Gold Certification awarded
08 October, 2007Armstrong World Industries has been awarded Gold Certification, in Sustainability Victoria’s Waste Wise Program at the company’s manufacturing plant in Braeside, Melbourne.
Solvent recycling service
24 September, 2007Planet Paints is a solvent recycling and paint manufacturing service which is focused on the recycling of solvent from the automotive trade. The business is fully EPA licensed and as such is able to collect the waste product from the panel trade and return it to its depot for recycling.
Glass recycling process
24 September, 2007The Glass AGG system from Glass Aggregate Systems is capable of processing plate and laminated window glass, and glass beverage and food containers.
Briqetting waste at source
25 July, 2007SRS of Sommerville, Victoria is repacking meat under a supply contract to Coles stores and wanted to implement an efficient method of disposing of its recyclable waste, which is a steady flow of cardboard boxes
Turning elephant dung into paper
07 May, 2007A Sri-Lankan company that turns elephant dung into eco-friendly paper won a global competition for projects that benefit local communities and the environment
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
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
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.
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.
