...AIC REPORT Australian Council of Recycling TechClinics Summary Report “How can we document and recognise best practice in the Australian recycling industry?” July 2012 ACOR TechClinics Summary Report July 2012 REVISION HISTORY Client: Proposal: Prepared by: Contact Details: Ph: Email: Prepared For: Version: Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR) ACOR TechClinics Summary Report The Australian Institute for Commercialisaton Sean Smith 07 3364 0602 sean.smith@ausicom.com Grant Musgrove 1.0 Brisbane | Sydney | Melbourne | Adelaide | Cairns | Gold Coast | Rockhampton a: Head Office 33 McKechnie Drive, Eight Mile Plains, QLD 4113 p: PO Box 4012, Eight Mile Plains, QLD 4113 t: 1300 364 739 f: +61 7 3364 0786 w: www.ausicom.com ABN 84 076 854 638 www.ausicom.com ACOR TechClinics Summary Report July 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 EVENT SUMMARY 1.1 TechClinic® Objectives 1.2 About TechClinics 1.3 TechClinic® Agenda 1.4 The Australian Recycling Industry Value Chain 2.0 EXPERT PRESENTATIONS 2.1 ACOR TechClinics Introduction 2.2 Queensland Case Study – Used Lube Oil Recycling 2.3 South Australia Case Study – Best Practice Process 2.1 New South Wales Case Study – Industrial Ecology 2.2 ACCC and Industry Codes of Conduct 3.0 TECHCLINIC® WORKSHOPS 3.1 What are the Opportunities for the Australian Recycling Industry? 3.2 Issues and Constraints 3.3 Needs – Brainstorming Best Practice Criteria 3.3.1 Brainstorming Best Practice Criteria 3.3.2 Brainstorming and...
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...Issues in Australia Environment “How does Liverpool Council manage its waste?” Australians are among the world's largest producers of waste. Each Australian produced about 1 tonne of waste, which goes to landfill every year, with only 4% of waste recycled or re-used. The millions of tonnes of waste disposal into the environment every year are symbolic of our presently unsustainable patterns of production and consumption. The disposal and management of that waste is now an important issue for governments throughout Australia. The volume of waste per person increased from 1,200 kg to 2,100 kg over a ten-year period Waste Management Waste management is one of the geographical issues concerns that arise due to the changes in the environment. Geographical issue surrounding wastes include: the type of waste and the disposed of it and using waste as landfill, which consume large areas of land. In developed countries such as Australia, waste can be directly linked to over consumption of natural resources. The impacts of Waste Management The impacts of waste management are considerable. There are many problems associated with waste that make it a significant environmental issue. Waste that is disposed of in landfills has the potential to contaminate soil and groundwater, and emit greenhouse and toxic gases into the atmosphere. When waste is disposed of through incineration or other means, its impacts upon the environment, and potentially on human health, are also ...
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...8191 or see the website: www.mcf.amta.org.au AMTA Members Carriage Service Providers Dodo Australia, Lebara Mobile, Lycamobile, Optus, Telstra, VHA Pty Ltd AMTA Vision The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association is the peak national body representing Australia’s mobile telecommunications industry. AMTA’s vision is to promote an environmentally, socially and economically responsible, successful and sustainable mobile telecommunications industry in Australia. AMTA aims to achieve its vision by: ■ effective industry representation and leadership ■ generating consensus on whole-of-industry issues ■ improving the level of trust between the industry, related industries, key stakeholders and the wider community ■ promoting an improved understanding of the mobile telecommunications industry and its contribution to the Australian community. Handset Manufacturers LG Electronics Australia, HTC ( Aust & NZ), Nokia Australia, Motorola Mobility Australia, Research in Motion, Samsung Australia, Sony Ericsson, ZTE Australia Retailers Mobile Network Infrastructure Suppliers Alcatel-Lucent Australia, Ericsson Australia, Huawei Technologies, Nokia Solutions and Networks, Qualcomm International Support Industries Crown Castle International, Evans Planning, KPPR, Paradigm.one, RF Industries, Risk Insure, Urbis Pty Ltd 1st Floor 35 Murray Crescent, Griffith ACT 2603 Australia | PO Box 4309 Manuka ACT 2603...
