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 ...
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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 ...
World Engineering Day: Promoting responsible resource consumption and production
Engineers are using their skills to reduce waste, reuse more materials, recycle things that have reached the end of their ...
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 ...
Meet one engineer helping people see the huge possibilities in the circular economy
Veena Sahajwalla hopes her micro-recycling approach to e-waste, metals, plastics and more will produce a smarter and more sustainable society.
Beef, bacteria and biogas: How one abattoir is creating energy from its cows’ waste
One technique for treating effluent produced by the meat industry turns a dirty problem into a green solution.
Meet one engineer transforming biosolids into bricks
Abbas Mohajerani thinks that human waste could mean another brick in the wall.
Two engineering brothers are heating things up in the waste-to-energy market
Two Australian brothers saw an opportunity to transform waste into something useful, and their ambitions are global in scale.
Green concrete trial puts a more sustainable spin on some of the world’s most used materials
The streets of a Sydney suburb will serve as a testing ground for a new geopolymer concrete made from recycled ...
Going full circle: How engineers can help give new life to old materials
Professor Veena Sahajwalla is passionate about stopping valuable composite materials from ending up in landfill and boosting efforts to establish ...
