Industry News
Local innovation saves our strawberries from landfill
September last year saw Australia face a nationwide ‘strawberry contamination’, with over 100 cases reported from customers of sewing needles being found inside their punnets of store-bought strawberries.
Highlights: Australia’s National Waste Report 2018
Australia’s 2018 National Waste Report has been released
AWRE and ICC Sydney team up to deliver excellence in sustainable events
With the help of ICC Sydney, AWRE and Diversified Communications Australia are now leading the way in sustainable event management.
Zero-waste heroes applaud Sydney’s only waste and recycling expo
Doors have closed on the final day of this year’s most important waste management expo, AWRE. Record numbers of visitors made new connections and experienced the latest in waste innovation across this two-day event at Darling Harbour’s sustainable venue ICC.
Day one a hotbed of waste solutions and strategies for long-term sustainability
Record crowds and a buzzing show floor dominated day one of Sydney’s only waste and recycling industry event, the Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo (AWRE). The first two hours saw over double the number of visitors through the door than the previous event in 2016.
PVC: boosting recycling levels
Plastics have always been a target for environmental protest, and none more so than PVC.
AWRE and ICC Sydney at the forefront of event sustainability
AWRE is leading the way in sustainable event management best practice so when it came to selecting a venue for AWRE 2018 the newly rebuilt ICC Sydney, which works to a strong sustainable event philosophy of its own, was the obvious choice.
Processed Engineered Fuel
Processed Engineered Fuel (PEF) is a practical and sustainable alternative to the use of fossil fuels in cement kilns. The process harnesses the energy contained in combustible material such as recyclable plastics, cardboard, paper and waste timber that would usually go to landfill. It can reduce greenhouse gas emissions thereby improving overall environmental outcomes. A […]
Cardboard recyclers tackle the war on waste
920,000 tonnes of paper and cardboard has been exported to China, with Australia’s generating about two tonnes of waste annually.
Closing the loop on hazardous waste recycling
Hazardous waste, sometimes referred to as ‘prescribed industrial waste’ (PIW), is the hazardous by-product of everyday goods and services.
