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Reconstituted paint.

Totally recyclable paint

Used and unwanted paint is commonly sent to landfill. The incorrect disposal of paint can lead to environmental contamination as […]

woman with clipboard looks up at pallets of packed plastics on a shelf

Advanced recycling

CSIRO’s report, Advanced recycling technologies to address Australia’s plastic waste evaluates advanced recycling pathways to convert plastic waste into valuable resources to […]

Biodegradable plastic

Biodegradable plastics

One million tonnes of Australia’s annual plastic consumption is single-use plastic such as that used in food packaging. One of […]

Circular economy flow

Circular economy

The ‘circular economy’ is a term used to describe a system for an economy that is restorative and regenerative by […]

Close up of a Black solider fly on a leaf

Insects as bio-transformers

Ever wondered what happens to plastic consumed by insects? We are carrying out research to investigate how insects such as […]

Discarded-plastic-ground-covers

Sprayable biodegradable agricultural mulch

We have developed an environmentally-friendly, sprayable biodegradable polymer membrane product that can help farmers produce more during harvest, on the same land area, while using less water, nutrients and agrochemicals.

computational model of a plastic degrading enzyme in complex with its substrate

PETase enzymes

The use of plastic materials has spread to all industries and manufactured products given their outstanding mechanical properties, malleability, thermal […]

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