A $5 million asphalt plant has been opened in Teralba, Lake Macquarie, to allow plastic bags, recycled glass and printer toner to be used in the construction of new roads in the area.
SA council creates circular economy with reuse marketplace
The City of Mount Gambier council has taken the reuse market into its own hands by creating a second-hand shop, which has resulted in 60 tonnes of waste being diverted from landfill since it opened in October 2018.
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Opinion: Refillable drinks containers are a viable solution to waste minimisation
This story is contributed by Robert Kelman, the director of Reloop – an organisation that brings together industry, government, and non-governmental organisations to form a network for advances in policy that create enabling system conditions for circularity across the European economy.
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Post-consumer recycled plastics manufactured into bodysurfing hand-plane
Australian entrepreneur Rikki Gilbey, founder of ethical bodysurfing brand WAW Handplanes, is turning the tide on plastic waste with the …
Researchers find way to recycle plastic bags into battery anodes
Researchers from Mexico’s Purdue University, the Technological University of Queretaro, and the Engineering and Industrial Development Centre have found a way to convert post-consumer LDPE and HDPE into energy-storing carbon that can be used in batteries.
New efforts to boost a circular economy are underway at the CEIN
The size and complexity of the waste challenge facing society dominated discussions at the first stakeholders’ meeting of the newly announced Circular Economy Innovation Network (CEIN), according to the University of NSW newsroom.
Circular economy thrives on networking
Most of the solutions required to implement a circular economy across Australia already exist, they’re just locked up in research institutions. This was one of the encouraging messages from a NSW government-funded initiative, which got under way at the beginning of April in Sydney.
Apple to launch Material Recovery Lab
Apple is set to open a new research and development lab focused on closed-loop solutions later this year, after diverting more than 48,000 metric tonnes of electronic waste from landfill during 2018.
E-plastics potential to become feedstock for concrete
Researchers overseas say high-impact polystyrene from scrap electronics can be used as a replacement for sand in self-compacting concrete.
Jaguar Land Rover expands its closed-loop strategy
Jaguar Land Rover is investing in a closed-loop strategy for its vehicles in a bid to maximise the use of …