Success installing wastewater treatment plants on slaughterhouses
14 May, 2014The wastewater with high organic content, such as the type discarded on slaughterhouses, can be cleaned of up to 96% of its pollutants thanks to technology developed by Mexican scientists, which also promotes the generation of renewable energy through the biogas produced during the process.
Leussink worms its way into compost management
14 May, 2014Leussink Engineering has merged its manufacturing capability with the widespread need for community recycling. With the launch of Leussink Global Worming, the company now manufactures customised compost worm farms for any level of compost management.
Turning everyday trash into clean energy
14 May, 2014The City of Sydney's draft advanced waste treatment plan shows how useful energy can be created from household waste, significantly reducing the loss of valuable resources to landfill and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Energy-efficient recycling in metals manufacturing
12 May, 2014The US Energy Information Administration has revealed that the use of recycling in the manufacture of iron, steel and aluminium is driving improvements in energy efficiency within the industry.
Cleanaway supports International Composting Awareness Week
08 May, 2014As part of International Composting Awareness Week (5-11 May), waste and recycling management company Cleanaway is urging Australian householders to do more composting in an effort to divert recyclable materials away from landfill.
Source Separation Systems National Park recycling stations
01 May, 2014The National Park range of public recycling stations has been specifically designed to provide users with the flexibility to design their own bins. The final design is completely customised, yet features best-practice waste diversion and high-quality manufacturing.
New facility to turn Pilbara's mining waste into recyclables
08 April, 2014Transpacific has begun earthworks at a new $17 million recycling and waste management facility in Western Australia.
Recyclable plastic packaging to save one million eggs per year
02 April, 2014Recyclable plastic packaging that will save more than a million eggs from going to waste each year has been successfully trialled by UK supermarket Tesco.
Wealth from Waste research collaboration launched
02 April, 2014A new research collaboration, led by the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), aims to determine the value of above-ground resources - the metals contained in discarded goods.
Compost-A-Pak Shopping Bags
01 April, 2014Compost-A-Pak Shopping Bags are made of third-grade, non-eating corn sourced from international regions with high rainfall to minimise irrigation. The shopping bags are 100% Australian certified compostable, so users can be confident they will break down when exposed to composting environments, leaving no harmful residue.
End of the road for landfill and incinerated plastics?
23 March, 2014The large-scale incineration or dumping of plastic films in landfills could soon be a thing of the past as new technologies seek to convert plastics into fuels and other useful products.
National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme 2012-2013 results
10 March, 2014The Department of the Environment has released a report on the outcomes of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme from 2012-13.
TerraCycle to take on Australia's unrecyclables
11 February, 2014Global recycling company TerraCycle, which currently operates in 23 countries including the US, Canada, the UK and New Zealand, has officially launched in Australia.
Gaining value from avocado waste using innovative drying process
11 February, 2014Waikato Innovation Park in New Zealand has received funding from the Bio-Resource Processing Alliance (BPA) to help it turn 'waste into wealth' and scale up commercial production of avocado powder.
TechCollect's top 10 tips for recycling e-waste
11 February, 2014Now the retail frenzy of Christmas and the January sales is over for another year, e-waste recycling service TechCollect is reminding people to think carefully about what they do next with the old computers, printers and TVs they replaced or upgraded.
