Hot garbage: Inside Australia’s new waste-to-energy facilities
Could producing power from incinerated garbage be good for the environment? The engineers involved explain why Australia is adopting waste-to-energy ...
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Ready to roll: Bringing the circular economy to life
The circular economy has become more than a concept. A number of innovative Australian companies are showing how the principle ...
Engineer Veena Sahajwalla named 2022 NSW Australian of the Year
Growing up densely populated Mumbai inspired Veena Sahajwalla FIEAust CPEng to see the potential in what looked, to anyone else, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Australian team turns COVID-19 masks into road materials
Australian engineers have developed a circular economy solution for disposable face masks in a bid to tackle pandemic-generated waste.
A new type of engine will soon be producing green power
After decades working on other people’s projects, this engineer decided to turn his attention to an interest of his own: ...
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 ...
The home-grown innovation stopping Australian sewers from going to waste
An Australian company is using 60 per cent recycled waste glass and other recycled products to create a new acid-resistant ...
