School student engineers solution to plastic pollution
When year 12 student Tamsyn Burley came up with a way to stop plastic pollution entering her city’s waterways, teaming ...
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Forget recycling, upcycling plastics may be the future
Australian engineers have developed a cost-effective method to transform used plastic into nanomaterials and clean liquid fuel.
Australian-engineered smart robotic recycling system has soft plastics in the bag
In 2017-18, only six per cent of Australian soft plastic waste was recycled. The rest added to the growing mountain ...
Engineering solutions to Australia’s looming waste crisis
Australia’s states and territories have agreed to ban the export of waste by 2024, meaning the country must find ways ...
Could converting plastic back to oil help to solve the world’s growing waste problem?
A mountain of plastic is steadily accumulating with no clear solution for what to do with it. Could converting it ...
Victoria University launches breakthrough project to reuse waste
A world-first solution that could keep tonnes of plastic, glass and tyres out of landfill is closer to reality after ...
One company is recycling plastic waste into railway sleepers
Converting plastic and polystyrene into durable railway sleepers could help reduce waste – and show how vital engineers will be ...
This startup’s edible packaging is going the extra mile to reduce plastic waste
A UK startup has looked to the oceans for an innovative alternative to plastic packaging for bottled water: a seaweed-based, ...
Molecular ‘scissors’ could cut down on plastic waste
European researchers have brought us one step closer to a low-cost method of recycling plastic waste by replicating enzymes used ...
6 ways engineers are fighting back against the global plastic waste problem
Harmful to humans and animals alike, the growing amount of plastic in the world’s oceans is an unfolding disaster. Fortunately, ...
