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Update from the Beyond Plastics Pollution Conference (Sydney, 30 Oct – 1 Nov 2017)

10 noviembre 2017 By Blake Lindley In All Categories, Conference, Edge News

Riding a wave of renewed interest and enthusiasm in the public, the Boomerang Alliance hosted the inaugural Beyond Plastics Pollution conference last week in Sydney …

Double-positive: PonyUp recycles e-waste and ends up feeding the hungry, too

18 octubre 2017 By Blake Lindley In All Categories, Case Study, Edge News, Recovery Strategies

Who would have thought recycling e-waste could create meals for those in need? We saddled up with e-waste recovery experts, PonyUp for Good, during a …

Opening the lid on waste: where we’re going and why it’s relevant to your business

22 agosto 2017 By Blake Lindley In All Categories, Edge News, Industry Insight, Life Cycle Assessment, Recovery Strategies

Blake Lindley explores the increasing use of life cycle assessment to inform decision-making in the waste and recycling sector, in the below article published in Sustainability …

Creating wealth from waste

9 agosto 2017 By admins In All Categories, Buildings & Infrastructure, Circular Threads, Edge News, Life Cycle Assessment, Policy & Tool Development, Recovery Strategies, Strategy & Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Construction, Sustainable Procurement

In times of war on waste, businesses are left wondering how to do the right thing. We are entering an overdue war on waste. Recent …

Recognising the true cost of litter in public spaces

27 febrero 2017 By Blake Lindley In All Categories, Edge News, Recovery Strategies, Research, Social Impact Strategy

Litter management and prevention is an expensive operation for most local councils in Australia, requiring significant manpower and infrastructure investment to respond effectively. However, for …

Let it go, let it go… in the right bin please

15 diciembre 2016 By Joana Almeida In All Categories, Edge News, Life Cycle Assessment, Recovery Strategies, Sustainable Procurement

When considering the likelihood of recycling versus waste going to landfill, is plastic, paper or compostable packaging better for the environment? Taronga Zoo recently posed this …