2006
Used tyres can be turned into black gold or more precisely into a quality diesel fuel with a new tyre recycling technology, according to AAA Recycling
Balances
20 October, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.quantum-scientific.com.au/
Shimadzu Electronic Balances include the UniBloc Systems range of top-loading balances, analytical balances and semi-micro units as well as high precision and high capacity platform balances. All balances feature the latest digital processing technology ensuring good resolution, stability, increased sensitivity, rapid response times and reliable operation.
Burning reclaimed waste
11 October, 2006
Thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste are being harnessed to manufacture Australian cement in an initiative to clean up the image of one of the world’s biggest polluting industries.
Underground collection system
22 September, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.sulo.com.au/
The Iceberg underground collection system uses hidden capacity below ground level to create a neat and tidy resource recovery unit. The practical design and logical system provides multiple benefits to both users and collectors. The system can be built to user requirements.
Vertical bales
22 September, 2006 | Supplied by: Elephants Foot Recycling Solutions
The large Elephants Foot 2.25 m3 bailer can bale cartons and plastics with minimum effort and labour time. The most labour-intensive job is tying and ejecting bales. It takes the same time to tie a 100 kg block, 10 to a tonne as a 400 kg one, 3 to a tonne.
Using recycled tyres for access road
22 September, 2006 | Supplied by: Ecoflex Australia
Ecoflex Systems was commissioned by Energy Australia for a project which resulted in recycling 75,000 truck tyres. The project was required as part of a larger project to upgrade electricity supply from Tomago to the Tomaree Peninsula in New South Wales
Cleaning validation system
21 August, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.davidson.com.au
The Kaye Validator ITMS is a portable at-line instrument for accelerating the cleaning validation process. Operators can assess system cleanliness at-line with no delay, and get production lines up and running quickly. As an alternative to traditional analytical techniques (HPLC and TOC), this instrument can provide gains in production line utilisation and capacity.
Self-tipping skips
21 August, 2006 | Supplied by: Actisafe
Actisafe has released several ranges of self-tipping skips suitable for use in general industrial applications as well as the food processing and handling industries.
Resource recovery facility
21 August, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.eco-house.com.au
Ecohouse is a resource recovery facility in Bellingen, a small regional shire on the north coast of NSW.
