Highlighting the benefits of recycled organics
31 March, 2006
The NSW Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has released Australia’s first guide to help councils weigh up the costs and benefits of using compost in their public parks and gardens.
ANU comes to the mobile recycling party
27 March, 2006
The Australian National University is claiming to be the first university in Australia to implement the mobile phone recycling program MobileMuster.
Recycling-friendly LCD glass substrate
23 March, 2006
The proliferation of home entertainment systems has raised a number of issues, especially concerning the shelf life of LCDs and the impact of their disposal on the environment.
Dust and waste extraction
21 March, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.eximo.com.au/
The Ace-Quattro vibration and acoustics analyser from Data Physics is portable and is claimed to provide 40 times faster data and signal transfers as well as provide nanometer displacement measurements.
Vector drives
21 March, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.bonfiglioli.com.au/
The Synplus SPL200 and SPL400 series of sensorless vector drives complement the VVVF drives range designed to enhance process control and facilitate the ongoing introduction of mechatronic drives technology.
Washdown motor
21 March, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.mrutty.com.au/
The washdown motor range is based on AC servomotors from the Mavilor BL series of synchronous electric motors.
Jet sensors help sort waste
15 March, 2006
Advanced sensors originally designed for fast jet aircraft and battle tanks have been used to develop a new machine that can automatically identify and sort recyclable domestic waste.
Disposing of FOD at airports
03 March, 2006
Reynolds Engineering Services has designed a FOD (foreign objects and debris) station to address problems associated with the existing FOD/waste collection points on airport aprons
Self-sufficient composting
03 March, 2006
The Environmental Biotechnology CRC (EBCRC), together Organic Resource Technologies (ORT) and Murdoch University, is using biotechnology in a $1.3m project to enhance a process that can convert large amounts of organic waste to compost more efficiently
Manual dumping station
22 February, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.flexicon.com.au/
A Manual Dumping Station with integral flexible screw conveyor collects dust created during manual dumping of powder and bulk solid materials from bags, boxes, drums and other containers.
Pollutant Inventory released
16 February, 2006
The amount of phosphorus entering the Murray Darling Basin from sewerage and water treatment plants fell 31 per cent during 2004-05, the reduction reported in the annual National Pollutant Inventory which was released recently.
Scrap metal yard open day
13 February, 2006
The inside story of recycling scrap metal will be on show this month when Simsmetal opens up its St Marys’ yard for a public information day.
Calibration station
27 January, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.indsci.com/Australia/
The Cal Plus Calibration Station features simple, two-button operation for quickly and easily calibrating or function (bump) testing the GasBadge Plus Monitor. The large LCD and LED indicators then show whether or not the instrument passed or failed the desired function.
Solvent recovery system
27 January, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.novasys.com.au/
OFRU Recycling from Babenhausen/Germany has introduced a small solvent recovery system.
Mass bleaching tipped for Keppel region
17 January, 2006
Central Queensland University's coral obervers are tipping a possible mass bleaching of the Keppel region for the first time since 2002.
