Aluminium extrusion producer Capral Aluminium is to offer products manufactured using partly recycled aluminium billet following the successful completion of trials. Capral trialled Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s EternAl-30 and EternAl-15 primary aluminium billets which contain 30 percent and 15 percent recycled content, respectively. Recycling aluminium consumes up to 95 percent less energy than producing it…
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has invited universities and government research institutions in the state to apply for a total of $1.25 million in grants available through the Plastics Research Program (PRP). Applications are open until September 5, and grants are valued at between $250,000 and $500,000 each. According to the program’s description, funded…
More than 14,000 tonnes of soft plastics will be diverted from South Australian landfills every year, thanks to a $20 million investment in advanced recycling technology by the Australian Government. Recycling Plastics Australia in Kilburn will clean and purify soft plastics such as shopping bags, chip packets and food wrappers to create feedstock for new…
Visy officially opened a new $150 million investment at Penrith on Thursday, and says it is now running the country’s most energy-efficient glass furnace. Visy Chairman Anthony Pratt (pictured on right) said it is Australia’s first oxygen-only fuelled furnace, and uses less than half the energy than the one it replaced. This represented “saving enough…
B-cycle 2.0 consultation is now open to gather information in readiness to reform Australia’s battery product stewardship and B-Cycle recycling scheme. The Battery Stewardship Council (BSC) announced industry consultation on its proposal to modify and future-proof the B-cycle Scheme. Representatives from industry, governments and organisations are invited to provide written feedback on the B-cycle Scheme…
Lithium Australia’s lithium ion battery (LIB) recycling subsidiary Envirostream Australia has achieved a significant milestone, delivering its first positive operating profit during Q4 FY24. The achievement was driven by the company’s transition towards an upstream service model, which has increased revenues with a higher proportion of revenues now received upfront through recycling fees. Lithium Australia…
A recycling plant at Caboolture, Queensland is turning glass bottles and polystyrene into building materials and next year will go further and begin producing masonry blocks from waste aggregate, removing quarried materials from the process. Queensland State Development Minister Grace Grace visited the Casafico operation at Caboolture which was backed by a $175,000 Queensland and…
UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology (SMaRT) and IT asset management company Renew IT have announced that a new factory has begun turning hard plastics from e-waste into 3D printing feedstock. A Plastics Filament MICROfactorie module, developed by UNSW Sydney researchers, has been installed at Renew IT’s warehouse in Lane Cove, on…
According to Tyre Stewardship Australia, government procurement and a stronger product stewardship approach are the keys to processing the estimated 500,000 tonnes of used tyres generated in Australia annually. The organisation’s CEO Lina Goodman said that markets for recycled tyre products had plateaued and could fail, during a recent address to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry…
Plastic recycling startup Samsara Eco has raised $100 million in its latest funding round. Led by global investment company, Temasek and Australian deep tech investment fund, Main Sequence, funds also came from Wollemi Capital, lululemon, Hitachi Ventures, Titanium Ventures (formerly Telstra Ventures) and DCVC. The capital will help Samsara Eco scale its enzymatic recycling capabilities,…
