Climate tech developer UBQ Materials has won an innovation award for the first ever waste-based 3D filament.
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$1.8B SEQ City Deal provides project boost for QLD councils
Three South East Queensland (SEQ) Councils have joined forces to deliver a regional recycling facility that could start construction next year and divert tonnes of waste from landfill.
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$771 million package for QLD flood victims
Queensland’s largest ever extraordinary disaster assistance package will fast-track remaining clean-up efforts and help flood victims whose homes have been ravaged during the 2021-22 flooding season.
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Exceeding requirements
Toowoomba Regional Council services one of Queensland’s largest geographical regions. A Caterpillar MH3022 Material Handler is helping ensure an efficient operation.
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RMF funding “one part of the solution”
The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) has welcomed the Federal Government’s commitment to invest more in recycling infrastructure but says a more holistic approach is needed from government and the plastics industry.
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Big brands back plastics recycling push
The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), ALDI, Coles, Woolworths, The Arnott’s Group and Unilever welcome a $60m funding boost to the Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF).
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Switched on to renewable energy
ResourceCo is planning a multi-project expansion to harness the energy of construction and demolition waste across Australia.
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Bread bags used in concrete in Queensland first
More than 800,000 soft plastic bread bags from thousands of Queensland households have been recycled into a new recycled aggregate replacement, with Mackay Regional Council pouring the state’s first batch of ‘Polyrok’ concrete last week.
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RMF boost welcomed
Industry leaders have welcomed Federal Government plans to invest in advanced recycling technology through a new $60 million stream of the Recycling Modernisation Fund.
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Woolworths phases out plastic shopping bags
Woolworths will phase out its 15-cent plastic shopping bags in Western Australia over the next month – the first major supermarket to do so ahead of new state legislation banning a variety of plastic shopping bags from July this year.
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