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...Industries Group Ltd (TPI:ASX) Business Summary (as at 10 Feb 2014) Transpacific Industries Group Ltd (TPI) provides integrated industrial cleaning, recycling and total waste management solutions to customers across Australia and New Zealand. TPI is also a player in the domestic heavy-duty commercial vehicles industry. Cleanaway: The division is an operator in the solid waste sector in Australia. Services provided include: (i) Collections - commercial & industrial, municipal and residential collection services for all types of solid waste streams; (ii) Post Collections - ownership and management of waste transfer stations, resource recovery and recycling facilities, secure product destruction, quarantine treatment operations and landfills; and (iii) Commodities trading - sale of recovered paper, cardboard, metals and plastics to the domestic and international marketplace. Address: Phone: Fax: Website: ACN: ABN: Level 1, 159 Coronation Drive Milton, QLD 4064 +61 7 3367 7800 +61 7 3367 7878 www.transpacific.com.au 101 155 220 74 101 155 220 Sector: Share Price: Market Cap: Shares Issue: Industrials $1.09 (25/07/2014) $1,722 million 1,579 million New Zealand: Transpacific Waste Management in New Zealand is a provider of solid waste services in the market, including collection, recycling, landfill construction and operation. Industrial services include the operation of specialist facilities, liquid and hazardous waste collection and treatment ...
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...[pic] Chapter 1 – Current Events | |The costs and benefits of recycling The most dramatic events of mid-2009 are, of course, those connected with the global financial crisis and its disastrous effects on output and unemployment throughout the world. These events lie in the realm of macroeconomics and are covered in the ‘current event’ entries for Chapter 10 through to 15. In this entry we look at the economics of recycling which provide an excellent topical illustration of an important economic principle – the relative size of marginal costs and benefits. Several States are considering extending the present range of recycling opportunities for households and the Productivity Commission has recently published a lengthy report on the issue. Here, using the analysis introduced in Chapter 1, we look at two aspects. First whether kerbside recycling is worth the effort, and second at the operation of container deposit legislation. About 90% of Australian households have access to kerbside recycling collections. They can place their waste in one of two bins. One bin is for general waste, the other for recyclables – typically aluminium cans, glass bottles and containers, paper and cardboard. Many of us make use of the separate bins and some take the task very seriously by, for example, rinsing out bottles before placing them in the recycle bin. Once the material in recycling bins has been collected local authorities incur costs in sorting the material and passing it on to firms...
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...Student Name: Tang Jocelyn Sze Ling Student ID: GEC 000009X Assessment Unit: VU 21470 Task 1: 1. Lake Eyre 9,500 km Northern South Australia 2. Lake Mckenzie 1,200m Fraser Island 3. Lake Argyle 1,000 km Ord River 4. Murray River 2,508km 5. Darling River 1,472km 6. Murrumbidgee River 1,600km 7. Mount Kosciuszko 2,228m 8. Snowy Mountains 2,228m 9. Mount Trickett 1,362m 10. Great Victoria Desert 424,400 square kilometres 11. Great Sandy Desert 284,993 square kilometres 12. Tanami Desert 184,500 square kilometres 13. 14. South Australia has a Mediterranean climate with warm, dry summers and mild winters. 15. Northern Territory has two distinct climate zones: the tropical top end, which has two seasons, and Semi-arid Central Australia, which has four. 16....
