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Recycled Glass Makes Safe and Sustainable Cladding
Buildings
Tuesday March 14 2023

Recycled Glass Makes Safe and Sustainable Cladding

A product made from recycled glass promises to deliver cladding that is fire safe and adopts circular economy concepts, engineers say.

Australia Must Create a Circular Economy for Recycling Plastics
Environment
Tuesday March 16 2021

Australia Must Create a Circular Economy for Recycling Plastics

Disclaimer: The following projections are based on current plastic consumption and waste generation and assume a high capability for local councils to retrieve and concentrate unsorted...

Confronting Comfort – Greed will always lead.
Urban Planning
Friday June 5 2020

Confronting Comfort – Greed will always lead.

In Australia, we celebrate that homeless people can sleep on inflatable mattresses in car parks whilst tax-payer money supports casino’s and coal mines owned by businesses...

Reducing Waste on Construction Sites
Green
Wednesday March 6 2019

Reducing Waste on Construction Sites

In 2014, Victorian builder Burbank teamed up with the centre for design and society at RMIT to build Australia’s first 99 per cent waste free home...

Building a Third Construction Sector Through Sustainable Procurement
Green
Tuesday August 22 2017

Building a Third Construction Sector Through Sustainable Procurement

No matter what political position one takes, it is apparent that neither capitalism nor government intervention has succeeded in addressing the growing tide of social and...

Should We Rethink Sustainable Waste?
Green
Wednesday June 7 2017

Should We Rethink Sustainable Waste?

There’s a sense amongst some facilities management professionals that there’s something rotten in the waste collection services industry.

Designing Healthcare Facilities to Recycle
Public
Tuesday March 7 2017

Designing Healthcare Facilities to Recycle

Over the past five years or so, some 95 healthcare facilities across Australia and New Zealand have started to recycle PVC medical products and other recyclables...

Construction Waste is Big Business
Green
Wednesday October 12 2016

Construction Waste is Big Business

Construction rubbish is big business, depending on the angle from which you view it.

From Toilet to Tap: Would You Drink Recycled Water?
Green
Thursday April 21 2016

From Toilet to Tap: Would You Drink Recycled Water?

Let’s face it, we all feel a little bit icky when we think about toilet water generally.

Environment
4 Jul, 2018
New Package to Tackle Recycling Issue: Victoria

Victoria has launched a $37 million plan to create new products by diverting landfill waste.

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Public
6 Jun, 2018
PVC Recycling in Hospital Leads by Example

The Vinyl Council of Australia has confirmed that its expanding PVC Recycling in Hospitals program remains unaffected by changes in international waste management policies, including China’s...

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Environment
1 May, 2018
Councils Fear Huge Hit from Waste Woes

At least 10 Queensland councils expect a $7 million hit next financial year as Australia's recycling crisis rolls on.

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