World famous investor Warren Buffet recently remarked that, for the plastics recycling industry, the COVID-19 pandemic could be likened to a tide going out, exposing the previously hidden and deep rooted structural problems of the entity. This was demonstrated by the reaction of plastic manufacturers toward the rapid decrease in oil price caused by COVID-19 […]
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The research comes as Australia moves towards a ban on exporting unprocessed recyclables from 1 July 2022. A 2017-8 study found only about 10 per cent of plastics are being recycled, with a national target of 70 per cent by 2025. Australian engineers have developed a cost-effective method to transform used plastic into nanomaterials and clean liquid
In addition, waste management challenges, sustainability design, and impacts on the circular economy in developing countries were regularly addressed. He also stated that he is interested in contributing to the development of waste management approaches in the new “smart city”, sustainability innovation and R & D, but is also open to new potential topics. (2019)
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A company in Adelaide which has spent around 15 years perfecting its system of turning banana plantation waste into food packaging. The share price for Papyrus Australia has doubled in the past fortnight since it was announcing the successful proof-of-concept trial at its factory in Egypt. Papyrus Australia was founded in Adelaide in the mid-1990s
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For many materials, recycling is cost-effective and environmentally friendly. Take, for example, aluminium, which can be recycled indefinitely, using 95 percent less energy than it takes to produce new aluminium. When it comes to paper, the benefits are obvious: the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that one ton of recycled newsprint saves about 15 trees and
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A new $5.1 million program at the Sulo facility at Somersby, funded by the State and Federal Governments and industry will see old kerbside bins and other goods recycled to create new bins ahead of the region’s possible introduction of the FOGO service. It was revealed by a central coast council report in 2020 that
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