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This engineer wants Australians to stop flushing opportunity down the toilet
New technology that can convert human urine into fertiliser onsite could enable an expansion of urban farming and eventually provide...
World-first Queensland facility turning textiles into raw materials
At a new facility in South West Queensland, innovative textile recovery processes will help reduce landfill pileup by turning worn-out...
Student engineers sweetening the deal on clean energy
Chemical engineering students from the University of Queensland (UQ) have helped investigate how sugarcane could be used as a clean...
This new way to capture carbon dioxide could help create ‘greener’ concrete
A new technique for producing calcium carbonate could help the construction industry cut down on its carbon emissions.
Daniel Bosco is turning bottles into concrete
Making concrete requires sand — and lots of it. That’s why some engineers are looking at substituting recycled glass, a...
Tyres don’t break down easily, but this engineer is determined to recycle them
Tyres are built to last — and that’s a problem when it is time to recycle them. Michael Vainer is...
Local glass recycling innovation to get bigger audience thanks to acquisition
When Daniel Bosco, Founder and Director of Bluey Technologies, got an enquiry on social media about buying his company, he...
Green recovery: making growth sustainable
As Australia recovers from the damage wrought by the twin devastation of bushfires and a pandemic, prosperity and sustainability must...
Rooftop water recycling becomes a reality
A rooftop desalination and water recycling system has been developed in Western Australia, thanks to some surprisingly simple engineering.
Watch: Inside a shipping container vertical farm
New farming models are cropping up around the world, including in Sydney, where Sprout Stack is transforming old shipping containers...
