Green accreditation for chute system
09 December, 2010Wastech Engineering has achieved a Product Assessment Certificate from Ecospecifier for its Smoothtubes chute system. In addition, a GreenRate Green Building Scheme pre-assessment has been conducted and it was found that this product is likely to contribute to the achievement of Green Building rating tool credits.
Chemical building block from waste gases
30 September, 2010LanzaTech has produced 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BD), a key building block used to make polymers, plastics and hydrocarbon fuels, using its gas fermentation technology.
New China supply deal for Cardia Bioplastics
28 September, 2010Australian manufacturer of sustainable packaging products and resins Cardia Bioplastics has struck a major agreement with a Chinese bag manufacturing company - its third China deal in three months.
Inspiring smarter solutions
26 August, 2010The Plastiki, a 60-foot (18.2 m) catamaran made from plastic bottles, sailed into Sydney Harbour on Monday 26 July. Designed to raise awareness of the amount of plastic waste in the ocean and plant the seed in everyone’s mind to think about minimising waste and re-using materials intelligently, the Plastiki expedition is the creation of adventurer and environmentalist David de Rothschild and his organisation, Adventure Ecology.
A commitment to sustainable packaging
26 August, 2010 by Edward Cordner*Since 2000, the National Packaging Covenant (Covenant) has been an innovative and unique national approach to dealing with packaging waste. It has engaged the packaging supply and recovery chains, governments and community groups. There was a specific target to divert high-embodied energy materials from landfill and through these activities contribute to a reduction in GHG emissions.
Zenergy PWR waste to energy
02 August, 2010 byThe Plasma Waste Recycling (PWR) process uses high-temperature thermal plasma to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) to syngas, molten metal and vitreous slag - there is no ash. Air emissions are said to be lower than the combustion of natural gas and are within US EPA standards.
AIFST convention to discuss sustainabilty
17 June, 2010Over 100 international and local experts from the world of food will converge on Melbourne in July for the 43rd annual Australian Institute of Food Science & Technology Convention. Sustainability in food packaging will be discussed during the conference.
National Waste Report 2010 released
11 May, 2010Australia's first comprehensive report on waste and resource recovery was released on Friday 7 May - the National Waste Report 2010.
Sewage gas providing green energy
20 April, 2010Methane gas from Glenfield Sewage Treatment Plant is being converted to green energy under new technology being rolled out at sewage treatment plants across Greater Sydney, NSW Minister for Water, Phil Costa has announced.
Education is the key to environmental solutions
26 February, 2010SITA Environmental Solutions opened its Elizabeth Drive Education Centre on 22 February.
Swift action needed to save recycling jobs
23 February, 2010Environment Victoria has called on the state government and the Opposition to stop treating the recycling industry as a political football and work together to support Victoria’s struggling recycling industry.
Waste-to-energy plant
01 February, 2010 byWSN Environmental Solutions and joint venture partner LMS Generation will boost the export capacity of their waste-to-energy project at Eastern Creek Waste and Recycling Centre, providing green power for an extra 1000 homes.
Renewable product packaging
25 January, 2010Dell is shipping its Dell Inspiron Mini 10 and Mini 10v netbooks in packaging made from bamboo, a renewable material that serves as a good alternative to moulded paper pulp, foams and corrugate often used in packaging.
Sustainable packaging - a growing consumer issue
03 December, 2009A new report from independent market analyst Datamonitor identifies that sustainable packaging is a growing consumer issue that has the potential to benefit numerous stakeholders. At present, consumer interest in packaging is relatively low in general; however, a high proportion of consumers are interested in the sustainability aspect of packaging.
The biomass alternative
02 December, 2009 by Juergen Peterseim and Prof Dr-Ing Udo Hellwig, ERK Eckrohrkessel GmbHIndustry is being challenged to reduce carbon emissions and its reliance on non-renewable fuel sources. Spurring this on has been volatile oil prices as well as the likely introduction of schemes such as the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). In this article, Juergen Peterseim* and Prof Dr-Ing Udo Hellwig** from ERK Eckrohrkessel GmbH describe technologies that are available and can make use of biomass as an alternative fuel source for industry.
