Resource Environmental Solutions displays visionary approach with PFAS disposal
Resource Environmental Solutions (RES) has always endeavoured to navigate the complexities of waste management with ingenuity and agility. As a result, it has had a series of impressive wins. One notable triumph has been its work with a client requiring…
How recycling is sorted
By Jeff Seadon, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology, originally published in The Conversation Recycling in Australia used to be fairly simple. Our older readers may remember bottle drives, paper and cardboard collections, and the trip to the scrap metal merchant to…
Recycling and Your Car
Did you know that by 2020, the average modern car will have up to 350 kilograms of plastic on board? Unless you’re driving a vintage Fifties model – cars of old were mostly steel – your ride is about 50% plastic. Probably…
Landfill – your last waste disposal option
Since Australia stopped incinerating rubbish in the middle of the 20th century, most of our solid waste has ended up in landfill. Some 20 million tonnes of garbage each year makes its way to hundreds of landfill sites, mostly clustered around our…
Turning waste into resources
Our waste is built on a linear system – it is made, we unwrap it/eat it/use it, before it ends its life either in a recycling plant or, worse, as landfill. Think of it as cradle-to-grave, just like us –…