ARRC Gold Coast calls for market certainty on plastics
18 August, 2026The organisation is backing industry calls for an extended producer responsibility scheme with mandated Australian recycled content requirements.
Researchers create compact supercapacitor designed for reuse
18 August, 2026The research team said these findings demonstrate a promising approach for lightweight energy storage that minimises electronic waste.
Researchers recover silver from end-of-life solar panels
13 August, 2026The challenge is no longer whether silver could be recovered from solar panels, but whether it could be recovered at a scale and cost that made recycling commercially viable.
Free cardboard drop-off service opens in Sydney's south-east
06 August, 2026 | Supplied by: Opal AnzThe 24/7 service will give local residents, schools and businesses an easy way to recycle cardboard packaging and paper so it can be reused into 100% recycled products.
Conveyor belt recycling initiative for Gladstone Ports Corporation
04 August, 2026End-of-life conveyor belts are diverted from landfill through the initiative, transported for processing, and repurposed into new rubber products.
Delays on packaging reform create more plastic waste
29 July, 2026 | Supplied by: Australian Council of RecyclingAustralia uses more than 1.3 million tonnes of plastic packaging every year, yet only 19% is collected for recycling, says ACOR.
Sporting fans in favour of using reusable cups: report
29 July, 2026Twelve million plastic cups could be kept out of landfills and oceans every year if major sporting venues switched to reusables, according to WWF-Australia.
$32 million investment to create jet fuel from forest waste
23 July, 2026The federal government hopes the ARENA investment will make Australia's fuel supply more resilient and less vulnerable to overseas shocks.
New method recycles mixed plastic packaging sans chemicals
09 July, 2026The method selectively breaks down one type of plastic in mixed plastic packaging while leaving the other plastics intact, allowing each material to be recovered and reused.
New way to recycle coloured plastics using silica microspheres
07 July, 2026The dual-functional approach provides a practical and sustainable pathway for closed-loop functional polymer composites.
Pilot program reduces food waste in SEQ
01 July, 2026The trial is expected to divert the equivalent of around 100 garbage trucks of food waste in South East Qld, transforming it into soil, mulch and renewable energy.
Recycling workers' lives at risk from hazardous waste
30 June, 2026The costs for a recycling business to correctly dispose of these materials is estimated to be between $5.2 million to $8 million nationally each year.
Detoxifying 'super fungi' may recover critical minerals
25 June, 2026The engineered fungus could be used to extract critical minerals from toxic mining waste while also helping to remediate sites.
Training centre opens to improve alloy lifecycle
25 June, 2026The centre will develop alloys and processes that use less raw material and energy to produce, last longer in service, and are easier to reuse or recycle.
FIFA World Cup to generate 156 tonnes of plastic waste
24 June, 2026The single-use plastics could stretch the length of more than 13,000 football pitches — and may increase due to the recent reusable bottle ban.
