Sustainability

Engineers from UNSW Sydney have successfully converted a diesel engine to run as a hydrogen-diesel hybrid engine – reducing CO2 emissions by more than 85 per cent in the process.

Australia’s property sector is expected to take on a bigger role in the country’s transition to net zero emissions with the rise of alternative building materials that offer immediate and long-term environmental benefits. 

A new wave of innovation is transforming the Australian manufacturing sector, with sustainability at its core. ROBOVOID, in collaboration with Swinburne University, GT Recycling, and Sustainability Victoria, has developed a groundbreaking bed base made entirely from recycled plastic. 

Alpha HPA Limited has announced the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CleanCo Queensland Limited (‘CleanCo’) with the aim of working...

A team of researchers led by RMIT University is paving the road across 10 Victorian sites with asphalt incorporated with recycled plastic from consumer and industrial waste. 

Australian supermarket giant Coles has joined the country’s official government-backed battery recycling scheme B-cycle, adding nearly 850 battery recycling drop-off points across the country. 

Global sustainable packaging leader BioPak has launched its innovative home-compostable cups made from polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA).

Victoria is now home to Visy’s newly upgraded glass recycling facility in Laverton, which will process up to 200,000 tonnes of glass each year, including bottles and glass recycled from the Container Deposit Scheme (CDS). 

Australian startup The Boxed Beverage Company has teamed up with food and beverage packaging giant Tetra Pak for the launch of Waterbox, a sustainably-packaged alkaline water sourced from Cottonwood Springs in Victoria. 

Mazda Australia and Infinitev have joined forces to pioneer a circular economy for EV batteries with a focus on delivering cutting-edge battery lifecycle management services that emphasise reuse, repurpose, and recycling solutions.