Industry News
The cost of landfill disposal in Australia
Jun 20, 2017
The cost of disposing waste at Australian landfills can often climb up to A$105 per tonne—expenditure that usually always finds its way back to councils, businesses and families.
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Five minutes with Afram Hanna, Founder and CEO of GreenHands
Jun 20, 2017
We spoke with the founder and CEO of greenhands.net, an online marketplace for recycling Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste.
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Plastic Coral – Sustainable Art at AWRE (Part 2)
Jun 16, 2017
We sat down with Maria Gallo, curator and artist for a behind the scenes making of the ‘PLASTIC CORAL’ art piece that will come to life at AWRE 2017.
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Andrew Lawson appointed AWRE Event Manager
Jun 9, 2017
Driving innovation, knowledge leadership, and return on investment for stakeholders
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AFMA join AWRE 2017
May 31, 2017
Australasian Fleet Management Association’s executive director Mace Hartley is proud to be presenting at the Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo from August 23-24 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. Fleet vehicles play a huge role in the landfill waste, recycling and green waste management system. Waste collection trucks are an enormous critical component of […]
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Spotlight on eWaste with MRI
May 29, 2017
AWRE sat down with Rose Read from MRI (CEO, MRI PSO) to talk about the great work they are doing and the importance of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme.
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How 3D printing could build a home from rubbish
May 23, 2017
Housing affordability and waste management are two major challenges that Australia is trying to address. The solution to both problems may actually be tied together through the innovations brought around by the 3D printing industry, creating a collaboration between the two fields.
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Q&A with The Farmer’s Place, winner of the 2016 ‘Banksia Small to Medium Business Sustainability Leadership Award’
May 12, 2017
We asked James McLennan, Education Project Manager of The Farmer’s Place to talk about some of the initiatives they are undertaking as a business to drive sustainable practices into the future.
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New life for your old mattress
May 12, 2017
The business of shaping livable cities involves the big issues and the small details, like recycling unwanted or old mattresses to improve environmental sustainability. “Every month council sends around 500 mattresses for recycling to GDP Industries, a not for profit disability employer in Geelong. At GDP the mattresses are broken down and recycled. The fabric parts […]
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AWRE welcomes VWMA as supporting partner
Apr 26, 2017
The Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo (AWRE), Australia’s only dedicated Expo for the waste, recycling and resource recovery industry, today announced Victorian Waste Management Association (VWMA) as a new supporting partner. The VWMA is the key division of the Victorian Transport Association representing the waste and recycling sectors. As a member based, not for profit […]
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