Regeneration of Cardiff Bay area
03 September, 2005
Cardiff Council is using the dataTaker DT50 data acquisition system to monitor water table levels in the area surrounding Cardiff Bay marina
Sewer odour control
17 August, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.odours.com.au/
The OCS Ferrogard systems comprise a range of automated flow-paced chemical dosing units for sewer odour control. They are available in a range of sizes allowing for a whole-of-system approach from small flows in upstream catchments through to large carrier mains.
Office baler
17 August, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.orwak.com/
The electro-hydraulic EMB60 Mini Baler is suitable for landscaped offices, showrooms and canteen areas. Finished in polished aluminium with a modern design, it has a low noise level of 55 dB and delivers 1.5 tonne of force. It has a neat appearance and runs on a standard 10 A single-phase power point.
Bulk bins
17 August, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.nayla.com/
Nayla is introducing the 1000 kg capacity Dolav Bulk Bin.
Recycling mining equipment
17 August, 2005 | Supplied by: Meek Holdings
The www.minegraveyard.com website is an advertising medium for surplus mining equipment. It is designed to be used by mining companies and mining service providers to advertise any equipment as long as it is being used within the mining industry.
Steel can recycling campaign at Coles supermarkets
11 August, 2005
During March, the Steel Can Recycling Council and Coles Supermarkets ran a promotional campaign to boost the levels of awareness among consumers of the recyclability of steel packaging.
Coping with Adelaide's waste
03 August, 2005
By the early 1990s it was clear that Adelaide was quickly running out of landfill space. A new waste management facility - one with built-in environmental controls - was needed, and fast
Quarantine fumigation system operating in Tasmania
03 August, 2005
Nordiko Quarantine Systems has developed a process that captures and destroys the toxic gas that is used within the shipping industry for its quarantine fumigation procedures
WEEE man and recycling banks two great UK ideas
01 August, 2005
A seven-metre tall figure composed of three tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has been installed at South Bank, London.
National cigarette butt anti-littering campaign
27 July, 2005
The first national 'Butt Free City - Please Butt It, Then Bin It' campaign is asking smokers to help reduce the seven billion littered butts that hit Australian footpaths, gutters and waterways every year.
Blocking valve
26 July, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.griffithscomponents.com/
Camozzi's series of blocking valves can be used to enhance the safety of many pneumatic applications by permitting movement of cylinders only when a control signal is present. This control signal could be generated via interlocks indicating, for example, when a guard is in its closed position.
Turbo scrap chopper
26 July, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.austwarehouse.com.au/
Sweed has introduced a scrap chopper for plastic strapping.
Protecting ports from toxic chemicals
13 July, 2005
Syft Technologies, producer of advanced SIFT-MS analytical solutions for large-scale identification and analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), has signed a significant export order with Australian Customs Services (Customs) to supply five Voice100 instruments to ports in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth. The order is worth in excess of NZ$2m and is to be delivered by June 2005.
Automatic sorting of waste for recycling
03 July, 2005
Sorting of garbage for recycling saves resources, reduces environmental pollution and slows the build-up of landfills. Infrared light is the key to a sorting machine for drink cartons and plastic bottles developed by SINTEF
ACCC gives councils green light on collective tendering
01 July, 2005
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has allowed a group of Sydney councils to collectively tender and contract for the provision of waste manage-ment services.
