Emergency spill kits
22 August, 2007 | Supplied by: Brady Australia Pty LtdXtremeSorb Spill Control products are designed to help contain and quickly clean up most industrial liquid spills, leaks and drips. The products are claimed to absorb up to 40% more than other similar products in the market.
Briqetting waste at source
25 July, 2007 | Supplied by: Orwak Solutions Pty LtdSRS of Sommerville, Victoria is repacking meat under a supply contract to Coles stores and wanted to implement an efficient method of disposing of its recyclable waste, which is a steady flow of cardboard boxes
GasBadge Pro gas monitor
25 July, 2007 | Supplied by: Industrial Scientific CorporationIndustrial Scientific Corporation has enhanced its full-featured, dockable GasBadge Pro single gas monitor by introducing an electrochemical hydrogen sensor option.
Filter media for dust collectors
25 July, 2007 | Supplied by: Donaldson Australasia Pty LtdUltra-Web nanofibre cartridge filters capture sub-micron particles achieving 40% lower emissions and are claimed to last twice as long as traditional commodity filters. The web-like layer of nanofibres encourages dust particles to rapidly accumulate on the filter surface building a thin, permeable dust-stopping filter cake.
Name change sweeps in a new era
16 July, 2007The MacDonald Johnston Engineering Company, with a 55-year history in supplying street sweeping and refuse collection equipment, is now known as MacDonald Johnston.
Automatic spill barrier system
22 June, 2007 | Supplied by: Blobel Environmental EngineeringThe BL/BED-PM fully automatic doorway spill barrier system is designed to contain spills, contaminated firefighting water, fire suppressant foam and sprinkler water.
Hydraulics drive a new benchmark for waste management
11 May, 2007 | Supplied by: Hagglunds Drives Pty LtdIn 1998 the seven local Perth councils comprising the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council (SMRC) sent 87% of all domestic waste to landfill
Turning elephant dung into paper
07 May, 2007A Sri-Lankan company that turns elephant dung into eco-friendly paper won a global competition for projects that benefit local communities and the environment
Reducing the odour of biosolids
23 February, 2007The cost of biosolid treatment and hauling is a major expenditure for wastewater treatment utilities. Pathogens and odour problems may restrict the biosolid disposal options and affect hauling costs
Electric cable recycling
29 January, 2007 | Supplied by: ITs GreenGuidetti Srl has developed a range of compact electric cable recycling units. Each of the Sincro units accepts copper cored electric cable and after processing and sorting they provide PVC and the copper granules. The cable pieces are fed into the hopper and there is no need for further labour input.
Solution for hazardous solid wastes
29 January, 2007 | Supplied by: ITs GreenEvashred Shredders has an updated range of mobile shredders and accessories to improve the automation during hazardous waste collection. At the centre of its technology is its EV60C Shredder. A range of accessories to automate pick-up and handling for the operator/driver is also available.
Intelligent robots help minimise waste
20 December, 2006UniSA's Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Research (CAMR), in collaboration with industry partner Dematec, has developed a novel automated manufacturing process by introducing the zero waste management principle
Recycling: the key to sustainability
20 December, 2006 by Wendy Cramer, JournalistAlthough Australian businesses are still not required by law to have a sustainability program in place, an increasing number of companies are successfully manufacturing new and useful products out of recycled content
Turning tyres into diesel fuel
20 October, 2006Used tyres can be turned into black gold or more precisely into a quality diesel fuel with a new tyre recycling technology, according to AAA Recycling
Microbial air monitoring
20 October, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.aiscientific.com/The AES Chemunex Sampl'Air enables microbial monitoring of the air through impacting microorganisms onto a standard Petri dish. The high reliability of the sampling is guaranteed by an impacting speed monitoring system.
