Timaru dairy effluent compliance improves in latest season
26 September, 2012Seventy-seven per cent of dairy farms in the Orari-Opihi-Pareora zone achieved full compliance with dairy shed effluent consent conditions in the latest season.
Automated brick production line provides greater efficiency
26 September, 2012 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty LtdABB has delivered four IRB 660 palletising robots to the Datong Coal Mine Group, China, to be used in the Tashan coal mine. Supported by brick machinery components from Shandong GONGLI, the ABB robots will play a key role in producing bricks primarily for adobe palletising.
The Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo 2012: don’t let it go to waste
25 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Australasian Waste & Recycling ExpoThe Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo (AWRE) is supported by the Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA), plus several other key waste and recycling industry bodies. The trade show will be held from 21-22 November 2012 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour.
Source Separation Systems MultiSort recycling system
21 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Source Separation Systems Pty LtdThe MultiSort recycling system is a flexible and interchangeable waste recycling system designed to cater to each user’s specific waste needs.
Community solution to tackle e-waste
20 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Buyequip Pty LtdThe labour-intensive process of dismantling e-waste places economic limits on how much material can be recycled. To help solve this problem, Buyequip has partnered with prison industries at the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre near Gatton. This partnership is boosting material recovery rates while providing important employment opportunities for prisoners.
Free TV and computer recycling scheme for Victoria
18 September, 2012Senator Don Farrell, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, has launched a free television and computer recycling service in Melbourne, as part of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme.
National Recycling Week 2012
03 September, 2012This National Recycling week, to be held from 12-18 November, Planet Ark is encouraging all Australians to take recycling action at their home, school or workplace. A variety of events will be held to highlight the importance of recycling.
Toilet Challenge winners
28 August, 2012The California Institute of Techology’s (Caltech’s) solar-powered toilet has won the Reinventing the Toilet Challenge issued by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Caltech engineer Michael Hoffmann and his colleagues were awarded $100,000 for their design, which they demonstrated at the Reinvent the Toilet Fair, a two-day event held 14-15 August in Seattle.
Soil pollution monitoring
28 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Otek Australia Pty LtdOTEK Australia has combined two contaminated land assessment technologies for the environmental sector. The combination of Direct Sensing Tools and an EnCore sampler increases the reliability of analytical results and enables contamination data to be processed in real time, making the process faster than previous approaches.
Sydney Opera House lights to be recycled
23 August, 2012The Sydney Opera House Trust has been recognised by the Australian Government for committing to recycle fluorescent lights from its iconic building.
World first in recycled building material
21 August, 2012A University of Canterbury academic has produced a world first recycled plastic and sawdust composite building material.
Tabcorp Park races into recycling
16 August, 2012Tabcorp Park has installed new waste and recycling bins just in time for the famous ‘Blue Chip Farms Breeders Crown’, where more than $1.5 million in prize money will be on offer on ‘Super Sunday’ 19 August 2012.
Portable device detects soil contamination
14 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Ziltek Pty LtdZiltek and CSIRO have announced the commercialisation of a handheld device for the rapid in-field analysis of petroleum contamination in soil.
Cleaning up legacy contamination at steelworks’ site
14 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Enviropacific Services Pty LtdEnviropacific Services’ (EPS) main role during the BHP Remediation works was the practical implementation of the Material Management Plan (MMP) (Maunsell, 1999). This involved the classification and management of contaminated material identified in preliminary investigations and encountered during earthworks.
Seeing waste as a resource
10 August, 2012A study by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has demonstrated that the re-use of disused resources has the potential to create a new industry sector providing jobs for Australia’s most disadvantaged jobseekers. Australia’s Community Recycling Enterprises (CREs) divert 152,000 tonnes of waste each year, employ 1500 people and contribute over $56 million to the regional economy.
