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About the Cover Since its establishment in 2000, Queensland-based VAC Group has been setting new benchmarks in non-destructive vacuum excavation and underground asset location and mapping.

Now, in what has become the latest chapter in this remarkable Australian success story, VAC Group has once again 'raised the bar' in terms of productivity, efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of vacuum excavation operations, thanks to its new patented soil recovery and transfer system.

Turn to Page 10 for the full story.

EDITORS COLUMN

Keep it Simple Making it easy is the key to recycling success Dear Readers, With most Australians now better informed than ever before in terms of the environmental impact of many of their actions, it's clear that most people are also prepared to 'do their bit' to improve the environment and reduce their environmental footprint. One only has to look at the participation rates that are being achieved by recycling services around the country to see that this is indeed the case.

That said, it is also clear that despite the efforts of many manufacturers, industry groups, NGO’s, statutory authorities and recyclers, we still have a long way to go in terms of improving our overall recovery and recycling rates and reducing the amount of waste being sent to landfill - especially in terms of packaging waste.

While there is clearly no ‘quick fix’ solution to this complex challenge, I do believe that one of the key issues still facing the nation’s recyclers, relates to the ease with which many packaging products and materials can be recycled.

Despite the excellent work that has already been done by many councils, waste authorities, industry bodies and private sector companies in developing and implementing the array of innovative recycling and product stewardship programs now in place, it seems for many people, the time and effort involved with recycling some items has still not come down to a 'tipping point' where recycling is the preferred option.

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public participation and co-operation, undoubtedly lies within the speed and ease with which the task can be achieved. Even those who are keen to recycle will generally only do it if it is quick and easy to do.

Today, most people lead busy lives with family and work commitments at a premium.

This fact often makes them either unable or unwilling to invest their time in needlessly complex practices of any kind including recycling, even if they agree ‘in principle’ with recycling and waste minimisation.

The bottom line is: if it’s not easy to do, it won’t be done.

Importantly, this edict not only applies to the recycling and resource recovery systems in place, but also the design of the items to be recycled. This is particularly true when it comes to packaging design and methodology - where there is clearly still much to be done.

For example, when faced with a combination of recyclable and nonrecyclable packaging materials (including non-recyclable plastic film around a recyclable cardboard box or packing consisting of a mix of recyclable and/or nonrecyclable materials), a large percentage of people will simply place all of the material into one group (even going so far as to stuff all of the smaller packing materials into the larger box for easy disposal) and then deposit it into one bin.

In situations such as this, it matters little into which bin the rubbish is deposited. The householder is either sending recyclables to the landfill, or contaminating the recyclables stream with non-recyclable material.

What’s more, even if the person has the foresight to dispose of the outer plastic film packaging separately, they would still be unlikely to dismantle any combination packaging material in order to separate it into the correct processing stream.

While I understand that the cost of designing, tooling and manufacturing suitable packing can represent a significant impost for manufacturers, good packaging solutions represent the first step in effective recycling.

With that in mind, if we're indeed serious about increasing recycling rates, I believe that more must be done to actively encourage improvements - both in packaging design and purchasing habits.

After all, the best way to maximise our recycling efficiency is to make recycling as easy as possible.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

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Winner of Women in Waste Award

Pictured above: (L-R): Jan Cornish, General Manager Asset Management Services, City of Charles Sturt; the Hon. Ian Hunter MP, South Australian Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation; Fiona Jenkins, Coordinator Waste & Sustainability, City of Charles Sturt; and Paul Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, City of Charles Sturt.

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The City of Charles Sturt’s Waste and Sustainability Coordinator Fiona Jenkins has been awarded the inaugural South Australian Women in Waste award.

The 2016 Green Industries SA Women in Waste Award has been established in memory of Pam Keating, a noted environmentalist and waste management expert who passionately believed in the importance of reducing waste and its impact on the environment.

Fiona Jenkins has worked in the waste and recycling sector since 1999, primarily within local government, and has a Masters in Environmental Studies degree.

Fiona’s achievements include leading the introduction of the National TV and Computer Recycling Scheme in western metropolitan Adelaide, and securing high levels of participation in the scheme in the region.

The City of Charles Sturt’s Beverley Recycling and Waste Centre was the first to launch the new scheme, which has operated continuously since its commencement and continues to be extremely popular and well-used by residents.

