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New Process Can Help Recycle Plastic Waste in Eco-Friendly Way

Plastics are user-friendly, versatile, and highly economical to such an extent that the earth is flooded with plastic waste. This makes them a victim of their own success.

10 Mar 2020

Suez Attends National Plastics Summit

SUEZ, a leader in smart and sustainable resource management, welcomed the opportunity to participate in the National Plastics Summit, bringing together over 200 representatives from government, industry and community sectors to address issues with, and solutions to, the use of plastics in the Australian economy.

From SUEZ 4 Mar 2020

Turning Australia’s Rubbish into a Resource: Leading Engineers Celebrate World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development

With the help of sustainable engineering, Australia’s rubbish will be transformed into a key resource and generate new industries, Australia’s top technology and engineering experts said today, ahead of tomorrow’s inaugural World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development.

4 Mar 2020

Bringing the Green Revolution to Electronics

Researchers are investigating how to make electronic components from eco-friendly, biodegradable materials to help address a growing public health and environmental problem: around 50 million tonnes of electronic waste are produced every year.

29 Feb 2020

Scientists Develop Enzyme Produced from Agricultural Waste for Use as Laundry Detergent

An international team of researchers has developed an enzyme produced from agricultural waste that could be used as an important additive in laundry detergents.

26 Feb 2020

Radioactive Waste Management Facility a Step Closer to Delivery

The Australian Government today introduced legislative amendments to support the delivery of a National Radioactive Waste Management Facility at Napandee, near Kimba in South Australia.

13 Feb 2020

Sugar Ants’ Preference for Pee May Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

An unlikely penchant for pee is putting a common sugar ant on the map, as new research from the University of South Australia shows their taste for urine could play a role in reducing greenhouse gases.

6 Feb 2020

Smart Heating Control System Offers Greater Comfort, Reduces Energy Costs

Empa researchers believe that buildings can learn to save energy on their own. The researchers performed experiments in which they fed a “smart” self-learning heating control system with temperature data collected from the present weather forecast, as well as from the previous year.

31 Jan 2020

Researchers Develop Method for Recycling Plant-Based Polylactic Acid

A team of researchers have designed a new method for disintegrating plant-based plastics into their initial building blocks, possibly enabling products to be recycled more than once, without any loss in the plastic quality.

30 Jan 2020