Entries are now open for the 2024 Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) annual awards.
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Skala offers hands-on experience for clients
Craig Cosgrove and Simon Toal founded Skala Environmental, a dedicated business unit of Skala Australasia, in October 2023 in order to provide a tailored and personalised approach to equipment and systems sales within the resource recovery industry.
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Northern Territory reducing waste to landfill
Over the last 15 years the Northern Territory (NT) has reduced its waste to landfill from 460kt/yr to 370 kt/yr (Fig 1.) So the trend is at least in the right direction. This is not true for most other states.
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EarthPower comes back online
Veolia will bring NSW’s only industrial scale biodigester plant dedicated to leftover food organics back online in April 2024, with an enhanced processing capacity of more than 50,000 tonnes per year. The EarthPower plant has just undergone a refit to supercharge the technology for energy recovery and the circular economy.
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Making the most of waste heat using heat exchangers
Many industrial processes require energy, but only a portion of that energy input is used for each operation such as pasteurisation or evaporation. Unused energy is wasted, often passing to the environment as hot gas or liquid. However, by using heat exchangers, it is possible to recapture most of this untapped energy through waste heat regeneration.
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Komatsu Forest releases new PC270LL and PC300LL log loader
Komatsu Forest has long thought the value of hydraulic excavators for forest/timber applications had not met its true potential. Especially the Komatsu excavators with their compensated load sense hydraulic systems, which are suitable for many different forest applications. This led to a close association with New Zealand companies EMS and Active Engineering with them suppling guarding packages, certified Forest Cabs, as well as high/wide undercarriages and modified booms to suit various timber/loading applications.
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Izusu’s offers helping hand for those processing C&D waste
Australia has its challenges when it comes to collecting and processing the waste that is generated through its construction sector. Isuzu is one company that makes sure the transition from building site to processing facility is as smooth as possible due to its range of trucks designed for such tasks.
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State-of-the-art waste equipment
Eriez, a provider of magnetic separation equipment, offers a range of solutions tailored to meet tough challenges in the recycling industry. Innovative products from Eriez include eddy current separators and suspended magnets, available in both permanent and electromagnetic designs. These units improve operational efficiency, ensure product purity, and offer maximum product recovery.
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Why plastic piping is great for recycling
Plastic piping has transformed the way we live, delivering essential services and utilities to our homes and communities. With the increased focus on reducing our environmental footprint and transitioning from a lineal to a circular economy, plastic pipes have many advantages over alternative materials and are becoming preferred material of choice to replace and upgrade pipes throughout the world.
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MAC112 XL baler perfect for majority of waste streams
The MAC112 XL is a baler that has been designed to treat various types of sorted municipal solid waste, C&D waste, refused derived fuel (RDF), unsorted municipal solid waste, and organic material.
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