A successful coffee cup recycling trial managed by Veolia for the Department of Defence is set to divert up to three million coffee cups from landfill every year.
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Telford Smith, McDonald’s team up for recycling solution
Sustainability has been a long-time commitment for McDonald’s Australia.
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Shoe recycling champions: TreadLightly’s top 5
For Keep Australia Beautiful Week, TreadLightly is celebrating five Australian suburbs that are leading the way with shoe recycling.
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Ecocycle walks the walk for e-waste recycling
Forty years ago, Doug Rowe was involved in changing out car battery cells from tar-topped, lead acid battery cases to give them new life. Fast forward to 2022 and a similar process is being used to revive faulty Electric Vehicle (EV) batteries while using the unwanted EV cells to store energy for reuse.
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$2m joint funding to boost recycling in Victoria
The Federal and Victorian Governments are co-investing $2 million to boost Victoria’s recycling and remanufacturing of plastic, paper, cardboard, and tyres.
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Melbourne home to greenest freeway
Made from more than 150,000 tonnes of recycled asphalt, more than 193,000 tonnes of recycled roadbase and 570,00 tonnes of plastic waste – the new Mordialloc freeway in Melbourne’s south-east is Australia’s greenest freeway.
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Concrete using recycled tyre rubber hits the road to a circular economy
Engineers in Melbourne have discovered a way to replace 100 per cent of conventional aggregates in concrete – such as gravel and crushed rock – with rubber from discarded tyres that meets building codes, promising a boost for the circular economy.
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$13m funding for ACT compost facility
The Labor Government has announced funding to build a new large-scale composting facility in the ACT, as well as supporting the construction of another new recycling facility – delivered in partnership with the ACT Government.
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NWRIC calls for unified action
A lack of cohesion between federal and state environmental regulations is threatening businesses. Rick Ralph, National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) Chief Executive Officer says it’s time for an overhaul.
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100% recycled bins trialled
Hundreds of households in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and City of Charles Sturt are each receiving three new black bins – all made from 100 per cent recycled plastic.
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