University of Adelaide’s new battery recycling centre receives ARC funding
A University of Adelaide researcher has secured $5 million in funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation to develop a Training Centre for Battery Recycling.
Victorian Government announces 2.1m in grants for projects developing new uses for recycled materials
The Victorian Government is providing than $2.1 million in grants for projects that develop new uses of new ways to use recycled materials in...
Aussie manufacturers embrace sustainable practices with new policy
The Australian Government has unveiled its inaugural national Environmentally Sustainable Procurement Policy to stimulate robust demand for recycled goods, curtail waste generation, and propel the nation's manufacturing sector towards a circular economy model.
Amcor partners with 35 Consumer Goods Companies to significantly reduce plastic waste
Amcor, in partnership with thirty-five leading companies in the consumer goods industry, has announced measures to significantly reduce plastic waste.
Amcor and its partners...
Construction begins in the first Queensland Renewable Energy Zone
Construction has commenced in the first Queensland Renewable Energy Zone (QREZ), connecting Neoen’s $373 Kaban Green Power Hub to the electricity grid and creating...
Nanollose joins forces with Grasim to develop high-tenacity fibre tech
Bio-materials company Nanollose Limited (ASX:NC6) filed a joint patent application with cellulosic fibre producer Grasim Industries Limited to develop a high tenacity lyocell fibre...
Visy unveils sustainable beverage can with 83% recycled content
Visy has announced the production of a new sustainable beverage can with an average of 83 per cent recycled content.
Amcor opens cutting-edge packaging facility in Singapore
Packaging giant Amcor has announced the opening of its dedicated healthcare packaging facility in Tuas, Singapore, as demand for healthcare packaging is rapidly increasing...
Edith Cowan University encourages PVC recycling with world-first technique
Edith Cowan University (ECU) has collaborated with Bunbury scrap metal merchants Connop Metal to address the difficulty in recycling by developing what it claims as a world-first method for analysing the chemical compositions of PVC, making it recyclable in Australia.
Victoria boosts battery recycling with $3.5M investment
Minister for Environment Steve Dimopoulos has unveiled two projects that have been allocated a total of $3.5 million to establish lithium-ion processing and recycling facilities.
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