Experts engaged to give advice on Victoria’s circular economy (CE) plan warn that without industry input, the strategy’s success could be jeopardised. RMIT professors Scott Valentine and Usha Iyer-Raniga, who have given input to the government in feedback workshops, highlighted that the strategy should not just go towards grappling with Victoria’s waste and recycling crisis, … Continue reading Circular economy needs industry input: experts →

A solar-powered microgrid will provide electrical energy for industry at the Peel Business Park in Nambeelup, Western Australia. Built by a consortium led by Enwave Australia, the project will be Australia’s first ever industrial renewable energy microgrid. The solar farm will be supported by a battery to provide constant power to the 120 hectare lot. … Continue reading WA industrial park powered by solar microgrid →

The potential to manufacture high-value products from sugarcane and cotton by-products is one step closer to realisation with an injection of funding from the Australian federal government into a project by Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Professor Ian O’Hara, of the Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, will lead Phase 2 of the project, which … Continue reading Sugarcane and cotton waste turned into fuels, plastics, feed →

The University of Wollongong’s (UOW) 3D bioprinting techniques have been picked up by an integrated medical devices manufacturing zone in India. Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone (AMTZ) will be the first zone which includes scientific, manufacturing, and commercial facilities which will support medical device manufacturers and innovators. The zone is located in Visakhapatnam in the state … Continue reading UOW bioprinting to be utilised at Indian manufacturing zone →

Recognising that safety is more than ticking boxes or checking things off a list, this year’s Safety Advocacy Award went to an individual who is shifting sector-wide approaches to safety. Growing up, Kristen Sandford was inculcated with an understanding of safety. Observing her father, who worked in safety management, a lifelong passion for safety began … Continue reading Creating a culture of safety →