Waste

Creating art with e-waste

24 January, 2014

American artist Chris Jordan, well known for his works depicting mass consumption and waste, is calling on Australians to help him create a large-scale artwork by handing in their old mobile phones.


TechCollect to focus on business e-waste in 2014

23 January, 2014

Not-for-profit e-waste collection and recycling service TechCollect will this year focus on collecting the large volumes of computer and IT waste generated by the corporate world.


Heineken aces recycling program at New Zealand Festival of Tennis

21 January, 2014

Spectators at this year's New Zealand Festival of Tennis, comprising the ASB Classic and Heineken Open, were actively encouraged to recycle their glass bottles and other drinks containers.


Taking care of food waste on site

14 January, 2014 | Supplied by: Totally Environmental

Totally Environmental (Australia) has recently launched a food and green waste composting technology that could stop the millions of tonnes of food waste ending up in Australian landfill sites every year.


Harmonising the production of food and energy

09 January, 2014

Although biofuels can clearly contribute to energy security and resource efficiency, they can also be sometimes considered controversial. This is primarily because the raw materials used in their production are grown using land that could have been used for food crops. Another issue revolves around the environmental impact caused by certain by-products. Weber Ultrasonics in Germany has developed a process that could provide a solution to these problems.


Cotton waste and fungi combine to create biodegradable packaging

16 December, 2013

Scientists at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed agricultural waste blends which can be used in a process that literally grows custom packaging products, providing a cost-effective and green alternative to extruded polystyrene foam packaging.


Source Separation Systems encourages 'up-cycling'

13 December, 2013

In an effort to consider the transport and packaging of stock when it comes to recycling waste products, the team at Source Separation Systems has launched upcyclable packaging.


Australia's recycling rates breaking records, says APC report

12 December, 2013

The Australian Packaging Covenant (APC), a voluntary scheme aimed at reducing the environmental impacts of consumer packaging and litter from packaging, has released its 2013 annual report. The report finds that recycling rates in Australia have broken new records.


Preferred tenderers announced for south-east Melbourne organics procurement

09 December, 2013

The Metropolitan Waste Management Group (MWMG) has successfully facilitated a competitive tendering process for the provision of organic waste processing services on behalf of eight participating councils in the south-east of Melbourne.


Source Separation Systems Battery Recycling Tubes

03 December, 2013 | Supplied by: Source Separation Systems Pty Ltd

Source Separation Systems' Battery Recycling Tubes are an effective recycling solution for batteries and smaller e-waste items such as phones, generating volumes of recyclable batteries wherever they are placed.


National program for recycling away from home

27 November, 2013

CFSGAM Property, the Packaging Stewardship Forum of the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) and the Australian Packaging Covenant (APC), together with Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt, this week launched a comprehensive recycling program to boost away-from-home recycling.


Ionic liquids remove toxic mercury from natural gas

19 November, 2013

Academics at Queen's University Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL) in Belfast, UK, in partnership with Malaysian oil and gas giant Petronas, have used the super-solvent properties of ionic liquids to develop technology which removes mercury from natural gas.


Environment Canterbury releases rural waste report

19 November, 2013

A report commissioned by Environment Canterbury Regional Council has found that good waste management is a difficult proposition for many farmers and members of the rural sector.


USC recycles from the desktop

12 November, 2013

The University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) has begun rolling out its new waste management system - 'recycling from the desktop' - which is expected to reduce the university's waste to landfill by about 75%.


Staples Australia Sustainable Earth by Staples stapler and calculator

08 November, 2013 | Supplied by: Winc Australia Pty Limited

Staples Australia has developed an environmentally friendly calculator and stapler range manufactured with 100% recycled casing from recycled ink and toner cartridges.


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