One million Konica Minolta printer cartridges recycled
07 November, 2013Printing company Konica Minolta Australia has announced a major recycling milestone. Through its partnership with Cartridges 4 Planet Ark and its recycling partner Close the Loop, one million Konica Minolta printer cartridges have been recycled.
World experts discuss new technologies in waste recycling at Eco Asia Conference
05 November, 2013Wrapping paper, disposable tableware, leftovers … an enormous amount of municipal waste is produced every day. Environmental protection and waste reduction have become a global issue. With the theme “Waste Management and Recycling”, the Eco Asia Conference, held during the 8th Eco Expo Asia, saw participants engaged in a green dialogue exploring new solutions for waste reduction.
New Earth pyrolysis-powered waste to energy technology
28 October, 2013Clean Energy Group (CEG) provides waste management and minimisation services using pyrolysis technologies. The New Earth process enables extraction of re-usable materials that are otherwise lost in waste streams.
Sweed Chopper 450DX polyester strap chopper
23 October, 2013The Sweed Chopper 450DX is said to make strap recycling easy. The unit can chop up to eight pieces of polyester strap at a time.
Free recycling stations around Sydney
14 October, 2013A free service for bulb, battery and mobile phone recycling is now available across Sydney, with 10 recycling stations accessible at community centres and libraries around the city. The service operates year-round, meaning residents can dispose of their waste at any time.
Not all gold bars
30 September, 2013 by Alvin Piadasa, Founding Managing Director TES-AMM Australia New ZealandFounding Managing Director of TES-AMM Australia New Zealand Alvin Piadasa provides an inside perspective on the fledgling electronics recycling industry.
E-waste is poisoning us, says scientist
16 September, 2013Environmental scientist Professor Ming Hung Wong has called for a global effort to save the coming generation of children from being poisoned by toxic residues from the world's ever-growing garbage pile of old mobile phones, computers and electronic devices.
Recycling saves money for Coopers, raises it for charity
13 September, 2013In 2006, Coopers Brewery introduced a program to recycle materials such as cardboard, glass, aluminium and old machinery that were being disposed of at a cost. Since then, recycling has raised more than $380,000 for the Coopers Brewery Foundation.
HP and Dell call on Australian consumers to recycle more unwanted electronic goods
11 September, 2013TechCollect yesterday hosted a global e-waste forum in Sydney with keynote European technology speakers and local experts inspiring invited guests towards achieving Australia’s stated goal of 80% recycled e-waste by 2022.
Partnership to recycle absorbent hygiene waste
30 August, 2013Initial Hygiene is backing a new absorbent hygiene waste (AHW) recycling technology from nappy and pad recycling expert Relivit, in a partnership which is said to unlock a hidden goldmine in landfill worth approximately $120 million.
Government makes battery recycling a priority
13 August, 2013The Australian Government has released its 2013-14 priority list of products that will be considered for voluntary certification or regulation under the Product Stewardship Act, including end-of-life handheld batteries.
National Bulk Equipment ProductSaver product recovery system for packaged liquids and flow-resistant wet contents
30 July, 2013The National Bulk Equipment ProductSaver line of product recovery systems is designed to provide automated, controlled removal of free-flowing liquids or flow-resistant wet contents from their packaging.
Mobile phone runs on urine power
17 July, 2013 by Dr Ioannis IeropoulosScientists working at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, which is a collaboration between the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and the University of Bristol, have developed a novel way of charging mobile phones using urine as the power source to generate electricity.
Recycling tyres to recover oil and steel
16 July, 2013Green Distillation Technologies is commercialising an innovative process to resolve the long-standing, global environmental problem of tyre disposal, to produce oil and recover steel and carbon from end-of-life tyres. The company plans to start operations in October at its Warren NSW pilot plant and market an IPO next year to fund seven additional plants in Australia in its first five years.
Developments in PET and bioplastics
15 July, 2013Take a PET bottle, fill it with sand and put the lid on. Do this with lots more bottles, then stack them up and join them together with mud and cement. What sounds like a fun game for the children’s sandpit is, in fact, a new idea in recycling. The bottles are being used to build houses in an outstanding and ambitious project in Nigeria.