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...ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET Please ensure this form is fully completed prior to submission. This page should be on the front of your assessment and needs to be easily accessible. Student ID Number: | 2085435 | Date Handed In: | 28th May 2012 | Student Name / Group Name: | Hirotoshi Matsushima | SGA Unit code | 1247 | SGA Unit Title: | International business forecasting | Course: | Diploma of Marketing | Trainer’s name: | Mr. P Mc Intoish | Received By (Academic Office): | | Assessment No: | 3 | PLAGIARISMPlagiarism is the act of representing as one’s own original work the creative works of another, without appropriate acknowledgement of the author or source. COLLUSIONCollusion is the presentation by a student of an assessment as his or her own which is in fact the result in whole or in part of unauthorised collaboration with another person or persons. Collusion involves the cooperation of two or more students in plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct and as such both parties are subject to disciplinary action. Plagiarism and collusion constitute cheating. Disciplinary action will be taken against students who engage in plagiarism and collusion as outlined in the school’s policies. See ‘Student Discipline/Misconduct Policy’ and ‘Assessment Policy' STUDENT DECLARATION I hereby certify that: 1. This assessment is my own work based on my personal study / research and not the work of another student and / or source 2. I have acknowledged all material and...
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...Recycling of plastics is a serious problem of countries. People do not know its serious effects, so the statistic of recycling of plastics decreased in the recent year and the number of used plastics is increasing quickly. Countries also give some possible solution to solve this problem. According to Marino (2002,p.8) 800,000 tonnes of household collected in Australia from kerbsides each year and the rate of recycling PVC bottles decreased 3% from 1999 to now. Furthermore, the plastic of cars has only 8% is recovered (Association of plastics Manufacturers in Europe,1999). Other statistic is only 2.5% of plastic domestic packaging is recycled in the USA (Landreth and Rebers,1996). Nowadays, many goods are made of plastic, so if it is not recycled, it will be able to affect to people’s health. This problems will become easier if people know how to recycle the plastic and clean up the waste. Besides that, technology has modern machines to solve this problems. Porter (2002,p.12) stated that the electro-thermal deactivation(ETD) can help people avoid noxious from plastic or waste by dumping or incinerate. However, ETD is not cheap. Additionally, other machine is an industrial-scale Cuisinart , it can chop up the plastic or the waste with whirring blades and with the cheap price (Carey and Port, 2002, p.75). In conclusion, it is very necessary and important to change the current situation. the plastic and the waste are noxious, so it needs to be recycled...
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...In Australia, projects involving a change land use that affects the environment would require an Environment Impact Study (EIS). Multidisciplinary EIS usually complies with both Federal and State Government statutory approvals processes and requirements. (Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth) (EPBC Act), State Development Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (Queensland) (SDPWOA)).[39, 51] The nation is taking the approach and working towards an approach to combat the issues faced in dealing with the emission of greenhouse gases to the environment during the process of mining. Another issue is landfill, the disposal of used resources and its effects on the environment, Landfill issues constitute to a wide range of pollution and harm to the environment because a...
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...Waste Management 33 (2013) 1237–1250 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Waste Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/wasman Review Electronic waste management approaches: An overview Peeranart Kiddee a,b, Ravi Naidu a,b,⇑, Ming H. Wong c a Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia c Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, China b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 27 July 2012 Accepted 8 January 2013 Available online 10 February 2013 Keywords: Electronic waste Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Material Flow Analysis (MFA) Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA) Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) a b s t r a c t Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest-growing pollution problems worldwide given the presence if a variety of toxic substances which can contaminate the environment and threaten human health, if disposal protocols are not meticulously managed. This paper presents an overview of toxic substances present in e-waste, their potential environmental and human health impacts together with management strategies currently being used in certain countries. Several tools including Life...
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...water pollution is a national issue that needs to continue to be addressed in Australia and around the world. Although Australia’s waters are not the most polluted in the world our waters are being affected significantly by plastic pollution. Below I have addressed the main causes of plastic water pollution in Australia. The repercussions of plastic pollution on wildlife and humans have also been discussed. The sustainable volunteer work I participated in was picking up litter from two of Canberra’s lakes. There were many positive qualities of this volunteering experience including helping the environment by reducing pollution and recycling items. On a personal note it was also a great way for me to spend time outdoors...
