Amazon Australia delivers on 100% recyclable packaging
24 February, 2025Amazon Australia has continued its commitment to reduce packaging waste by moving to 100% recyclable packaging.
Recycled end-of-life solar panels trialled for concrete
21 February, 2025Boral Limited has trialled a new recycled sand for concrete using crushed glass from end-of-life and damaged solar panels.
Australasian Waste Recycling Expo debuts as ReGen at ICC
20 February, 2025ReGen, Australia's Circular Resource Expo, formerly known as the Australasian Waste Recycling Expo, is set to debut on 23–24 July 2025 at ICC Sydney.
Glass reaches 2025 recycling target in APCO packaging report
03 February, 2025The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation has released its latest report on the status of Australia's packaging consumption and recovery.
Fighting waste by counting flies
17 December, 2024An innovative tech collaboration is helping to finesse a rubbish recycling process that relies on the insatiable appetite of black soldier fly larvae.
NSW celebrates recycling triumph
25 November, 2024Considerable progress has been made in the New South Wales recycling sector, with the state now capable of processing nearly 140,000 tonnes of additional material annually.
Experts call for fashion waste overhaul
21 November, 2024A new study has analysed what happens to donated textiles in a number of western cities, including Melbourne, Amsterdam, Austin, Berlin and Toronto.
Soft plastics recycling platform with traceability being developed
14 November, 2024Close the Loop and Recity have teamed up to develop a soft plastics recycling initiative with traceability based on GS1 Australia Standards.
WMRR talks about recycled materials during National Recycling Week
13 November, 2024WMRR is using National Recycling Week to encourage the community and business to actively choose to buy Australian recycled materials.
CSIRO gathers innovators to tackle plastic waste
01 November, 2024Entrepreneurs will converge at locations across Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok to showcase solutions that transform the way we produce, use and recycle plastic materials.
Winners of the 2024 Australian Resource Recovery Awards
21 October, 2024WMRR has congratulated the winners of the inaugural 2024 Australian Resource Recovery Awards, announced at the first Australian Resource Recovery Conference last week.
Conference to explore how Aust can reach 2030 waste target
10 October, 2024Australia will need "a paradigm shift and behaviour change" to address unnecessary consumption and overproduction of products, according to WMRR.
SULO bins turn circular using recycled content
06 September, 2024Pact Group has begun to manufacture its SULO bins using plastic packaging waste to create bins made from recycled content for local councils.
Getting closer to a circular economy for plastics
05 September, 2024A new process that vaporises hard-to-recycle plastics in order to make recycled plastics has been developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
Government funds high-tech sorting facility in WA
05 September, 2024A $15m paper and cardboard sorting facility at Veolia's Bibra Lake Resource Recovery Park is set to receive $8.3m from the federal and WA governments.
