Professional Services Archives

Circular Economy, Features, sorting, Technology, textiles

Textile waste turned into purification carbon

Researchers at the UNSW Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) Centre have published new findings demonstrating how textile waste and other hard-to-recycle materials can be transformed into activated carbon for essential purification applications. Read More

mike.wheelerJanuary 27, 2026, 9:16 amJanuary 27, 2026

Council, Latest News, NSW EPA, wastewater, wastewater treatment

$60K penalty to Forestry Corp NSW for Mogo State Forest water pollution

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has handed down two penalty notices totalling $60,000 against Forestry Corp NSW following ongoing concerns regarding water pollution within Mogo State Forest area. Read More

mike.wheelerJanuary 27, 2026, 9:06 amJanuary 27, 2026

Batteries, Hazardous waste, landfilling, News

Invitation for disaster: public deposition on landfills

Public deposition of self-hauled waste to a landfill is the oldest form of coordinated waste deposition. For more than a century, the risks associated with having the public on landfills has been regarded as an OH&S operational issue to be avoided. Read More

mike.wheelerDecember 5, 2025, 8:26 amDecember 10, 2025

Council, Features, Online Subscription, wastewater treatment

Central Coast Council fined for sewage discharge event

Central Coast Council has been fined $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) after it allegedly discharged over 140,000 litres of sewage from its North Sewage Treatment Scheme into
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mike.wheelerOctober 2, 2025, 8:54 amOctober 2, 2025

Features, Online Subscription, Plastics, wastewater treatment

Washing plastics in dishwasher pollutes environment

Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, University of Queensland researchers have found.
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mike.wheelerMay 22, 2025, 9:53 amMay 22, 2025

collection, Features, Hazardous waste, Tyre waste

Warning by SA EPA over cold callers offering tyre disposal services

The SA EPA has called for commercial businesses to be aware of persons cold calling and offering to provide waste tyre transport services, for a reduced fee. Read More

mike.wheelerJanuary 23, 2025, 8:02 amJanuary 23, 2025

Features, Microplastics, Online Subscription, Plastic, Queensland, separating, sorting

New soft plastics stewardship scheme set for trials

A soft plastics recycling trial based in Queensland is set to test different ways people can return soft plastics to be reprocessed. The trials are being undertaken a newly created independent not-for-profit
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mike.wheelerOctober 1, 2024, 7:33 amOctober 1, 2024

Latest News, Treatment, Wastewater, wastewater treatment

New catalyst brings hope for wastewater treatment

Scientists have developed an effective catalyst with a remarkable ability to enhance the efficiency of ammonia conversion. Published in Advanced Energy Materials, the study reveals the catalyst’s potential to significantly advance wastewater treatment, green nitrite and nitrate, as well as hydrogen production. Read More

mike.wheelerAugust 12, 2024, 2:58 pmAugust 12, 2024

Circular Economy, Energy from waste, Latest News, Online Subscription, processing, RDF - refuse derived fuel, Renewable energy, South Australia, South Australia

Veolia, ResourceCo partnership delivers emissions reduction for SA economy

Veolia, ResourceCo partnership has signed a new contract with Adbri Cement to transport refuse derived fuel (RDF) it manufactures for use in cement kilns at its Birkenhead plant. RDF is a lower overall
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Lisa KoryckiMay 20, 2024, 10:24 amMay 20, 2024

collection, Equipment, Opinion, Perth, Product Stewardship, Professional Services, Tyres

Tyre recycling plant to be online soon

Melbourne-based Tyrecycle will be commissioning its new tyre recycling plant in East Rockingham, Perth, in March 2024. It had a successful cold commission at the end of 2023 and the company’s CEO Jim Fairweather couldn’t be happier with the $15 million plant. Read More

mike.wheelerMarch 7, 2024, 10:21 amMarch 7, 2024