Fiona will receive up to $5,000 to assist with travel, accommodation and conference costs, in addition to mentoring from a senior woman executive working in the waste and resource recovery sector.

Speaking at the official presentation, South Australian Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Ian Hunter, said "I am delighted to announce Fiona Jenkins, from the City of Charles Sturt as the inaugural winner."

"Fiona’s project will research how local government can improve the performance of kerbside systems for recycling and organic material by examining different systems and approaches used in Australia and Portland, Oregon in the USA and Flanders in Belgium."

"Through in-depth interviews with people with years of experience in the field, she aims to identify successful approaches used elsewhere which can be considered for metropolitan Adelaide" he said.

"Congratulations to Fiona and the other applicants for their contribution to keeping South Australia’s waste and resource recovery sector at the forefront of innovation," the Minister added.

Ms Jenkins said she excited and humbled to receive the inaugural Women in Waste Award.

"It is an incredible privilege to receive this award," she said.

"I feel humbled and also really excited to have the opportunity to learn from the very best recyclers in the US and Europe and share my learnings at Charles Sturt and throughout Adelaide," Ms Jenkins added.

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Local governments in Western Australia which use three rubbish bins for household kerbside collections are recovering much more waste for recycling than those with two bins, according to new research.

The results are in the Local Government Waste and Recycling Census 2014-15, published by the state’s Waste Authority. In 2014-15, councils recovered 489,000 tonnes of domestic waste.

Environment Minister, Albert Jacob, said councils which participated in the government's Better Bins pilot program had recovered 42 per cent of waste from all three bins compared with those councils with two bins, which recovered only 22 per cent.

"The difference in recycling rates shows use of a third bin for green waste clearly produced better results," Mr Jacob said.

"When it's easier for households to recycle green waste, such as garden clippings, recovering other waste products improved as well.

"Better Bins gives councils improved kerbside services that contribute to achieving the state's recycling targets and reduce their exposure to increasing landfill costs.

"The justification for investing in this setup is clear with the impact of using a third bin. This is an encouraging result and I hope more councils will roll out the three bin system."

The WA Government has $15.4 million available for more councils to roll out Better Bins based on the success of the pilot program in the cities of Bayswater, Rockingham and Stirling; the towns of Cambridge and Cottesloe; and the shires of Capel, Collie and Donnybrook-Balingup.

The recovery rate for municipal solid waste in the Perth metropolitan region has remained at about 40 per cent in recent years. Efficient use of the three bin systems across Australia has achieved a recovery rate of 50 per cent or more than 60 per cent if food organics are included.

With Better Bins, general waste goes in a bin with a red lid, co-mingled recycling goes in a yellow lid bin, and green or organic waste is collected in a lime-green lid bin. This makes it easier for waste processors to recover resources and helps prevent cross contamination.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Victoria launches new waste strategy The new Victorian Waste Education Strategy is designed to help keep more waste out of landfill, reduce the amount of waste generated and boost recycling.

The strategy aims to provide a consistent and coordinated state-wide approach to waste education, focusing on behavioural change and increased understanding of the need for, and value of, waste and resource recovery activities.

It was launched on 26 August by Energy, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Lily D’Ambrosio, at a two-day conference in Ballarat.

The conference, hosted by Sustainability Victoria and the Grampians Central West Waste and Resource Recovery Group, brought together waste industry educators and local and state government representatives.

The Victorian Waste Education Strategy has been developed by Sustainability Victoria

in partnership with communities, councils and the waste industry.

It acknowledges the need for shared responsibility and to increase the effectiveness of education by using the best techniques and behavioural insights.

The 10-year strategy will prioritise: • understanding of community attitudes and perceptions towards waste services and infrastructure, and potentially improving these; • delivering programs to tackle food waste – for example, organic waste; • improving resource recovery – for example, changing behaviour and supporting local interventions to address contamination issues; and • reducing litter and illegal dumping, including industrial waste.

Implementation of the strategy will be led by Sustainability Victoria alongside the Victorian Market Development Strategy for

Recovered Resources and the Victorian Organics Resource Recovery Strategy.

It will be funded through a $2 million investment by the State Government.

“This is about helping protect the environment by keeping more waste out of landfill through increasing recycling, reducing contamination and minimising the amount of waste people generate,” said Minister D’Ambrosio.

“Our strategy also aims to help ensure industry is engaging with communities in the most effective way about decisions on waste and resource recovery infrastructure that may impact them.”

