E-waste pioneer Sahajwalla Australia Day Ambassador

One of the world’s most recognised and innovative materials scientists and an engineer and inventor has been announced as this year’s City of Parramatta Australia Day Ambassador. NSW Australian of the Year and UNSW Scientia for 2022  Professor Veena Sahajwalla, is a highly awarded researcher at the forefront of recycling science, who launched the world’s first e-waste microfactory. Read More

The evolution of battery stewardship

“After we launched B-cycle in 2021, we thought, ‘finally, we can catch our breath’, but it was quite the opposite.” Libby Chaplin means this in a good way. The CEO of the Battery Stewardship Council has had a busy year, almost doubling the collection rate to 2400 tonnes of batteries and quadrupling the number of B-cycle Drop off points to 4,195. Read More

Positive Charge Report shows support driving growth of battery recycling scheme

In just 18 months, B-cycle, Australia’s official government-backed battery recycling scheme, has increased battery recycling among all Australians by over 30 percent and quadrupled the amount of public drop-off points. These results have been captured in the release of B-cycle’s annual Positive Charge Report, underlining the increased progress and success of the scheme in the last year. Read More