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25.01.2022 The future of lighting waste is looking brighter as light bulbs become greener and smarter, however we still have a long way to go.

22.01.2022 A Canterbury start-up is exposing medical equipment manufacturers deliberate one-use design tricks and proving that hospitals can reuse and recycle. (via The Spinoff)

21.01.2022 Colgate-Palmolive has launched a vegan-certified toothpaste line packed in fully recyclable plastic tubes across the UK and EU and says it will share the technology with competitors to drive sustainable change. (via CosmeticsDesign-Europe).

21.01.2022 A group of researchers in France say captured carbon dioxide can be used to extract metals from post-consumer electronics. (via Recycling International).

20.01.2022 The challenge of recycling e-scrap from households has been highlighted by a recent survey in the UK showing that the vast majority of people with unwanted electrical devices have no plans to recycle them. ( via Recycling International)

20.01.2022 Australias peak recycling body has called for a national battery recycling scheme to tackle the growing problem seriously and prevent batteries from exploding in recycling facilities.

19.01.2022 Handheld batteries are a major fire risk in established recycling facilities and immediate action is needed to remove them from the general recycling stream, according to the Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR). (via Waste Management Review)

19.01.2022 Lithium-ion batteries have had a poor recycling record for years, however a new report shows lithium-ion battery recycling is advancing much more than we think.

19.01.2022 Victorian households would get up to six bins to better sort their recycling as part of a proposed solution to the states ongoing waste crisis. What do you think of the proposal? (via The Age)

18.01.2022 Australias appetite for sending waste overseas for recycling has created a huge problem that we are running out of time to fix. (via news.com.au)

17.01.2022 Australia should adopt climate change policies that can put it on a stable path to net zero national greenhouse gas emissions if it is to play its part in the United Nations sponsored Paris Agreement, according to groups representing business, unions, farmers, investors, the environment and social policy advocates. (via EcoNews)

17.01.2022 US engine manufacturer and distributor Cummins has announced an extended partnership with the University of California San Diego to analyse the most effective ways of reusing and repurposing electric vehicle batteries. (via Recycling International)

17.01.2022 If your workplace has old X-rays and silver-based films gathering dust, why not recycle them and get back that space while doing the right thing for the environment.

16.01.2022 Victoria is set to introduce a cash for recycling scheme, the last state or territory in Australia to have established, or committed to establishing, one. (via Convenience & Impulse Retailing).

16.01.2022 Lithium-ion batteries will play a pivotal role in our future energy needs, however we still have a long way to go when it comes to recycling them.

16.01.2022 Our kids learn a lot of what they know at school, so theres no better place to teach the next generation about the importance of recycling.

15.01.2022 Dentists can make their practices more sustainable and improve their environmental footprint by recycling old dental amalgam, equipment and other waste.

14.01.2022 Some residents in Noosa Shire are being greeted by unhappy faces after being found to be recycling incorrectly during an audit of waste bins. (via ABC News)

12.01.2022 With new electronic devices becoming cheaper and more widely available, the need to recycle electronic waste, also known as e-waste, has never been more important.

12.01.2022 If you live in Victoria, households and businesses must recycle batteries after the state government banned all e-waste from landfill this year. Heres where you can take them.

11.01.2022 With about 50 million tonnes of e-waste generated globally, International E-waste Day is an important day to spread the word about recycling old electronics.

11.01.2022 Over 2.7 billion containers have been returned through NSWs container deposit scheme Return and Earn, as the program celebrates its second birthday. Parliamentary Environment Secretary James Griffin said the scheme has "fundamentally changed peoples thinking and behaviour around litter". (via Waste Management Review)

11.01.2022 The millions of used light bulbs that end up in landfill are dreadful for the environment, but we can turn this around by recycling lighting waste.

10.01.2022 Reducing the amount of waste produced can be tricky in healthcare as much of the disposable items are used in order to protect patients. But this is still possible. (via Blue & Green Tomorrow)

09.01.2022 Australia is facing a serious lighting waste challenge, however lighting recycling is on the rise as people realise how easy and convenient it is.

08.01.2022 Since the state-wide ban on e-waste began in July 2019, more than 75 waste transfer and recycling sites across Victoria have been upgraded.

08.01.2022 Margaret Rivers AMR Dental has recently signed on to the Terracycle/Colgate Recycling Program and staff are encouraging people to dispose of their old dental items at the surgery. (via Augusta Margaret River Mail)

07.01.2022 Toyota Motor is preparing to release a new ultracompact electric vehicle with a standardised battery that can be easily reused in homes. (via Nikkei Asian Review).

06.01.2022 If your team cares about protecting the environment and lowering business costs, then an active recycling program for your workplace may be the answer.

06.01.2022 A new zero-waste program, available from Woolworths in mid-2021, will allow customers to consume a variety of commonly used products where the packaging can be collected or dropped back in store, cleaned, refilled and reused. (via Waste Management Review)

04.01.2022 Ambitious plans to move Wales to a zero waste, net zero carbon economy by 2050 have been announced by the Welsh government. Wales household recycling rate is already over 60%, making it the top recycling nation in the UK, the third best in Europe and the fourth best in the world. (via Recycling International)

04.01.2022 A new app called RecycleSmart has stepped up to remedy Sydneys waste woes with a handy searchable database that tells you how and where to dispose of hundreds of household items. (via Time Out Sydney)

03.01.2022 People are switching on to the benefits of lighting recycling. This guide details how you can recycle LED bulbs, smart lights and mercury-containing lamps.

03.01.2022 Recycling mercury-containing items found around the home and workplace is good for the environment, so its vital to know where to recycle them in Australia.

03.01.2022 Margaret River's AMR Dental has recently signed on to the Terracycle/Colgate Recycling Program and staff are encouraging people to dispose of their old dental items at the surgery. (via Augusta Margaret River Mail)

01.01.2022 As the worlds appetite for electronics continues to increase, so does the need to handle these products properly. And yet, only around 20% of the estimated 50 million tonnes of annually produced e-scrap is being recycled. (via Recycling International).

01.01.2022 The Victorian Government will begin rolling out a four-bin kerbside recycling scheme across the state next year and introduce a container deposit scheme by 2023 as part of a $129 million overhaul of Victorias recycling industry. (via ABC News)

01.01.2022 Battery recyclers will play an increasingly vital role in the future, as batteries power more and more parts of our lives.