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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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Cleanaway $7.4 million organics processing facility opens
Cleanaway’s new organics processing facility near Mildura will soon turn the region’s garden waste and food scraps into compost for local farms.
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Business fined $730k over illegal waste dump
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has successfully prosecuted a company and two individuals in the Land and Environment Court, fining them more than $730,000 in total for the unlawful disposal of waste and supply of false or misleading information about that waste.
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New way of dying clothes means less wastewater
Deakin University has signed a partnership agreement with Geelong-based company Xefco as part of its Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH) to conduct new research into how dying clothes without using water can be achieved.
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How Pacific Island nations are taking the lead in waste reduction
Pacific Island nations are dealing with waste seriously and there are lessons for Australia. We often think of the Pacific Islands as being the first casualties of climate change and sea level rise. And they are. But they are not taking it lying down.
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Aerofloat to build wastewater treatment plant at Gibson Island
Wastewater treatment specialists Aerofloat has been awarded the contract for the design and build of a new wastewater treatment plant at Incitec Pivot Limited’s (IPL) facilities at Gibson Island in Brisbane. The project required a comprehensive treatment plant to meet IPL’s strict environmental requirements.
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