In an unprecedented move toward e-waste management and global sustainability, Apple is switching its traditional Lightning cables to the more universal USB-C in line with a mandate by the European Union (EU). The development comes after the EU’s push for common charger standards across the tech industry, aimed at reducing electronic waste (e-waste) and promoting a more sustainable future.
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The CSIRO Industry PhD Program (iPhD) is a four-year research training program that focuses on applied research and working with the industry sector. The waste industry has identified the existence of real and significant regulatory barriers as a significant hurdle to growing Australia’s recycling industry. Together with QUT, we’re excited to be involved in producing the next generation of innovation leaders with the skills to help break down the legislative roadblocks to growing Australia’s recycling industry.
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Victorians no longer have access to single-use plastics, with a recent government ban on the items across the State. This includes prohibiting supply and sale of plastic straws, cutlery, plates, drink-stirrers, polystyrene containers and cottonbuds.
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Wanless invests in additional locations in Brisbane and Central Queenland
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The Victorian Government is offering $2 million in grants for local councils and industry to improve e-waste infrastructure across the state.
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Close the Loop, with the support of the Australian Government, is running a trial to collect all brands of makeup and beauty product packaging for recycling.
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Wanless develops Hexham industrial site in Newcastle, the 8.7 hectare site on Sparke Street under proposal for a new industrial warehouse and hardstand.
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Planet Ark recently released a guide to reducing and recycling plastics at work, after researchers discovered Australians threw away more than two and a half million tonnes of plastic in 2018-19, with businesses responsible for more than half.
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Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Germany have developed a process that uses 100% recycled silicon from solar photovoltaic models to produce new PERC solar cells.
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In a bid to fully integrate business waste management solutions and ensure maximum recycling capabilities, Wanless Waste Management is expanding its skip-bin services, W Skips.
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Wanless Waste Management’s NSW business has activated two new resource recovery centres in the Sydney region. The first, just south of the CBD at Botany, is a stone’s throw to Sydney Domestic Terminal; the other is in Smithfield, at the centre of the western industrial precinct, bordered by Wetherill Park, Erskine Park and Huntingwood.
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The Federal Government has awarded Wanless and QUT Centre for Robotics a grant to develop a prototype for the disassembly of mobile phones. The aim of this initial project is to remove phone batteries, but the subsidy has far-reaching benefits in helping tackle the e-waste issues facing the world.
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