Engineer profile: Glenn Platt
An openness to experience and a passion for his work have taken Glenn Platt to conferences and consultancies around the ...
Tag: waste management
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Your next takeaway coffee might be in a more eco-friendly format
Thanks to this Melbourne engineer, takeaway drinks do not have to mean environmental destruction.
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 ...
A safer and cheaper plan to treat sodium oxalate waste
Dr Raj Kurup took an innovative approach to a seemingly intractable environmental problem – and it turned out to be ...
This startup brings the circular economy to a cafe near you
While many people have keep cups to grab a coffee on the go, a Melbourne startup has come up with ...
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 ...
