Tag: recycling
Terracycle: Australia has already joined the Cigarette Waste Brigade
Last week we wrote a story about the New Jersey-based recycling company TerraCycle Inc, which developed a program in 2012 to recycle discarded cigarette butts by...
Australian inventor develops reusable plastic water bottle
Gretha Oost, founder of Half A Teaspoon Pty. Ltd., a company based in Melbourne, has invented a revolutionary reusable plastic water bottle with a...
Australian Paper CEO resigns
Australian Paper's Chief Executive Officer Jim Henneberry has resigned from his position after eight years in the company.
"Jim made the difficult decision to leave...
Alternate manufacturing processes demonstrated with hybrid recycled bike “FAB Velo”
Design lecturer Mark Richardson assembled the DIY “FAB Velo” from recycled waste in order to demonstrate that building open products from waste materials is...
Amcor announces sponsorship of America Recycles Day 2013
Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world’s leading manufacturer of plastic packaging, has announced its participation as a national sponsor of America Recycles Day 2013, which...
Recycled plastic bags have potential to deliver cancer treatments
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have come up with a way to recycle non-biodegradable plastic bags into a material that has very tiny...
Visy says new waste-to-energy plant is still a go, with or without government funding
Recycled products manufacturer Visy Group is likely to go ahead with its groundbreaking $300 million project that will turn household garbage into energy despite...
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Building resilience as manufacturing requirements become more complex
The industrial machinery and heavy equipment manufacturing sector is critical not only for its direct outputs, machines, and equipment that pave the way for construction, agriculture and manufacturing but also for its crucial role in economic development and innovation.
