Industry partners to build new PET recycling facility

Sustainability Matters

August 17, 2021

Pact Group, Cleanaway, Asahi Beverages and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) plan to form a joint venture that will build and operate a new PET recycling facility. Signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU), the parties intend to come together to provide an industry model for recycling solutions in Australia. This will include the new facility as well as the PET recycling facility currently being

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The other greenhouse gas: UN report sets the record straight on methane

Grist News

August 13, 2021

Every part of the problem needs fixing.

Five Waste Management Tips provided by Recycling Alternative

Recycling Alternative

August 9, 2021

It can be tough to navigate the complications of material and local solutions, and everyone can use a little help. That's why it's important to reach out to recycling materials experts for a few tips. Co-written by Recycling Alternative co-founder Louise Schwarz, co-founder Robert Weatherbe

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Why the odour management space needs innovation

Sustainability Matters

August 5, 2021

Investigating potential emissions sources while trying to limit odour impact can be stressful — especially if you are limited to conventional methods and lack situational awareness. Innovations in the industrial odour management space, such as the application of environmental intelligence (EI) have made it easier to plan for odour emissions at waste management operations and wastewater

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Sustainable solution to soil decontamination

Sustainability Matters

August 2, 2021

An industrial zone in the outer south-east Melbourne suburb of Dandenong is home to a permanently located integrated waste treatment and resource recovery facility. The 11,000-square-metre facility, which opened and started accepting soil in 2015, has a focus on sustainability — rather than simply sending contaminated soil to landfill, Renex Group has created an opportunity to recover and re-use the

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Can you recycle a hard drive? Google is quietly trying to find out

Grist News

August 2, 2021

Rare earth magnet recycling is about so much more than sustainable data centers.

Building a circular economy for plastic

Sustainability Matters

July 29, 2021

Imagine buying a drink from a shop, putting the empty bottle into your recycling bin, and the next time you buy a drink, the bottle you purchase is manufactured with plastic recycled from the first. It is possible in a circular economy, where waste is minimised and resources are re-used and recycled. Closing the waste ‘loop’ for plastic starts with building the four pillars of a circular

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Building a circular economy for plastic

Sustainability Matters

July 29, 2021

Imagine buying a drink from a shop, putting the empty bottle into your recycling bin, and the next time you buy a drink, the bottle you purchase is manufactured with plastic recycled from the first. It is possible in a circular economy, where waste is minimised and resources are re-used and recycled. Closing the waste ‘loop’ for plastic starts with building the four pillars of a circular

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Recycling robot being developed to sort out soft plastics

Sustainability Matters

July 26, 2021

Soft plastics lack adequate recycling methods as they can easily entangle in waste separation machinery, leading to mechanical failure and contamination of other recyclable materials such as paper. Because of this problem, current recycling methods rely on the manual sorting of soft plastics, an often repetitive and unsafe task. Working alongside industry partners as part of a federal government

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Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity

GreenBiz Group

July 12, 2021

The plastic waste problem gets plenty of attention, and for good reason: If we continue mismanaging this material as usual, there could be 7.7 gigatons of the stuff cluttering landfills, waterways and oceans, or being incinerated by 2040. Just as stunning: Plastic isn't the fastest growing waste stream the world needs to deal with.  According to research released over the past 18 months by the

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