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ERA celebrates recycling of electronics In time for National Recycling Week Electrical Recycling Australia (ERA) has celebrated its achievements in recycling e-waste in South Australia. Backed by Bedford Industries, the company has in the the year to date notched up these statistics: 4,759 e-waste deliveries received; Daily average intake: 10,285 kilograms; and total e-waste processed:…

Recce awarded $US 2 million grant to develop burn treatment for military

Recce Pharmaceuticals has been awarded a grant of US$2 million (approximately $3 million) by the US Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) for development of burn wound treatments. Recce, an ASX-listed company developing synthetic anti-infectives, said in a statement on Monday morning (AEST) that the grant recognised its RECCE 327 Gel (R327G)…