Design for recycling
06 July, 2007The Sustainable Packaging Alliance’s (SPA) 13th Round Table ‘Design for Recycling’ will be held in Melbourne on Friday 13 July.
Australian wine industry asked to clean up their trade
27 May, 2007A report recently published in the UK has found that the Australian wine industry could significantly reduce their CO2 emissions by bulk exporting of wine, instead of shipping it in bottles.
Developing natural plastics in Australian sugarcane
11 May, 2007American company Metabolix has signed a collaborative agreement with Australia's Cooperative Research Centre for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology (CRC SIIB) to research and develop natural plastics directly in sugarcane.
Most Americans don’t know plastic is made from oil
26 April, 2007A nationwide survey in the US in April found that 72% of the American public does not know that conventional plastic is made from petroleum products and 40% believes it will biodegrade.
Heinz raises energy efficiency
29 March, 2007 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty LtdIt is claimed that a new energy centre for a UK Heinz factory will be 14% more efficient due to help from ABB drives
Oxo-degradable polystyrene foam containers produced
20 March, 2007Cascades has launched Bioxo, the first product line of containers made from totally oxo-degradable polystyrene foam.
Who's responsible for litter?
12 March, 2007 by Janette WoodhouseWe have a great boss. Every year, for Clean Up Australia Day, he dresses us in flouro-coloured vests, supplies us with lunch and sends us off to clean a local road.
Australian students given opportunity to create sustainable future
30 January, 2007A program launched by Nespresso Australia will see a local student travelling to Costa Rica to discover how to create a more sustainable future.
Pump drive saves energy
19 January, 2007 | Supplied by: Bonfiglioli Transmission Pty LtdTraditionally, pumps are started 'DOL' or direct on line. By that we mean when there is demand for (example) water, the operator throws a switch or closes a contactor and the pump turns on
Reducing energy use in an industrial tea drier
11 December, 2006 | Supplied by: FoodStream Pty LtdDrying is the major process used at the Nerada Tea Estates plant in North Queensland, the largest tea growing and processing enterprise in Australia, where green leaf tea is converted into dry black tea
Effluent discharge at chocolate factory
13 November, 2006 | Supplied by: Siemens LtdRS Hydro has been granted a contract to install MCERTS approved flow monitoring equipment at a chocolate factory
PET recycling material certified as food-grade
07 July, 2006KRONES has been offering a compact-size PET bottle-to-bottle recycling facility for bottlers and converters, designed to produce food-grade PET from used PET material.
Separating nutrients from waste
21 February, 2006Together the University of Western Sydney's Centre for Advanced Food Research (CAFR) and Food Science Australia (FSA) have invented a way to separate and purify the nutrients contained in manufacturing waste.
Savings through refrigeration energy management control
06 February, 2006 | Supplied by: Sustainability VictoriaBusinesses can benefit significantly by moving towards energy management practices. Energy management can be incorporated into existing business systems to provide an integrated approach to business sustainability
Creative market for waste product
14 December, 2005Tropical fruit wine has found international approval and is now being exported to Singapore and Taiwan by a winner of the Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC) Rural Women's Award. Developed out of frustration with the 'excessive' wastage of tropical fruit in traditional markets, tropical fruit wine has rapidly developed into a new regional industry.
