Tag: recycling

A new can counting machine has been installed in Carnarvon, Western Australia, to boost recycling production as well as economic growth and employment generation in the area.

Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic has announced 24 projects that have been selected to share $50 million in research grants from the Australian government, including a recycling facility for wind turbine blades and a project that seeks to develop revolutionary technology to produce qubits.

Pact Group, Australia’s leading plastic recycler and sustainable packaging manufacturer, has ventured into a partnership with ALDI Australia to provide recycled plastic packaging materials for some of the retail giant’s brand products. 

Boral Limited, a leading construction materials company in Australia, is delivering over 2,000 tonnes of sustainable pavement material to the country's largest crumbed rubber asphalt demonstration project. 

PakTech, a US-based producer of sustainable secondary packaging solutions, is officially bringing its technology and manufacturing capabilities to Australia with a new on-the-ground facility in Victoria. 

The University of Adelaide has launched a plastic pollution recycling program to protect turtles from marine debris found across the Northern Territory’s coastline. 

Solar experts from UNSW Sydney have called for the need for bespoke technology designed to recycle important elements inside solar panels.

The Battery Stewardship Council, in collaboration with the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries and the Motor Trades Association of Australia, is urging the EV sector to act now in order to define the future of this major waste stream.

Packaging and recycling specialist Visy has unveiled a major $48 million upgrade to its recycling and remanufacturing facility on Gibson Island in Brisbane.

Tasmanian manufacturer Expanded Polystyrene Australia (EPSA) has launched a new initiative dubbed “StyroCycle” that allows manufacturers of polystyrene products to dispose of expanded packaging waste that will be recycled and turned into new products like building insulation.