Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, has analysed wastewater samples from long haul flights of returning Aussies which prove signals of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can be detected even before passengers show symptoms.
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Fuel tax credits: how much money can you get back?
Whether your contracts are for the inner city, suburbia or regional Australia, keeping a fleet of garbage trucks on the go is a costly exercise. And being a vehicle that takes its toll on the road, these trucks pay their fair share of road tax via the excise on fuel. Yet, these vehicles spend plenty of time off-road – at landfills and MRFs – offloading the contents of their bins.
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Show us the money says industry over levies
In June, the NSW government released its long-awaited waste strategy, NSW Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy 2041. The reaction of …
Shocking introduction leads to great career choice
AS with a lot of people, having a career in the waste industry wasn’t originally in Maya Deacock’s plans when setting out her career path. Graduating with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree from the University of New South Wales, Deacock said that even though as a kid she had an ecological bent, the waste industry wasn’t really on her radar.
Big W hits back at Boomerang Alliance accusation
In what environmental watchdog group the Boomerang Alliance has called a “shocking exercise of corporate irresponsibility”, BIG W has continued to sell what the Alliance alleges are banned single-use plastics in Queensland. Boomerang has accused the giant retailer of green-washing “previous one-off items as ‘’reusable’’, when the clear intent of the law is to remove them from supermarket shelves – to be replaced with genuinely reusable items,” said Boomerang Alliance campaign manager Tony Hutcheon.
Nanomaterials – smarter way to deal with plastics
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Researchers have developed a clean and cost-effective way to upcycle used plastic, transforming it into nanomaterials and high-quality fuel.
Veolia’s Kirkman: “more recycling” needed to prevent climate change
Veolia has set out a road map to ecological transformation and says it fully endorses the NSW Government’s announcement to halve carbon emissions by 2030, calling the move necessary, progressive and achievable, if the right policy drivers and system changes are put in place to underpin the ambition, according to CEO Richard Kirkman.
Woolies-backed start-up’s plastic-eating enzymes debut
Australian enviro-tech startup Samsara has developed a new way to infinitely recycle plastic to help end plastic pollution. The technology uses plastic-eating enzymes to break plastic down to its core building blocks, which can then be used to recreate brand new plastic, again and again.
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B-cycle to reduce batteries ending up in landfill
The Battery Stewardship Council (BSC), Australia’s official battery product stewardship scheme, has unveiled its plans for a radical increase in participation, alongside a new look public program called B-cycle (Scheme). Read more
LEAP and AIM funding now open
Green Industries SA is helping SA business and industry to leap into sustainability and take aim at resource recovery.