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Moving to a better waste industry An on-line service to assist with the day-to-day operations of Queensland’s waste industry has been operating since 5 September.

Environment Minister, Steven Miles, said the inclusion of the ability to track waste online followed calls from within the industry for a system to better track waste.

“Those involved in the industry particularly wanted an on-line service to assist in tracking regulated waste,” Dr Miles said.

“We’ve responded to these calls by including digital waste tracking in our new online Connect system.

“Following a substantial period of industry consultation, we rolled out the waste component of the Connect system from 5 September.”

Dr Miles said the move to on-line waste tracking would make it more efficient for operators to lodge regulated waste transport data and track their operations.

“When compliance officers are auditing a facility that receives and stores regulated waste, it will be quicker and easier to search records to establish whether the authorised and recorded deliveries tally with the amount of material the regulator is seeing on-site.

“Over time, the department is going to be able to redirect staff to more investigative and pro-active duties, where they will be able to pursue the operators who don’t lodge reports and don’t play by the rules.

“The more staff the department has tied up in recording the paperwork of the legal operators, the fewer people can be deployed finding the ones who are not meeting their obligations”.

Regulated waste is commercial or industrial waste that is listed in Queensland’s Environmental Protection Regulation 2008 and must be managed, transported and disposed

of properly to prevent environmental harm or risks to community safety.

“Transporting waste unlawfully can result in human health and environmental impacts, undermining our waste management regulations,” Dr Miles said.

Dr Miles said his department briefed industry peak association Waste, Recycling Industry Association (Queensland) on the initiatives and associated changes to the Environmental Protection Regulation in July.

“EHP contacted its regulated waste industry customers to seek final feedback by early August on the Connect portal and proposed changes to the regulations.

“We collated this feedback into a consultation report and provided this to industry. Industry comments and feedback were used to fine-tune our processes before they formally came into play on 5 September.”

Dr Miles said the department was continuing to provide information to the waste industry through regular mail outs and, wherever possible, personally contacting waste operators to support the industry through this change.

“The new online system Connect and the changes to the waste tracking business provide industry with choices. Our customers are being provided information to help make the right choice for them. ”

Australia must make better use of its waste Chemical engineering experts at the University of Sydney have warned Australia is “wasting its waste”, particularly industrial waste.

One of the experts – Associate Professor Ali Abbas – said: “We need technology innovations, in particular new technologies, for the sustainable processing of industrial waste or by-products.”

Associate Professor Abbas is Director of the Laboratory for Multiscale Systems at the University’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

He cites fly ash, a by-product of coal combustion, as an example of clever recycling and is working with Delta Electricity on solutions to increase the recycling of the byproduct.

“We could be recycling fly ash en-masse using it as a supplement in concrete mix and its manufacture.

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materials creates an opportunity to increase this reuse.

“Concrete containing fly ash can be crushed and reused in a range of civil and structural applications.

“How many of us now routinely purchase a petrol blend at the pump that contains 10 per cent ethanol as a more sustainable and renewable alternative? The concept of using a concrete blend containing 10 per cent reused fly ash could become something industry can easily adopt.

“Australia’s construction, demolition and power sectors account for more than a third of the country’s waste and we cannot continue to rely on landfill as the primary means of waste disposal,” Professor Abbas said.

According to the most recent Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, Australia’s waste generation almost doubled in the decade 1997 to 2007.

But the waste isn’t coming from Australian households or other municipal sources – it is coming from industry.

Professor Dianne Wiley, Head of the University’s School of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering, said: “The bulk of the waste is coming from the commercial and industrial sectors and from construction and demolition.

“What is alarming is the increase in the total waste generated. We need to boost efforts to unlock the value of the underused resources going to landfill, converting them into safe, highvalue chemicals and products for use in industry and our homes.

“We are already undertaking pioneering research in waste-management and wasteprocessing technologies.

“Our hydro-thermal pilot plant at the School of Chemical Engineering is the first of its kind in Australia. The plant has converted various biomass feeds including algae into bio-oils.

“The school’s vision is to build research capacity and establish a national waste transformation research hub that will support Australia’s waste industry and make significant contributions to resolving our national waste challenges, ” said Professor Wiley.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Crackdown on illegal transport of waste A so-called pollution “hot-line’ has resulted in 178 investigations by a special taskforce set up by the Queensland Government targeting unlicensed waste management operators in the state.

