Since December 2017, the two Muffin Break stores piloting the Reground bins have: Diverted 240kg of from landfill, plus 456kg of harmful greenhouse gases from going into the atmosphere unnecessarily. Prevented the waste of 6,660 lattes ending in landfill. The compost has been sustainably used to create healthy soil at Melbourne ...

Applications are now open for the 2024 Heritage Grants (CHG) . The CHG offers cash grants of up to $20,000 to organisations. The grants support organisations to preserve and manage collections that have Australian cultural and historical significance. The CHG is celebrating 30 years this year. Since it was first run in 1994, the CHG has ...

Why set up a recycling collection with First Mile. Easy switch from your current business waste provider. Flexible business waste and recycling collections up to 3 times a day, 7 days a week. Amazing support available 24/7/365 from our specialist commercial waste collection team. Service Extras, like compliance certificates ...

7. Make natural body products. Pamper yourself with a face and body scrub - are wonderfully exfoliant and will make your skin feel amazing. Simply mix one cup of your leftover with a fourth of a cup of sugar, a spoonful of cinnamon, and a half cup of body oil (or coconut oil).

Following the circular economy trend, the first few startups have proven that can become a valuable resource. Siblings Anna and William Brightman started developing a process to ...

Nespresso 's dedicated recycling separates its aluminium capsules from the used . From there, aluminium is recycled back into the industry to make new products. Once the aluminium capsule and are separated, we are looking for ways to upcycle the raw metal to create new reusable, valuable products while ...

A pair of Glasgow-based social entrepreneurs want to give your used a new lease of life. Most disposable cups contain a lot of plastic and are a challenge to . TrioCup's design origami to replace all those plastic lids with cleverly-folded, recyclable card.

A Perth start-up came up with a creative circular solution to into new products and offset drinkers' habits. 75% of Australians are avid drinkers but not many of us realise how much waste our latte habit can create (AgriFutures Australia, 2021). Donut Waste is on a mission to save from going ...

Based on records, the has established over 1,000 collection sites around Australia, turning cups into industrial and consumer products. It expands its collection network to all states and local areas to gather and more cups. Conclusion. cup recycling has faced many issues concerning its processes.

Here are five surprising ways can be reused and contribute towards the circular economy: 1. Biofuels. If you ever leave your cup of a while, you'll see that a shiny layer appears on top. That layer is the natural oils contained within beans. Not all of these oils are released into a cup of .

Waste stats for A - 12 cubic metres of rubbish per month. 100% dumped in landfill. Cost is $497+GST per month. B is identical in every way to A - except they want to reduce costs and help the environment - and do both if they can. They call Waster - who performs an estimate of their rubbish.

Designed to support the increasing production of the site, this biomass boiler now consumes 33,000 tonnes of spent per year. Since implementation, the site has reduced its natural gas consumption significantly, leading to a 70% reduction in its CO2 emissions, the equivalent to 14,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

A team of 43 volunteers 1.8 tonnes of used each week from approximately 20 around Canberra, mix it with water and sawdust generated from CIT's carpentry students, and pack it ...

But much of the time they end up in landfill adding to carbon emissions. Social enterprise Kua has come up with a zero-waste solution, 'lending' beans to local taking back the reuse. This is all with support of a City of Sydney grant. They deliver specialty Ugandan grown beans in benchtop ...

An engineering student wants to close the loop and into biodegradable plastics. "Australians consume six billion cups of every year, and the used to make these are used only once and then discarded," said Dominik Kopp, a Macquarie University PhD student. "In Sydney alone, over 920 ...

Finnish company Rens them to make trainers. rens. are even now being used to make trainers. The used are processed and mixed with recycled plastic pellets to ...

Spent - A waste issue. A 2016 report by Planet Ark for the City pf Sydney states; In Australia, an average 32kg of beans in a week, producing 60kg of spent a week. Nearly 3,000 tonnes of spent are produced each year - with over 90% going to landfill. A potent waste with negative impacts

Reduce, Reuse, . Shane Genziuk is founder of to , a social enterprise based in Melbourne, Australia, that educates lovers about the myriad wonders of used connects them to bag used easy pickup.He estimates he's signed up nearly 1,000 working in partnership with a liates in London and Austin, Texas.

Ms Eaton said their business, Golden Brown, was the first of its kind in Tasmania to make recycled waste available to the . So far, six are participating, and each pays $15 ...

Reground has connected over 100 gardens and home gardeners with waste. We educate the waste resources and positive behaviour change. Reground is a -based organisation that exists to help help the environment and not let any , chaff or soft plastic waste end in landfill.

Reground partner are provided with a bin for used chaff (the bean's husk), which will be collected on a frequency determined by need, with all end-point data ...

Reground will 75,000 tonnes of would otherwise end up in landfill. Eco-friendly giant Single O has joined forces with recycler Reground to spent from seven Melbourne repurpose them to beautify home gardens, as well as Melbourne Zoo's landscaping. Well ...

Reground comes to you to spent from your , roastery or office. ... our of roasters and offices has helped us save over 1.4 million kilograms of from going to landfill. ... pay for waste collection regardless of where it goes, so redirecting funds and resources to the ...

Food waste recycling collection for is provided by a number of commercial operators and local councils. Generally, operators that accept food waste will accept , but check with your local operator. Small have a worm farm or composting bin on the premises may be able to compost their own .