Fulton Hogan will create a new regional glass processing hub in Lara, Victoria, after winning a $740,000 joint state and federal recycling grant earlier this month.
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Austroads promotes use of recycled glass in transport infrastructure
Austroads has published documentation to encourage the use of recycled crushed glass in transport infrastructure.
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Can recycled glass help create safer, more skid-resistant roads?
Sustainability Victoria has awarded the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) and OmniGrip Direct $81,000 in funding for a project to see recycled crushed glass can be used to provide safer, more skid resistant roads.
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Ecologiq develops map of Victorian suppliers of recycled and reused materials
Project teams and contractors will benefit from a new interactive map that pinpoints the location of Victorian suppliers of recycled and reused materials for use in transport infrastructure projects.
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Alex Fraser’s answer to asphalt
As a company committed to achieving carbon neutrality, Alex Fraser has created PolyPave, an asphalt product that can contain high volumes of recycled materials including plastic, glass and RAP.
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Two major steps taken to increase glass in NSW road building
Across Sydney, 16 metropolitan councils have joined forces to recycle nearly 100 million glass containers yearly into local roads. This marks the largest local government led procurement of recycled materials for road building in NSW.
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Re-thinking recycling
The road construction industry has long played its part to investigate the use of recycled products in projects. Infrastructure Victoria’s recommendations for a $1 billion overhaul of the waste sector in the state are hoped to progress this work further, while creating 5000 jobs and increasing regional recycling capabilities.
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One million tonnes under threat: Alex Fraser
For decades, Alex Fraser has supplied the road construction sector with sustainable materials for major projects and municipal works. Now, one million tonnes of resources made from recyclables are at risk of ending up in landfill, with Alex Fraser’s Clarinda facility at risk of closing.
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Victoria announces $1.6M for recycling research projects
To encourage the development of new ways to use material otherwise sent to landfill, the state government announced $1.6 million for research projects that create an end market for recycled materials.
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Researchers develop concrete solution for recycled glass
Deakin School of Engineering researchers have found ground waste glass can be used as a substitute for sand when making polymer concrete.
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