Basketball Vic reduces sports ball waste with TreadLightly
11 March, 2025 | Supplied by: Basketball VictoriaBasketball Victoria has joined the TreadLightly program to help reduce the millions of sports balls that are discarded into landfill each year.
Choosing the best evaporation technique for digestate and sludge
11 March, 2025 by Arnold Kleijn, Sales Director, HRS Heat Exchangers | Supplied by: HRS Heat Exchangers Pty LtdDue to their thick, viscous nature, digestates and sludges are among the most challenging materials to evaporate efficiently and effectively.
CDS Vic teams up with Carlton FC to reduce landfill
06 March, 2025 | Supplied by: CDS VicThis year's AFL season is set to become more sustainable, as Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme has signed on to partner with Carlton Football Club.
ACCIONA creates surfboard from retired wind turbine blades
05 March, 2025 | Supplied by: Acciona Australia EnergyACCIONA has partnered with professional surfer Josh Kerr and his brand Draft Surf to create surfboards made from decommissioned wind turbine blades.
NSW Government introduces food waste mandate
28 February, 2025 | Supplied by: NSW GovernmentThe NSW Government has passed legislation to become the first state to implement a statewide mandate for food organics and garden organics (FOGO) recycling.
ACCC authorises supermarket soft plastics recycling
27 February, 2025 | Supplied by: Australian Competition & Consumer CommissionThe ACCC has granted authorisation to the major supermarkets to continue to recycle stockpiled soft plastics and implement a pilot in-store collection program.
Sustainable dye extracted from avocado by-products
26 February, 2025 | Supplied by: Westfalia FruitWestfalia Fruit has committed to using all parts of the avocado across the supply chain, including the skins and seeds, to make sustainable products.
Amazon Australia delivers on 100% recyclable packaging
24 February, 2025 | Supplied by: Amazon AustraliaAmazon Australia has continued its commitment to reduce packaging waste by moving to 100% recyclable packaging.
Recycled end-of-life solar panels trialled for concrete
21 February, 2025 | Supplied by: BoralBoral Limited has trialled a new recycled sand for concrete using crushed glass from end-of-life and damaged solar panels.
Australasian Waste Recycling Expo debuts as ReGen at ICC
20 February, 2025 | Supplied by: Diversified Communications AustraliaReGen, Australia's Circular Resource Expo, formerly known as the Australasian Waste Recycling Expo, is set to debut on 23–24 July 2025 at ICC Sydney.
Glass reaches 2025 recycling target in APCO packaging report
03 February, 2025 | Supplied by: Australian Packaging Covenant OrganisationThe Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation has released its latest report on the status of Australia's packaging consumption and recovery.
$17m upgrade to liquid and hazardous waste management facility
31 January, 2025 | Supplied by: EvoroSpecialising in difficult-to-treat industrial waste, Evoro's Laverton North facility is undergoing improvements so it can handle a greater range of waste management services.
B-cycle launches holiday battery safety campaign
14 January, 2025At the end of the summer holidays, homes across Australia are left with a large number of used batteries, creating a hidden potential hazard.
Fighting waste by counting flies
17 December, 2024An innovative tech collaboration is helping to finesse a rubbish recycling process that relies on the insatiable appetite of black soldier fly larvae.
'Tis the season for sustainable food at Christmas
09 December, 2024As the festive season approaches, research fellows at UQ provide five tips for consuming more sustainably this Christmas.
