Molecular recycling could be the future of sustainable plastic
New Australian technology promises to make plastics infinitely recyclable. Can it deliver for the environment?
Tag: recycling
Accidental discovery boosts solar panel recyclability
A solution to a pressing environmental problem has been found by researchers who were looking for something quite different.
Meet Australia’s first chief circular engineer
Creating a vibrant circular economy will require a deep overhaul of the way we design and manufacture products, and even ...
Can a smart bin help crack the recycling challenge?
CSIRO engineers hope a new smart bin will make recycling easier and more effective.
Rubber hits the road in ‘recycled’ concrete
Australian engineers have replaced conventional aggregates in concrete with rubber from discarded tyres.
How one person’s trash is an engineer’s treasure
Turning waste coffee grounds into ‘green steel’ is all in a day’s work for Australia’s Top 100 Innovators Professor Veena ...
Smart technology is recycling energy in Melbourne’s rail network
It takes just milliseconds to capture latent energy in a railway line and transfer it back into the grid. Global ...
Rubber railway: disrupting a 200-year-old sector
A University of Technology Sydney (UTS) rail research project not only achieves its sustainability goals, it has been scientifically tested ...
We could soon see natural turf grown on glass
The engineers and field of play specialists at SPORTENG are trialling the use of sand made from recycled glass as ...
WED22: Recycled concrete gives building waste a new life
Often, once a concrete structure reaches the end of its life, the only option for most concrete waste is landfill. ...
