Advanced recycling turning plastic waste into resources

2 Sep 2021 | In the Loop

Advanced recycling technologies could turn problematic plastic waste destined for landfill into valuable resources, according to a new report by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. The report, Advanced recycling technologies to address Australia’s plastic...

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...

Recycling cigarette butts into bricks

22 Oct 2020 | In the Loop

Researchers have shown how industries could work together to recycle cigarette butts into bricks, in a step-by-step implementation plan for saving energy and solving a global littering problem. Over 6 trillion cigarettes are produced each year globally, resulting in...

AIEN Submission to Cleaning Up our Act: The Future for Waste and Resource Recovery in NSW Issues Paper (May 2020)

8 May 2020 | Submission

The NSW 20-Year Waste Strategy is a whole-of-government initiative to provide a long-term strategic direction for communities, industry and all levels of government to work together to build resilient services and markets for waste resources. An issues paper Cleaning...

AIEN Submission to inquiry into Australia’s Waste Management and Recycling Industries (Jan 2020)

31 Jan 2020 | Submission

On Wednesday 23 October 2019 the Standing Committee on Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources adopted an inquiry referred by the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, the Hon Karen Andrews MP, asking the Committee to inquire into and report on innovative...