Old clothes turned into building materials
20 December, 2018Reforming old clothing and mixed waste glass into various high-quality building products represents a new way to convert low-value waste into high-value products and materials.
Tasmanian road built with plastic bags and glass
12 December, 2018Construction of a road alone Charlton St, in the coastal town of Snug, has seen approximately 173,600 plastic bags and 82,500 glass bottles diverted from landfill.
How can mobile phone recycling help gorilla populations?
07 December, 2018Did you know that the old mobile phone in your top drawer could be linked to the dramatic decline of gorilla populations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
What is a circular economy?
05 December, 2018Closing the loop on recycling means recovering resources at the end of their useful lives, so that they can be used to make new products again and again.
EREMA VACUNITE PET recycling process
29 November, 2018VACUNITE technology brings together EREMA's VACUREMA bottle-to-bottle process with vacuum-supported solid state polycondensation (SSP) from Polymetrix.
Food waste recycling for businesses
26 November, 2018Restaurants and cafes can increase sustainability rates by diverting food waste to a food and organics recycling service, where it is turned into nutrient-rich compost for soil.
Recycling sharps responsibly
21 November, 2018Sharps or needlestick injuries are a risk not only to healthcare workers, but anyone who comes into contact with them.
Detpak RecycleMe System for takeaway cups
14 November, 2018Detpak's RecycleMe System enables takeaway coffee cups to be saved from landfill and commercially recycled into copy paper, closing the loop for industry.
Soft plastics and toner cartridges turned into asphalt additive
14 November, 2018TonerPlas is an asphalt additive made up of recycled plastic bags, toner cartridges and glass bottles.
SA council reinforces concrete with recycled plastic
13 November, 2018Charles Sturt Council has been using recycled plastic fibres known as Emesh for a number of new footpath and community upgrades.
Milk bottles turned into fence posts for farmers
12 November, 2018New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra has teamed up with start-up Future Post to turn milk bottles and other plastics into fence posts for farms.
New life for recycled textiles
12 November, 2018Although waste is an inextricably linked by-product of human existence, Broadspectrum strives to collaborate with government, business and community to manage waste in an intelligent manner.
Queensland Containers for Change scheme launches
01 November, 2018Queensland residents are now able to claim 10c per eligible container returned at any recycling centres launched as part of the Queensland Containers for Change scheme.
When recycling makes cents
08 October, 2018 by Richard Fine*Eliminating separate waste streams can save on costs and improve recycling rates by 25%.
