Waste > Recycling/re-using

How can mobile phone recycling help gorilla populations?

07 December, 2018

Did 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, 2018

Closing 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, 2018

VACUNITE 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, 2018

Restaurants 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, 2018

Sharps or needlestick injuries are a risk not only to healthcare workers, but anyone who comes into contact with them.


How to make a compost heap

20 November, 2018

Did you know that making a compost heap is easy?


Detpak RecycleMe System for takeaway cups

14 November, 2018

Detpak'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, 2018

TonerPlas is an asphalt additive made up of recycled plastic bags, toner cartridges and glass bottles.


SA council reinforces concrete with recycled plastic

13 November, 2018

Charles 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, 2018

New 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, 2018

Although 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, 2018

Queensland 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%.


Consumers lack confidence in Aus recycling services

05 October, 2018

The effectiveness of recycling services across Australia is being seriously questioned, according to a new survey from UNSW Sydney.


Richmond roads paved with plastic and glass

28 September, 2018

Alex Fraser Group was engaged by the City of Yarra to undertake some road resurfacing utilising its PolyPave asphalt product, which contains recycled materials.


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