China forces government's hand on waste policy, comments from WMAA
12 December, 2017Industry has signalled to government for a long time that relying on the export markets for recyclables was dangerous and now we find ourselves, with the change in China's legislation, walking towards this inevitability.
Fancy a fish-skin leather jacket?
08 December, 2017A small business in The Islands of Tahiti is utilising leftover raw materials from the ever-popular fishing industry to reduce wastage by creating fish-skin leather.
Create a more sustainable workplace this Waste Not, Want Not Day
08 December, 2017TechCollect is calling on Australian businesses to increase their recycling efforts and help reduce the amount of e-waste currently going into landfill ahead of its annual Waste Not, Want Not Day on 13 December.
Recycling Ronald McDonald's mattresses
07 December, 2017Management at Ronald McDonald House in Auckland will sleep easy tonight knowing 43 mattresses from the charity are being recycled rather than thrown in landfill.
Victorian govt seeks to remove e-waste from landfill
07 December, 2017The Victorian Government is reducing the impact of e-waste through the establishment of a new centre in the satellite suburb of Officer in Melbourne's outer south-east.
SUEZ to provide resource recovery for Northern Beaches Council
28 November, 2017Waste management company SUEZ has been awarded the contract for the Northern Beaches Council recycling and resource recovery process, run by recycling centre Kimbriki.
Not your average composting company
16 November, 2017Established in 1996, C-Wise recycles and processes organic waste, though the company won't call it that. Rather, it sees everything that comes in as a valuable resource.
Buy recycled products during National Recycling Week
06 November, 2017Planet Ark's National Recycling Week, to be held from 13–19 November, is this year highlighting how consumers and businesses can properly close the recycling loop by purchasing products that contain recycled content.
7-Eleven and Simply Cups team up to recycle takeaway cups
03 November, 20177-Eleven and Simply Cups have announced a takeaway cup recycling initiative in an effort to divert up to 70 million takeaway cups from landfill.
Bentu concrete lighting, furniture and objects
01 November, 2017Experimental design studio Bentu is a manufacturer of contemporary concrete lighting, furniture and objects. Crafted from recycled concrete and ceramic gathered from construction and demolition sites and factories in China, the company's products show how material waste can be given a second life outside of landfill.
Durable concrete produced from dialysis waste
30 October, 2017Deakin University researchers are turning hospital waste into longer-lasting concrete, in a project which is solving two problems at once.
Turning old tyres into new roads
25 October, 2017 by Associate Professor Lu Aye, Dr Alireza Mohammadinia, Dr Guillermo Narsilio and Dr Mahdi Miri DisfaniOnly 5% of used tyres are recycled locally in Australia, but researchers from the University of Melbourne have teamed up with Tyre Stewardship Australia and Merlin Site Services to come up with an innovative way to re-use the rubber.
A squeaky clean recycling initiative for Pan Pacific Melbourne
24 October, 2017Luxury hotel Pan Pacific Melbourne has announced its latest recycling initiative as part of its commitment to responsible environmental and ethical practices.
Recycling Council calls for improved safety, fire and environmental standards
24 October, 2017Members of the National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) met on 12 October to discuss key issues affecting the waste industry, with the meeting resulting in several calls to action.
1 million tyres removed from Stawell stockpile
23 October, 2017One of Australia's largest and most dangerous tyre stockpiles has been transformed, in an operation led by the EPA Victoria with the support of Tyrecycle.
