Grants offered in latest round of Space Innovation Grant funding More money will be available to help get South Australian space technology on the market, when the second round of the SA Space Collaboration and Innovation Fund opens on 30 October 2024. In Round 2, one project will receive $320,000, triple the inaugural round. The…
Metals recovery business MTM Critical Metals has announced an oversubscribed capital raise worth $8 million as it seeks to commercialise its proprietary Flash Joule Heating (FJH) technology. In a statement on Wednesday, the company said it is now in “an even stronger position” to speed up development of a demonstration plant with a tonne-per-day capacity,…
Noizend reports progress after one year’s operation Noise reduction company Noizend has developed a relationship with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to develop its Noizend Shields at its Centre for Audio, Acoustics and Vibration. Noizend develops noise-cancelling technologies to reduce the noise pollution at the source from construction facilities, live music venues and factories.…
By Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie, Charles Darwin University; Matthew Abunyewah, Charles Darwin University, and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, The University of Melbourne Pollution and waste, climate change and biodiversity loss are creating a triple planetary crisis. In response, UN Environment Programme executive director Inger Andersen has called for waste to be redefined as a valuable resource instead…
NSW councils have been invited to apply for the third round of the Local Government Waste Solutions Fund, offering grants up to $200,000 for individual councils to invest in recycling technology. According to a statement from the NSW Environment Protection Authority on Monday, approximately $1.9 million was awarded to the recently-announced round two winners, supporting…
An innovation developed at RMIT University has been used for the first time in a major infrastructure project, with coffee concrete being laid into a footpath along a busy road in Pakenham as part of Victoria’s Big Build. Major Road Projects Victoria (MRPV) and project contractor BildGroup used concrete mixed with biochar made from spent…
The Queensland government is investing $1 million with Soft Plastics Stewardship Australia to support the roll-out of a soft plastics recycling pilot in Queensland. Communities will be able to recycle soft plastics at four new trial hubs that will trial a variety of collection options to see what works best for urban, regional and remote…
A rubber crumb plant at Shoalhaven City Council’s West Nowra Recycling and Waste Depot, which the council says will help it increase tyre recycling capacity from 58 tonnes to 160 tonnes per year, was officially opened on Thursday According to a statement from the council, the site is currently making crumbed rubber and mesh powder,…
GT Recycling officially opens Geelong soft plastics plant Geelong, Victoria’s GT Recycling has officially opened its soft plastics recycling facility in a ceremony attended by local MPs. The $4.7 million facility is supported by a $3 million federal government grant. The new facility marks a major milestone in the fight against plastic waste, turning recycled…
Battery materials and technology company Talga Group has signed a development agreement with non-ferrous metals provider and recycler Aurubis AG to develop a recycled graphite anode product from used batteries and battery production scrap. The development agreement, which aims at product readiness by 2025, is driven by growing customer interest in recycled graphite anode as…
