Making it easy to Do the Right Thing in Queensland
17 September, 2009
A new recycling initiative will significantly reduce waste to landfill by enabling shoppers to recycle.
Conveyor
14 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Compressed Air Australia Pty Ltd
Exair’s Heavy Duty Threaded Line Vac Conveyors convert ordinary pipe into a powerful conveying system for bulk materials including steel shot, metal parts, scrap and trim. Designed for rugged, industrial applications, it has a hardened alloy construction that helps prevent premature wear. The device features large throat diameters that make it possible to convey more material over long vertical and horizontal lengths. The conveying rate is claimed to be typically twice that of ordinary air powered conveyors.
Organic residue treatment
11 September, 2009 | Supplied by: CST Wastewater Solutions
A treatment system for organic residues has been launched by CST Wastewater Solutions, promising to convert almost any organic residue or energy crop into biogas, valuable electricity or heat.
Personal environmental monitors
11 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Particle & Surface Sciences Pty Ltd
The Model 200 Personal Environmental Monitor is a lightweight personal sampler for collecting airborne particles in the PM2.5 and PM10 size ranges. PM2.5 and PM10 particles are airborne particles less than 2.5 and 10 µm, respectively. They are frequently used to provide a measure of airborne particle concentration for studying potential health effects of airborne particles in the indoor or outdoor environment.
Organic solution helps council
11 September, 2009 | Supplied by: WSN Environmental Solutions
Camden Soil Mix (CSM) has joined with Liverpool City Council to help close the loop on recycling using an organic enriched top-dressing mix to repair sporting fields suffering wear and tear from the winter football codes.
Waste trucks meeting 2011 emission standards
11 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Volvo Group Australia Pty Ltd
The Volvo FE waste truck is powered by a new Euro 5-compliant, 7-litre, 6-cylinder diesel engine, which generates 300 hp. The engine is turbocharged and the wide torque range and quick response to accelerator ensures good driveability.
Shredders used at insulation manufacturing facility
11 September, 2009 | Supplied by: AXO Shredders Ltd
Origin Insulation has chosen AXO Shredders to pre-shred waste paper and card at its cellulose insulation manufacturing facility in Melbourne.
Desalination plant cleans up
11 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Worth Recycling Pty Ltd
The construction of Sydney’s Desalination Plant has been a logistically complex undertaking for project manager the Water Delivery Alliance (WDA) in the management of waste. Being an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) approved company for the management and permanent disposal of waste streams such as on this project, Worth Recycling was appointed to work on two main sites of the project.
Landmark agreement sheds light on future of e-waste recycling
31 August, 2009
Television and computer manufacturers that import products to Australia may soon have to join a national electronic waste (e-waste) recycling scheme, if the federal government decides to implement a new recycling model backed by environment and industry groups.
Nitrous oxide - the big baddie of greenhouse gases
31 August, 2009
Nitrous oxide, which comes from natural and man-made sources, is the most damaging of greenhouse gases according to scientists who have been modelling the impact of the gas on the ozone layer and on the climate.
Golf course opens on old landfill site
19 August, 2009
The NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Carmel Tebbutt, along with the Member for Menai, Alison Megarrity, have officially opened The Ridge Golf Course on the site of the old Lucas Heights landfill.
Volvo waste trucks - meeting 2011 emissions standards
14 August, 2009
Driving a garbage truck was not one of those items on my 'must do before you die' list, but I have now managed to tick it off anyway thanks to the Waste Management Masterclass 2009 organised by Volvo this month.
Steinert sensor sorting system
28 July, 2009 | Supplied by: STEINERT Australia Pty Ltd
The X-ray Sorting System (XSS) allows new possibilities for automated sorting of mixed material. Capable of recognising different material densities, the system uses a combination of information processing and X-ray sensing technologies to distinguish materials with similar colours and weights. This functionality allows it to process and sort material for applications such as: minerals processing, waste and recycling, production of refuse derived fuels (RDF), scrap metal processing and e-waste applications.
PET ‘bottle to bottle’ recycling unit
28 July, 2009 | Supplied by: SUEZ
The France Plastiques Recyclage (FPR) - a joint venture for SITA France, a Suez Environment subsidiary, and the Paprec Group - has opened its first PET bottle recycling unit in Limay, France. At the successful completion of the 40-million-euro project, the plant will be able to recycle 40,000 tonnes of bottles per year, which will be directly usable, in granulate form, in the manufacture of new bottles or food product containers.
Aerosol monitor
28 July, 2009 | Supplied by: TechRentals
TechRentals has introduced the TSI AM 510 personal aerosol monitor into its rental fleet. The monitor is suitable for industrial hygiene and safety professionals; it displays and data logs aerosol concentration in real time.
