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...

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...