Mobile phone trade-in programs are achieving solid growth in the UK, with Intellibox now having rolled out 70 of a planned 1500 ATM-style phone trade-in for cash kiosks across the UK. Kiosks are [...]
Kerbside Recycling is at the crossroads. The ban, imposed by China, on recycling is having major implications for local councils. China’s announcement on January 1st 2018 banned 24 categories [...]
Recycling and Reusing will become important topics in Australian homes this year. The recent announcement that China is banning all types of recyclable containers will lead to major challenges [...]
Recent figures for 2017 show that world crude steel output is continuing to rise, with tonnage up by 5.3% to 2016. Figures recently released by the World Steel Association WSA reveal world output [...]
A recent study by the Bank of America shows that global waste management volumes are likely to double by 2025 and by 2020 are projected to be a $2 trillion market. The report identifies that over [...]
With over 14 billion drink containers a year and only half being recycled its little wonder that the focus of many in the environment community is focussed on container deposit schemes. NSW [...]
E-waste is becoming an all too familiar term in most communities as millions of televisions, computers, and mobile phones are discarded in Australia each year. To reduce and minimize the impact [...]
As a receptionist you’ll often know more about what is going on in a business than most employees (maybe even more than the boss). Each day you greet your colleagues and clients, delivery people [...]
Some large businesses can be more bureaucratic than governments. That can make it difficult to implement new ways of doing things, such as comprehensive recycling programs. On the plus side, when [...]
Australia has a pretty poor record when it comes to recycling computers. Only about 10% get recycled, (and only about 1% of TVs), which adds up to a lot of electronic waste (e-waste) going to [...]