Tag: recycling
Amcor and Mondelez invest in Licella’s first recycling facility in Australia
Construction is set for one of Australia’s first advanced plastic recycling facilities following an announcement that packaging company Amcor and food company Mondel?z will invest in Licella’s Catalytic Hydrothermal Reactor (Cat-HTR) technology.
ActionLaser enters recycling technology market with AMGC-backed MeltFilter project
Laser technology manufacturer ActionLaser is entering the global market for plastic recycling machinery thanks to a collaborative project backed by the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) and the federal government.
Aussie startup partners with Tetra Pak to launch new sustainably packaged water
Australian startup The Boxed Beverage Company has teamed up with food and beverage packaging giant Tetra Pak for the launch of Waterbox, a sustainably-packaged alkaline water sourced from Cottonwood Springs in Victoria.
University of Adelaide’s new battery recycling centre receives ARC funding
A University of Adelaide researcher has secured $5 million in funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation to develop a Training Centre for Battery Recycling.
UNSW SMaRT Centre partners with Jamestrong to bolster aluminium manufacturing in Australia
Jamestrong, a regional manufacturer of metal cans for prominent Australian and worldwide brands, and the UNSW SMaRT Centre have collaborated to develop an initiative that will improve aluminium manufacturing and recycling in Australia.
Tasmanian businesses urged to apply for plastics recycling grants
The Tasmanian government is urging local businesses to apply for the Federal Government’s $60 million Recycling Modernisation Fund Plastics Technology Stream.
UNSW Sydney researchers develop solar panel recycling method that can recover valuable silver
Engineers at UNSW Sydney have created a new, more efficient method of recycling solar panels that can efficiently recover silver, the university said in a news release.
$60 million in grants available for plastics recycling initiatives in NSW
The Federal Government is launching a new $60 million fund under the Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF) Plastics Technology to improve existing recycling infrastructure and discover innovative techniques for processing hard-to-recycle plastics.
New recycling projects in Queensland to receive funding boost
The Australian and Queensland Governments are investing over $13.3 million in new recycling initiatives to divert 68,000 tonnes of waste from the state’s landfill.
Manufacturers urged to apply for free Innovate to Grow: Ending Plastic Waste program
Australia’s national science agency CSIRO is opening a new round of its free, ten-week Innovate to Grow program, this time for SMEs, including manufacturers, focusing on plastic waste issues.