Old tyres make strong walls, study finds
22 August, 2022University of SA researchers have found that old tyres could be reused to build structurally sound walls.
Combating plastic waste one coffee cup at a time
19 August, 2022The Department of Defence has worked with Veolia to reduce the number of single-use coffee cups sent to landfill.
Automated recycling plant to launch near Brisbane
09 August, 2022Rino Recycling has partnered with CDE and Turmec to develop a smart recycling plant that will reclaim waste from the construction industry.
Biofeed Separator food waste management technology
03 August, 2022The Biofeed Separator is an innovative, scalable and proven food waste management technology that sustainably closes the loop on all types of food waste.
Textile circularity: cotton fields 'swallow up' textile waste
28 July, 2022A trial returning cotton textile waste to cotton fields in Goondiwindi, Queensland, shows promising results.
Researchers make plastic from garbage
06 July, 2022Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology are working on technology to extract carbon from waste and use it to make renewable plastics.
Scientists use brewery waste to make 'artificial atoms'
29 June, 2022Quantum dots, also called artificial atoms, have been using spent grain as a source of carbon.
Brewing up a renewable source of hydrogen peroxide
17 June, 2022Scientists in Japan have developed a method of extracting hydrogen peroxide from spent coffee grounds and tea leaf residue.
Re.Group acquires Polytrade
01 June, 2022Re.Group's acquisition of recycling service provider Polytrade will allow it to move further into value-adding of end products and remanufacturing within the domestic market.
Melbourne brothers unbox sustainable shipping packaging
16 May, 2022Two brothers are working to tackle e-commerce's plastic contributions through the development of paper-based, compostable packaging.
Hotline launches to 'rescue' ugly produce from farms
16 May, 2022Farmers can call the hotline so that ugly but good-to-eat produce that had been rejected by retailers can be rescued and sold to consumers.
New research eats through plastic waste
02 May, 2022Able to digest plastic in a matter of days, scientists developed the enzyme with the help of machine learning.
Paving the way for a pristine future
01 May, 2022Increasing sustainability can be as simple as using expanded polystyrene pods, which can reduce waste and concrete use.
Vic launches recycling grants program
29 April, 2022The Vic Government is looking to fund projects that use materials subject to the national waste export bans, in a bid to transform the state's recycling sector.
Scientists upcycle polystyrene with sunlight
21 April, 2022The technique uses light, polystyrene and a catalyst to produce the useful chemical benzoic acid.
