Innovation and the Circular Economy – Tyre Recycling and Value-Added Manufacturing – Webinar

29 Aug 2022

In Australia in 2018/19, it is estimated that 465,000 tonnes of tyres reached end of life. About 41% of these tyres were from passenger cars, 34% was truck tyres and 25% was off-the-road tyres[1]. In December 2021, the Commonwealth’s export ban came into effect,...

Green Hydrogen from Waste in a Circular Economy – Webinar

13 Apr 2022

In this presentation, Marc Bacon, President and COO of OMNI Conversion Technologies will describe a new approach to making green hydrogen today at less than half the cost of electrolysis, all with a low or negative CO2 footprint. This is done by converting minimally...

Recycled plastics to feature in Melbourne’s tram platforms

20 Dec 2021 | In the Loop

Recycled plastics from kerbside waste will be used to create innovative modular tram stops, making Melbourne’s tram network more sustainable, accessible for people with disabilities and less disruptive to maintain and develop. The Development of Next Generation Tram...

Recycling face masks into roads to tackle COVID-generated waste

2 Sep 2021 | In the Loop

Researchers have shown how disposable face masks could be recycled to make roads, in a circular economy solution to pandemic-generated waste. Their study shows that using the recycled face mask material to make just one kilometre of a two-lane road would use up about...

Old tyres and building rubble making sustainable roads

22 Oct 2020 | In the Loop

Old tyres and building rubble making sustainable roads Researchers have shown how a blend of old tyres and building rubble could be used as a sustainable road-making material, in a zero-waste solution to boost recycling and support the circular economy. Construction,...