When building its Melbourne facility, the EcoBatt team visited battery recycling sites around the globe, learning from their success, failures and experiences.
Sydney-based startup making recycling the tricky stuff easy
In Sydney, there is a startup who has diverted four million pieces of soft plastic, 65 tonnes of clothes, and a total of 163,000 kilos of waste from landfill, in two years: RecycleSmart.
Australia’s 2025 National Packaging Targets
In 2018 Australia established the ambitious 2025 National Packaging Targets. The Targets create a new sustainable pathway for the way we manage packaging in Australia.
Gaia offers organic waste process optimisation
Organic Waste management solution provider, Gaia EnviroTech has developed a fully functional laboratory facility, that supports the optimisation of organic waste processes and accurate modelling capability based on feedstocks to ensure a right-sized solution for every application.
Water association releases new codes
The WSAA has released two new codes for regional New South Wales, WSA 02: 2014-3.1 Gravity Sewerage Code of Australia (Regional New South Wales Edition) Version 1.0 and WSA 03 2011-3.1 Water Supply Code of Australia (Regional New South Wales Edition) Version 1.0.
Gaia EnviroTech builds modular biodigesters in Regional Victoria
Gaia EnviroTech, the bioenergy and organic waste management division of Gekko Systems, have designed and manufactured Australia’s first modular anaerobic biodigester, with successful installations across regional Victoria and Tasmania. Read more
Stop wasting time and money on conveyor downtime and carryback
Belt conveyor systems need to be able to run without interruption to keep up with the demand and global increase of recycling. This literature discusses solutions for the waste industry to increase their conveyor uptime and how a waste recycling plant was able to reduce mess with just one belt cleaner. Read more
The screening specialists: Davis Earthmoving
Davis Earthmoving & Quarrying is a mobile processing company offering sustainable outcomes for waste management. The company’s focus is to economically and efficiently repurpose materials through the use of its specialised recycling equipment. With over 45 years industry experience and a variety of mobile screening plant on offer, Davis Earthmoving are screening specialists operating state-wide in New South Wales.
How a CDS will impact recycling and waste in Victoria
Cash for cans, otherwise known as a Container Deposit Scheme (CDS), is the collection of drink containers with the purpose to exchange them for a cash refund. Across Australia, all states and territories, other than Victoria and Tasmania, have already adopted some form of CDS. But this is soon to change in Victoria. In 2020, the Victorian government announced that they too would adopt a split responsibility CDS model, to commence in 2023.
A day in the life of a circular economy consultant
People often ask “Is MRA doing any Circular Economy work?”. The answer is “Plenty”. The waste and recycling sector has an enormous role to play in achieving economic circularity. There is so much going on in companies and government, that is both exciting and transformative. And what I am particularly proud of, is that much of the work MRA does, is structural.