The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) and the waste industry established the Waste Industry Compliance Investigation Taskforce in August last year.

It has been conducting Operation TORA, a coordinated compliance program to stamp out unlicensed waste management operators and their facilities.

Environment Minister, Steven Miles, said 131 investigations had been completed, resulting in 37 enforcement actions.

“There have been 13 penalty infringement notices issued, along with 19 warning notices, four direction notices and one clean-up notice,” Dr Miles said.

“The 47 on-going investigations are at various stages, including seeking waste

tracking documents and issuing show cause notices".

Dr Miles said establishing a referral mechanism for industry and the public to report alleged offences to the department’s Pollution Hotline was being well utilised.

“The waste industry has expressed ongoing concern about unlicensed operators who break the law and gain an advantage over responsible operators by not complying with regulations or paying applicable fees.

“Operation TORA has helped EHP increase its compliance response to unlicensed waste management operators undertaking illegal waste storage, recycling, transport and disposal.”

Dr Miles said additional Taskforce investigations had been sparked from proactive Targeted Compliance Projects (TCP) being conducted through Operation TORA. He said a TCP had focussed on unlicensed waste transfer stations, recycling facilities and rubbish removal services in Ipswich

and the Gold Coast last year, while a second project targeted suspected unlicensed liquid regulated waste transport and disposal services in central Queensland in January.

A third TCP, run with the Queensland Police Service in March, focused on conducting roadside waste vehicle inspections in the Swanbank area.

Regulated waste is commercial or industrial waste that is listed in Queensland’s Environmental Protection Regulation 2008 and must be managed, transported and disposed of properly to prevent environmental harm or risks to community safety.

ECO FOCUS

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE GRANTS Grants of $23.7 million have been made to seven applicants under the Carbon Capture and Storage Research Development and Demonstration Fund (CCS RD&D Fund).

The grants range in size from nearly $9 million down to $693,450 – they had to be matched at least dollar-for-dollar by grant recipients.

Glencore - Carbon Transport and Storage Company, was awarded the largest grant of $8,775,000 for a CCS Demonstration Project in the Surat Basin of Queensland.

The project will incorporate the design and construction of injection facilities at Glencore’s Glenhaven property for the injection and monitoring of carbon dioxide sourced from a

post combustion plant at a Queensland power station.

Funding is also being made through the ACA Low Emissions Technologies Fund.

ACALET is an industry body with members in the black coal producing sector – the companies operate in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania.

Matthew Canavan, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, said the CCS RD&D Fund provided CCS projects with a focus on transport and storage.

Senator Canavan said it supported the Australian Government’s commitment to reduce the technical and commercial barriers

to the deployment of large-scale CCS projects.

“These projects will also encourage industry investment in further deployment of CCS technologies.

“Both Australian and international energy forecasts show that fossil fuels will have a significant share of the energy mix over the next few decades.”

Senator Canavan said the seven projects selected included industry and research institution-led projects.

“These will further add to Australia’s knowledge and successful implementation of large scale CCS projects in this country.”

VICTORIA REINSTATES GGB PROGRAM Victoria's award-winning Greener Government Buildings Program (GGB), which was scrapped by the previous State Government in 2013, has been reinstated by the Andrews Labor Government.

Funded through the recently issued Victorian Green Bonds, the program will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25,000 tonnes each year and save up to $100 million in the longer term by cutting the energy use of government buildings.

The program was awarded the Premier’s Sustainability Award in 2011.

Minister for Finance, Robin Scott, and Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio, said the government would reboot the program with a $33 million investment in the next two years.

They said the investment would be designed to save energy and reduce greenhouse emissions across a number of government buildings and infrastructure. The initiative would include: • installing new lighting technologies and upgrading heating and cooling systems at Gordon TAFE in Geelong, and Peninsula Health facilities, including the Frankston Hospital; • replacing all of Victoria’s freeway lighting with efficient and long lasting LED technology; and • installing solar power and highly-efficient LED lighting in hundreds of Victorian schools and regional healthcare facilities.

Mr Scott said money saved on energy bills would repay the initial investment in just five

years and would continue to save energy for years to come.

“The Greener Government Buildings Program will save an estimated $100 million and proves that greenhouse gas abatement does not need to be expensive.”

