Tag: circular economy
New recycling tech to turn 6.5 million pieces of soft plastic into concrete
The project will be the largest-ever commercial application of the new Polyrock concrete technology.
Coles, in partnership with RMIT University, recycling organisation RED Group and...
Banksia Sustainability Award finalists shine light on waste
Media Release
Reducing waste, repurposing goods and closing loops have emerged as themes among the 33 finalists in Australia’s longest running and most prestigious sustainability...
CSIRO suggests ‘circular economy’ to boost job creation, manufacturing self-sufficiency
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) released today a roadmap detailing a waste management pathway that could boost job creation, reduce the...
A Pathway to a Circular Economy
This article is by Gary Katzeff, GM, ERP, Australia & New Zealand,
Sage Software Australia
As the world focuses its attention on the pandemic, it is...
ASPIRE ramps up operations to tackle Australia’s growing waste crisis
ASPIRE (Advisory System for Processing, Innovation & Resource Exchange) is ramping up its operations across Australia to tackle the country's growing waste crisis.
ASPIRE, which...
CEIN begins mission to reduce and re-use waste in Australia
The newly announced Circular Economy Innovation Network (CEIN) held its inaugural meeting at UNSW on Monday where stakeholders discussed the size and complexity of...
Footpath made with recycled plastic and glass paves way for circular economy
A two-hundred-metre long concrete footpath made with 199,000 recycled glass and plastic bottles has recently been laid in Hoppers Crossing, Melbourne, as part of...
Aussie made sustainable asphalt paves the way towards circular economy
A resurfacing project in Victoria’s City of Yarra is using a new sustainable asphalt product that is helping the state make another step towards...
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From cost exposure to cost control: Using energy flexibility to protect margins
Electricity price volatility is reshaping the cost base of Australian manufacturing, challenging long-held assumptions that energy can be treated as a stable operational input.
