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 ...
Tag: sustainability
Sustainability is a practice that presumes that resources are limited, and should be used conservatively and wisely with a view to long-term priorities and consequences.
Sustainable engineering is the process of designing or operating systems such that they use energy and resources at a rate that does not compromise the natural environment or the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Infographic: How tyres are entering the circular economy
Each year in Australia, 56 million tyres are disposed of. To keep these tyres from sitting in landfill, experts around ...
World Engineering Day: Circular thinking
To understand the absolute necessity of a properly circular economy, imagine you’re in lockdown in one room of your home. ...
Engineers ‘absolutely critical’ to achieving SDGs
Former Victorian deputy premier and UN Leadership Council co-chair Professor John Thwaites believes engineers are crucial to the Sustainable Development ...
Chemical engineers produce ‘green’ ammonia from air, water and renewable and energy
Chemical engineers have made a 'green' ammonia that does not require the high temperatures and huge infrastructure currently needed to ...
Making superfoods from marine microalgae
A team at Adelaide's Flinders University is cooking up a plan to turn microalgae into chips, pastes, jams and even ...
Building a sustainable, dementia-friendly home in the desert
Desert Rose House is sustainable, can adapt for an ageing population and provides liveable conditions in the middle of the ...
How an innovative solar-powered system is providing clean water to Indigenous communities
Remote communities across Australia now have a new option for affordable and continuous potable water, thanks to Project Gilghi, a ...
Engineers are making the world’s most widely used material more sustainable
Developments in eco-concrete look to make the world’s widely most used material more environmentally sound.
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 ...
