Sustainability

Boral has introduced what it claims as Australia’s first crumbed rubber asphalt bitumen derived from Off the Road (OTR) tyres, typically used in heavy-duty industrial vehicles. 

A new wave of innovation is transforming the Australian manufacturing sector, with sustainability at its core. ROBOVOID, in collaboration with Swinburne University, GT Recycling, and Sustainability Victoria, has developed a groundbreaking bed base made entirely from recycled plastic. 

A new report by Deloitte and WWF-Australia identifies green iron production as Australia’s best economic opportunity in the transition to decarbonised steelmaking.

Leading Australian retailers and manufacturers recently participated in the FSC Forest Walk at HVP Plantations in Victoria, an event designed to provide an in-depth understanding of FSC-certified forestry practices. 

Simply Cups has reached a major milestone by collecting and recycling 50 million paper cups across Australia and New Zealand, preventing them from ending up in landfills. 

Boral has begun trialling the use of crushed glass from end-of-life and damaged solar panels as a sustainable alternative to natural sand in concrete production. 

CSIRO has rolled out Isotopes.au, a new national resource that consolidates isotopic data to verify the provenance and sustainability claims of Australian food products. 

The NSW Return and Earn scheme has reached a major milestone, surpassing 13 billion drink containers returned through its network since the program’s inception. 

The Victorian Government has expanded its Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) with the introduction of a large Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) at Federation Square’s Russell Street Extension, making it easier for residents, workers, and visitors in Melbourne’s CBD to recycle bottles and containers.

Visy, Australia's largest integrated recycler and remanufacturer, has teamed up with seafood producer Tassal to introduce locally-made cardboard boxes for prawns, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging, which is hard to recycle and harmful to the environment.