Colgate-Palmolive has announced the launch of its new toothpaste – Colgate Smile for Good – in Australia, featuring a recyclable plastic tube and 99.7 per cent natural ingredients.
The tube is the
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Apartment made from waste glass and textiles showcases “green” ceramics
An industry-first apartment made using waste materials has been revealed by the UNSW SMaRT Centre and industry partner Mirvac.
At the unveiling of the revolutionary Pavilions apartment at Sydney Olympic
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Vic government $4.4m grant for innovators to manufacture from reusable waste
The Victorian state government is giving innovators $4.4 million to create everyday products from reusable waste while getting those ideas out of the lab and into the market with a new round of recycling
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Visy acquires glass manufacturer Owens Illinois
Australian recycling giant Visy has entered into an agreement to acquire the Australian and New Zealand glass manufacturing business of Owens Illinois (O-I).
The deal, worth almost $1 billion, is one of
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Plan to create solar panel circular economy
A report from Arup has set out a roadmap for a circular economy in photovoltaic panels.
Acknowledging that PV solar rooftop panels can provide a sustainable energy source for Australian businesses and
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$100 million fund to support uptake of recycled materials
A new fund will support technologies and processes to recycle plastic, paper, glass, and tyres.
The $100 million Australian Recycling Investment Fund has been established by the federal government to support
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Food waste turned into fresh packaging
Food packaging could be made from the by-products of fresh fruit, through research conducted by chemists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
Professors Jayashree Arcot and Martina Stenzel have
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Investment to create circular economy in lithium battery manufacturing
The potential to extract lithium, manufacture products such as batteries, and recycle them at the end of their life, all in Australia, has taken a step forward with Lithium Australia announcing a 73.7
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Organic waste to be used for biogas
Organic waste could be turned into a source of clean energy, based on research conducted by University of Southern Queensland principal scientist, Bernadette McCabe.
McCabe is finding out whether materials
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Recycled tyres are providing a new material stream for innovative manufacturers
With only 10 per cent of the 56 million tyres discarded in Australia annually domestically recycled, this stream of product presents an opportunity for businesses, the environment, and the economy.
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Textiles to be turned into potassium ion batteries
A project to turn textile waste, including manufacturing scraps, unwanted clothing, and cotton gin trash into new products, has been supported by the Queensland University of Technology’s
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Manufacturing and the circular economy
Manufacturers have the potential to play a key part in tackling the waste crisis. Connor Pearce reports.
A term that is gaining broader recognition to describe a new
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Circular economy needs industry input: experts
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,
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Hub to transform battery waste into valuable materials
A new research hub, led by UNSW professor Veena Sahajwalla, will investigate the recycling of battery and consumer wastes to create useful materials for manufacturers.
The Australian Research Council (ARC)
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Circular economy tool expands for greater recycled materials use
Manufacturers seeking to use recycled materials, or ensure that their products have an extended lifespan, have now further options thanks to the recent independence of Advisory System for Processing, Innovation
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Manufacturers able to nominate for Green Globe Awards
The Green Globe Awards from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage are open for nominations for the twentieth year and manufacturers are encouraged to apply.
With awards in twelve categories, the awards
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Recycled plastic turned into rail sleepers
Victorian manufacturing firm Integrated Recycling has had its Duratrack railway sleepers made from recycled plastic laid at Richmond train station, near the centre of Melbourne’s railway network.
Integrated
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Sustainability Victoria CEO set to lead Solar Victoria
Stan Krpan, chief executive officer (CEO) of Sustainability Victoria, has stepped down after accepting a new role as CEO of Solar Victoria.
In the interim Carl Muller, director of corporate
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New research consortium explores deriving new products from waste
A new $10.9 million research consortium led by the University of Adelaide is exploring ways to turn agricultural waste into new products.
The consortium, Agricultural Product Development, will bring together
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VIC gov launches new plan to boost recycling
The Victorian government is investing on a new program to boost waste recycling by encouraging industries to procure the products containing recyclable material and to find new and innovative uses for
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