RATIFICATION OF PARIS AGREEMENT AND DOHA AMENDMENT TO KYOTO PROTOCOL The Australian Government has tabled the Paris Agreement on climate change and the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol for Parliamentary and public scrutiny.

A statement issued at the end of August

by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, and the Minister for Environment and Energy, Josh Frydenberg, said Australia was seeking to ratify the Agreement by the end of this year.

Ministers Bishop and Frydenberg said the Paris Agreement represented a turning point in the global transition to a lower emission future with more than 190 countries coming together to create it.

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“Under the agreement, Australia will continue to set its own emission reduction targets in contribution to the international effort to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below two degrees above pre-industrial levels.

“The government's suite of policies is working to reduce Australia's emissions without driving up electricity prices.

Already the Emissions Reduction Fund has seen 143 million tonnes of emissions reduction.”

The Ministers said the agreement was in Australia’s national interest.

“Our 2030 target of reducing emissions by 26-to-28 per cent below 2005 levels is in line with other developed economies and will halve our per capita emissions, and reduce emissions by two-thirds per unit of our GDP. “By 2020 nearly a quarter of our electricity will be from renewables – already 15 per cent of our households use solar energy, the highest proportion in the world.

“The government will ensure the energy system remains affordable and reliable as Australia transitions to a lower emissions future.”

ECO FOCUS

PERMANENT BAN ON FRACKING IN VICTORIA A permanent ban is being imposed on the exploration and development of all onshore unconventional gas in Victoria, including hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and coal seam gas.

The permanent legislative ban, described as a national first by the Victorian Government, will be introduced to Parliament later this year.

Until the legislation is passed, the current moratorium on unconventional onshore gas exploration and development will stay in place.

Premier, Daniel Andrews, and Minister for Resources, Wade Noonan, said the permanent ban would protect the reputation of Victoria’s agriculture sector, which employs more than 190,000 people.

Mr Andrews said the move would provide much-needed certainty to regional communities.

“Our farmers produce some of the world’s cleanest and freshest food. We won’t put that at risk with fracking.

“Victorians have made it clear that they don’t support fracking and that the health and

environmental risks involved outweigh any potential benefits.”

Mr Noonan said the decision ended the anxiety felt by Victorian farmers about the environmental and health risks associated with fracking, and formed part of the government response to the 2015 Parliamentary Inquiry into Onshore Unconventional Gas in Victoria.

The inquiry received more than 1,600 submissions, mostly opposed to onshore unconventional gas.

“There has been a great deal of community concern and anxiety about onshore unconventional gas – this decision gets the balance right,” said Mr Noonan.

“We have carefully considered the Parliamentary Inquiry’s key findings and recommendations, consulted widely and made our decision on the best available evidence.”

Exemptions to the ban will remain for other types of activities that are not covered by the current moratorium, such as gas storage, carbon storage research and accessing offshore resources. Exploration and

development for offshore gas will continue.

The government will also legislate to extend the current moratorium on the exploration and development of conventional onshore gas until 30 June 2020, noting that fracking will remain banned.

Mr Andrews and Mr Noonan said the government would undertake the most extensive scientific, technical and environmental studies in Australia on the risks, benefits and impacts of onshore gas.

The studies would be overseen by an expert panel, headed by the Lead Scientist Amanda Caples, and would include farmers and industry, business and community representatives.

COVER FEATURE

Vac Group

An Australian Success Story Since its establishment in 2000, Queensland-based VAC Group has been setting new benchmarks in non-destructive vacuum excavation and underground asset location and mapping.

Not surprisingly, the company's focus on innovation and quality has seen the demand for its state-of-the-art equipment and services grow at an exponential rate over the past decade and a half - both nationally and internationally.

Now, in what has become the latest chapter in this remarkable Australian success story, VAC Group has once again 'raised the bar' in terms of productivity, efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of vacuum excavation operations, thanks to its new patented soil recovery and transfer system.

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ven though non-destructive vacuum excavation has been utilised extensively throughout the US and Europe for some time now, the practice has really only 'come of age' in Australia over the past decade. While the reasons for the relatively slow uptake of vacuum excavation in Australia are many and varied, one of the major issues has been the cost and availability of suitable equipment that could meet the specific needs of Australian operating environments. Neil Costello, VAC Group's Director Strategy & Market Development, explained: "When it comes to non-destructive vacuum excavation, it's not only about the overall size of the vehicle - there are a number of key factors that need

to be taken into account. Together with factors such as tank / hopper capacities and vacuum pressure, there are also the critical issues relating to size, manoeuvrability, ease of use of the equipment and, perhaps most importantly, the operating costs."

