Turning waste bread into beer
09 March, 2018Edge Environment is celebrating its 10th anniversary by teaming up with 4 Pines Brewing Company to brew a very special birthday beer — made with bread as a key ingredient.
Get ready for Global Recycling Day on 18 March
09 March, 2018The first ever Global Recycling Day, to be held on 18 March, is intended to unite people across the world, highlighting the need to conserve the Earth's primary resources.
Solar-powered 3D printers trialled in Solomon Islands
08 March, 2018Deakin University and Plan International Australia have successfully trialled technology capable of 3D printing plumbing and sanitation supplies using discarded plastics.
New life for old contact lenses
01 March, 2018Icon Eyewear is diverting contact lenses from landfill on behalf of the Sydney community, as part of a national recycling program operated by TerraCycle and Bausch + Lomb.
5 ways recycling e-waste can benefit your business
27 February, 2018 by Warren Overton, CEO, Australia and New Zealand Recycling PlatformWhile throwing old cables and computers out with your general office waste may seem easy, the better business decision is to responsibly recycle your old or unused electronics.
Long-term solutions required to solve recycling crisis, says VWMA
23 February, 2018Long-term solutions are needed to manage Victoria's growing growing waste and commingled recycling streams.
Brisbane-based makerspace gives e-waste a second life
22 February, 2018 by Lauren DavisSocial enterprise, makerspace and e-waste recycling centre Substation33 improves the mental health and wellbeing of its participants while also enabling them to give back to the environment.
Now you can own a piece of TerraCycle
07 February, 2018All categories of investor now have the opportunity to invest in TerraCycle's US operating company.
Pick up a bargain at the City of Swan's new tip shop
11 January, 2018A new tip shop has opened in the City of Swan, giving new life to unwanted recyclable treasures by recovering, inspecting and selling them for a bargain.
Automated sorting technology
10 January, 2018SKM Recycling has selected TOMRA Sorting Recycling to supply 40 AUTOSORT units with the latest features and new 3D laser technology for three new sorting facilities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
