Construction begins on automated waste material recovery plant for Brisbane
A new, fully-automated recycling plant in Pinkenba, designed to recover 97 per cent of construction and demolition (C&D) waste, will be the first of its type in the world, according to Rino Recycling. The company has launched construction on the $90 million plant, which they say is targeted to be the largest, by volume, across the industry, and has been developed in partnership with global industry experts, CDE and Turmec. Rino Recycling’s Daniel Blaser said the new plant would have “best-in class technology to automate the recycling process and remove the requirement for manual handling of materials,” and had an “annual assessed and targeted processing capacity of the new facility is over 1 million tonnes, with the potential to reach 1.5 million tonnes by year five. This recycling volume is the equivalent to planting more than 600,000 trees per annum.” Commissioning is scheduled for mid-2023.
Metrology award winners announced
Winners of the National Measurement Institute’s (NMI) 2022 Metrology Awards have been announced at an event featuring NMI’s CEO and Chief Metrologist Dr Bruce Warrington and Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley. RMIT’s Professor Oliver Jones received the Barry Inglis Medal for extended and careful development of analytical measurement techniques, applied to environmental monitoring for chemicals of concern, and metabolomics. Dr Neil Robinson from the University of Western Australia was awarded the NMI Prize, an award for early to mid-career professionals up to the age of 35, for research on the development and application of novel nuclear magnetic resonance techniques for characterising functional porous materials important to energy, environment and society. A first-ever People’s Choice award was taken out by Dr Rounak Manoharan (Electro-Optic Systems, pictured) for his presentation on a fast measurement technique to investigate short-duration pulsed plasmas.
Austrade seeking input for EMDG operational review
Austrade is seeking feedback to help it improve the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) program, it said this week. According to Austrade, feedback on the EMDG program will “inform advice to government on EMDG management, delivery and outcomes.” The review is not a full legislative review, and the next review is expected to start in 2024. EMDG applicants, agents, peak bodies and representative bodies are welcome to provide feedback through an online survey at this link, with participants to be invited to feedback sessions via email from August 3.
Preferred proponent for workers accommodation in Kalbarri named
The Western Australian government has named Perth-based Petra Westkey as the preferred proponent to construct a multi-user workforce accommodation facility in Kalbarri. The government issued a Registration of Interest seeking interested parties to construct and operate a multi-user workforce accommodation facility at a 6,740 square-metre site on Woods Street. Petra Westkey’s successful submission proposed construction of a 44-dwelling, 56-person capacity accommodation facility, which will consist of prefabricated modular dwellings constructed in Wangara and transported to Kalbarri, with government will now enter contract negotiations with the proponent.
Picture: Electro Optic Systems
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