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...Assessment 1 Develop workplace sustainability Questions What are the sustainability issues? Unsustainable activities have led to changes in our environment, or have been identified as having the potential to lead to future changes. The types of changes that are occurring or are predicted to occur form the key issues for sustainability. The following Table 1 provides a summary of the key issues. They are related to changes to the physical and cultural (being the way we live) environments, which in turn relate to the economic environment. What does sustainability mean? Every day we hear the term ‘sustainable’ or ‘sustainability’ being used to describe a large number of issues and news items. There is the ‘sustainable economy’, ‘sustainable agriculture’, ‘economically sustainable’, ‘the need to be sustainable’, ‘sustainable work practices’ and ‘sustainable water supply’ to name a few. The Brundtland Report, Our Common Future, is seen by many as one of the first global reports to address sustainable development. This report defined sustainable development as: “…development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Brundtland (1987) National strategy for ecologically sustainable development Sustainable Development is defined by the Australian Government’s National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development as: “…using, conserving and enhancing the community’s resources...
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...Most accounts of issues claim that there are a variety of benefits of recycling. “Recycling is the process of converting products back into their constituent raw materials and then reprocessing this raw into new article” (Healey, 1999). People’s desire is limitless, but the resources in the world are not infinite. In daily life, there are so many products that can be seen everywhere, for instance, glass, paper, steel, plastic products and rubber products. Hence, ignoring recycling is a large waste, that means just throwing garbage or disposing of it in landfills which is not a permanent solution. As the impassioned discussion over the issue of recycling comes into the spot light of the world, it has long been asserted that the issue of recycling in modern times is very important. Recycling makes participants feel fine, and is considered by some to be a moral responsibility, which has become a ‘social norm’ (BIEC, 1997). This essay will try to demonstrate three main benefits of recycling including its important role in economies, environment and energy-saving. Recycling generates substantial economic benefits and it has made a vital contribution to job creation and economic development. A great illustration of it is that recycling helps people save money and creates jobs in waste management and manufacturing industries. Recycling programs cost less to operate than waste collection, land filling and incineration. According to Beck (2001), there are direct impacts and indirect impacts...
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...Australia’s Dynamic Water Industry Fostering excellence in water management About this publication Australia has a unique water challenge. Increasing variability in extreme climate conditions has required governments, industry and citizens to prioritise water management. This focus has led to distinctive approaches, changes in governance, behavioural change and technology innovation. Australia’s experience and approach to addressing water management challenges is regarded as among the most progressive in the world. This publication has been prepared by the Australian Water Association, with the support of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR ), waterAUSTR ALI A and industry partners to illustrate some of the innovative solutions developed by Australian business and research groups that have built resilience to water management by urban, agricultural and industrial sectors across Australia. June 2011 (10-11-92) Disclaimer This publication has been prepared as a general overview. It is not intended to provide an exhaustive coverage of water innovation in Australia. The information is made available on the understanding that the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and the Australian Water Association (the parties) are not providing professional advice. Therefore, while all care has been taken in the preparation of the report...
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...Considerations 6-7 6. Project Schedule 7-9 7. Resources 10-11 8. Budget 11-15 9. Risk Management 15-16 10. References 16-17 1. Introduction Woolworths is one of the largest retailing companies in Australia. It deals with food and staples. Mr Grant O’Brien is the Managing Director of this company. It holds 190,000 employees across Australia and New Zealand. As it is one of the largest companies in Australia although it’s not a manufacturing industry, it’s indirectly impacting on the environment by producing CO2 through its operation by consumption of electricity and wastage product produced through its day to day operation. By taking this in mind, we decided to work under Woolworths and help it to reduce its carbon emission that is affecting the environment and community as a whole. Therefore, our project will be focused on reducing the impact of carbon emission that is emitted from the day to day operation of Woolworths. 2. Project definition Project “Hello Green” will be fully committed towards the green. Therefore this project will be taking substantial steps to address to today’s emission by reducing the energy uses, focusing on recycling and reducing its carbon footprint as per the standard set by the Australian Government that will be helpful in reducing its overall cost of operations. * To assist Woolworths in maintaining sustainable business. * By assist in reducing energy consumption...
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