Electric cable recycling
29 January, 2007Guidetti Srl has developed a range of compact electric cable recycling units. Each of the Sincro units accepts copper cored electric cable and after processing and sorting they provide PVC and the copper granules. The cable pieces are fed into the hopper and there is no need for further labour input.
Recycling: the key to sustainability
20 December, 2006 by Wendy Cramer, JournalistAlthough Australian businesses are still not required by law to have a sustainability program in place, an increasing number of companies are successfully manufacturing new and useful products out of recycled content
Improving packaging sustainability
20 October, 2006The Sustainable Packaging Alliance has received two significant Commonwealth government grants to support the development of its prototype rapid packaging environmental impact assessment tool, PIQET.
Turning tyres into diesel fuel
20 October, 2006Used tyres can be turned into black gold or more precisely into a quality diesel fuel with a new tyre recycling technology, according to AAA Recycling
Using recycled tyres for access road
22 September, 2006Ecoflex Systems was commissioned by Energy Australia for a project which resulted in recycling 75,000 truck tyres. The project was required as part of a larger project to upgrade electricity supply from Tomago to the Tomaree Peninsula in New South Wales
Resource recovery facility
21 August, 2006Ecohouse is a resource recovery facility in Bellingen, a small regional shire on the north coast of NSW.
Maximising recycling recovery rates at quarry
21 August, 2006M&M Quarries has expanded the processing capacity of its Gold Coast landfill, quarry and recycling businesses with the purchase of a TC1200 cone crusher and Ripper system from SCS
New recycling invention
09 June, 2006Newly patented technology invented by ANSTO scientist, Dr Tony Taylor, can cheaply make sewage and waste water clean enough to drink and could cut water use by 60%, according to ANSTO’s online magazine, Velocity.
Recycling loop created for industrial paper
03 May, 2006Donaldson Australasia has provided the waste handling system and engineering to facilitate a win/win recycling loop between Australia's sheet-fed print communications business and Visy Recycling
Give your paint back
24 April, 2006Residents of Victoria can now get rid of unwanted household paint by taking advantage of the free service, Paintback, which aims to keep paint out of the garbage and away from drains where it poses a threat to the environment.
Glass recycling process
18 April, 2006The GlassAGG system from Glass Aggregate Systems is capable of processing plate and laminated window glass, and glass beverage and food containers. The process converts the waste glass into a marketable glass aggregate fine of various sizes depending on its end use. The fines can be used for sand blasting, road base aggregate, septic tank drains, landscaping, concrete additives, hydroponics, etc.
Australia gets its own composting week
07 April, 2006International Composting Awareness Week (ICAW) is being held for the first time in Australia from 7-13 May.
Highlighting the benefits of recycled organics
31 March, 2006The NSW Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has released Australia’s first guide to help councils weigh up the costs and benefits of using compost in their public parks and gardens.
ANU comes to the mobile recycling party
27 March, 2006The Australian National University is claiming to be the first university in Australia to implement the mobile phone recycling program MobileMuster.
Recycling-friendly LCD glass substrate
23 March, 2006The proliferation of home entertainment systems has raised a number of issues, especially concerning the shelf life of LCDs and the impact of their disposal on the environment.
