SITA joins FluoroCycle as Foundation Signatory
16 June, 2011SITA Environmental Solutions has become a Foundation Signatory of FluoroCyle, an initiative of the Australian Government and the Lighting Council of Australia.
Glass-crushing plant for Hamilton Island
07 June, 2011A glass-crushing plant on Hamilton Island provides a local use for recycled crushed glass (RCG), negating the need to transport the material to the mainland at great economic and environmental expense.
Rural waste-disposal solution
28 May, 2011Fiber Fresh Feeds has taken a further step towards becoming 100% clean and green by becoming the first stock feed company able to recycle its bags using the Agrecovery Wrap recycling program.
ATM Recyclingsystems appoints Koga Recyclingtech as Australasian agent
06 April, 2011ATM Recyclingsystems of Pucking, Austria, supplier of heavy recycling machines and specialised scrap processing systems to the global metals recycling industries, has appointed the Koga Group as its Australasian agent.
Shopping centre set to recycle 250 tonnes every year
30 March, 2011Two hundred and fifty tonnes of waste will be recycled per year at Erina Fair through an on-site organic waste management system, taking the retail centre one step closer to achieving its ‘zero net waste’ goal.
DKSH signs Titech representation agreement for ANZ
02 February, 2011DKSH Australia has signed an agreement to become the exclusive sales representative of Titech for Australia and New Zealand.
Giving mobile phones another life
18 November, 2010After his first meeting with recycling company Green Collect, Aid Rawlins drove to his Mulgrave office with more than 800 mobile phones in the boot. Aid is the Managing Director of Australia’s first online mobile phone recycling company, Mazuma Mobile, that offers cash back to businesses and individuals.
Sims Metal Management acquiring metal recycling company assets
27 October, 2010Sims Metal Management, the listed metal and electronic recycling company, has announced that its subsidiary Sims Group Australia Holdings Limited (SimsMM Australia) has signed an agreement for the purchase of the assets of Commercial Metal Recycling Services (CMRS).
Food waste - a resource with value
26 October, 2010Households throw away billions of dollars of edible food each year, equating to around 3 kg of food waste each week per household. This is not only a massive waste of food, but it is also a waste of energy, water and resources which have been used in the production of that food. This was one of the topics discussed as the recent Zero Waste conference held in Sydney in September.
Driving sustainability in waste collection and management
26 October, 2010The introduction of waste levies and targets to reduce landfill by 60%, are driving local councils to look at more sustainable options for collecting and managing household waste.
Efficient materials management - the next big thing
26 October, 2010 by Rod Welford*ACOR (previously the Australian Council of Recyclers) has reinvented itself to take on the umbrella industry role of leading the push for governments to recognise the economic and environmental benefits of three complementary business systems: product stewardship, resource recovery and recycling. The organisation’s revised constitution and new leadership is designed to provide all businesses in these three sectors with a stronger voice nationally.
Business calls for urgent changes to waste recovery
13 October, 2010Changes to waste recovery, because of co-mingling of recycled materials, which results in as little as 30% of collected glass being recycled into new bottles and jars and threatens some export-related jobs in Auckland, were called for at a seminar hosted by the Glass Packaging Forum as part of the 22nd WasteMINZ Conference.
Product stewardship program takes the wrap
30 September, 2010Plasback is a product stewardship program that is run by Tapex, a supplier of fodder conservation plastics. The program currently recycles waste silage wrap, pit covers, grain tubes and twine for farmers. It works with partner recyclers in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney that reprocess the plastic waste and give it a second use as plastic pellets which can be remoulded into plywood sheets called Tuffboard and Tuffdeck.
Resource recovery facility operating at full capacity
30 September, 2010Over 25,000 tonnes of a new source of nutrient-rich compost have been added to Perth’s agricultural soils over the past year. The source of the new supply of organic soil conditioner is the advanced resource recovery facility (RRF) at Neerabup, which recently completed its first full year of operation.
Dimension Data eWaste management service
24 September, 2010 byDimension Data has launched its eWaste management service, a national program that offers environmentally responsible removal, disposal and recycling of electronics materials, ranging from the packaging materials for new products when they are delivered, to equipment at end of life.
