GT Recycling has been awarded a $3 million state/federal grant for a $4.7 million expansion project, which will see the Geelong company able to process an extra 8,000 tonnes of plastic a year.
Scrap carpet fibres can be a key ingredient in stronger, crack-resistant concrete, a research team from RMIT University is proving. The team is currently engaging with partners including Textile Recyclers Australia, Godfrey Hirst Australia and councils in Victoria, conducting field studies of on-ground slabs incorporating reclaimed textiles, according to a statement from the university of…
The Envirostream Australia subsidiary of Livium Ltd has been awarded an $850,000 grant from the Western Australia government to support the development of Envirostream’s battery recycling operations in the state. Formerly known as Lithium Australia, Livium is developing a whole of life lithium value chain including Envirostream recycling which currently recycles batteries at a facility…
One of Australia’s biggest paper recycling facilities will be built in South East Queensland with plans to turn 220,000 tonnes of waste paper and cardboard into pulp annually for export. The federal and Queensland governments have partnered with Brisbane-based national company AusWaste Recycling to build a $137 million waste paper recycling facility at Brendale. The…
Researchers at the University of Sydney have developed new methods to solve a major source of future waste from the automotive, aerospace and renewable industries. They have developed a new recycling method for carbon and glass fibre composites in a bid to prevent end-of-generation materials going to landfill. Published in the journal Composites Part B:…
Twenty-four projects have been awarded a total of $50 million in grant funding through round 14 of the Cooperative Research Centre-Projects, including projects involving Gilmour Space Technologies, Diraq and First Graphene. CRC-Ps offer funding of between $100,000 and $3 million for a project which must be at least dollar-matched by participants. Projects can be up…
Recycling technology company Samsara Eco has announced completion of a $54 million Series A round, ahead of plans to begin volume production next year. The Australian National University spinout officially launched in September 2021, and is commercialising an “enzymatic depolymerisation” approach to recycling. This uses engineered enzymes to break plastics into monomers which can be…
A combined $15 million in state and federal grant funding for ten recycling projects was announced on Thursday, supporting reprocessing of materials including organic waste and plastics. The funding is made up of $11.26 million from the Circular Economy Organics Sector Transformation Fund and $3 million from the Victorian Circular Economy Recycling Modernisation Fund (both…
Applications opened on Wednesday for round one of the Victorian Regional Recycling Fund, with grants up to $500,000 each available to upgrade resource recovery centres. The funding would “strengthen regional Victoria’s recycling network” by upgrading regionally significant facilities, according to the government. “These regional facilities are the building blocks for a robust recycling network that…
University of NSW recycling expert Professor Veena Sahajwalla was named NSW Australian of the Year at a ceremony on Monday night.