"With that in mind, from the outset our focus has been on developing and manufacturing equipment that is efficient, reduces both the cost and environmental impact of operations, and is able to cope with harsh Australian operating conditions. After all, if a piece of equipment such as this can stand up to Australian operating conditions which are some of the harshest and most variable on the planet - we believe it will be able to stand up to anything," he added.

Growing to Meet Demand Not surprisingly, VAC Group's innovative approach to equipment design and manufacture has resulted in strong and consistent growth in demand for its equipment - a demand that, until now, has far exceeded its manufacturing capabilities.

In fact, for much of the last decade, every vacuum excavation unit manufactured by VAC Group was added to the company's own fleet in order to meet the ever-increasing demand for its services.

While this is undoubtedly a 'problem' that most equipment manufacturing companies would not mind being burdened with, increasing its manufacturing capabilities to better meet the demand for its vacuum excavation vehicles has been a priority for VAC Group. Indeed, it was the primary catalyst behind the establishment of the company's new multi-million dollar manufacturing headquarters in the Gold Coast suburb of Yatala in South East Queensland. “At our previous facility, we were only able to manufacture around 20 vacuum tanker units per year," Neil Costello said. "And given the ever-increasing demand for our nondestructive vacuum excavation services, we needed all of these units for our own fleet."

"We simply didn't have the manufacturing capacity to make additional units to sell.

We were using everything we made, and still couldn't make enough to meet our own requirements," he said.

"Thankfully, our new facility at Yatala has enabled us to ramp up our manufacturing capability by a factor of 10 to over 200 units per year. This will not only allow us to continue to build our fleet, it will also enable us to start meeting the demand for our equipment from other service providers," he added.

Ideally located halfway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, the new Yatala facility currently encompasses over 9,500m² of factory space, together with a separate 4-storey office complex which incorporates VAC Group's administration and operational headquarters.

Addressing the True Cost of Vacuum Excavation While non-destructive vacuum excavation has now gained widespread acceptance throughout Australia as a quick, safe and highly effective method of working around sub-surface infrastructure, there are a number of associated costs which until now have presented a significant price barrier for many projects.

Disposal 42.5%

Excavation 25%

Logistics 32.5%

In short, when it comes to non-destructive vacuum excavation, the actual site excavation works generally only account for around 25% of the total cost - making it the cheapest component of the process. As a general rule, the remaining 75% of the cost can be broken down into LOGISTICS (travelling to the site and transporting spoil from the site for disposal) 32.5% and DISPOSAL, which is by far the largest single cost component at around 42.5% of the total cost.

The high cost of disposal stems from the fact that due to the nature of non-destructive vacuum excavation - which uses high pressure water to convert the solids into a slurry which is then vacuumed away - the spoils generated are classified as liquid

waste which costs significantly more to dispose of when compared to solid waste streams. These additional costs not only stem from the strict EPA controls on liquid waste, but also the fact that there are significantly fewer liquid waste disposal sites when compared to solid waste disposal facilities.

With that in mind, VAC Group set out to develop a solution that addresses both the productivity and environmental issues related to transporting excavated spoils over extended distances, as well as the high costs associated with logistics and disposal of the excavated material.

The solution, came in the form of a new patented soil recovery and transfer system.

Neil Costello explained: "With the excavation works only representing an average of 25% of the total cost, we felt that rather than focusing on making larger vacuum excavation trucks, it would make more sense to develop a solution that addressed the two highest cost components, namely: logistics and disposal."

"Most importantly, our R&D not only focussed on reducing the financial cost of transporting and disposing of the excavated spoil material, but also the environmental impact of the non-destructive vacuum excavation process," he added.

"In short, we figured if we could develop an on-site solution that would enable us to recover and reuse the excavated solids as clean fill, while also recycling the water used in the excavation process, that we could significantly reduce both the cost and environmental impact of the excavation operations. It was also clear that such a system would dramatically improve productivity and reduce the number of heavy vehicle movements to and from a site."

"Most importantly, our R&D not only focussed on reducing the financial cost of transporting and disposing of the excavated spoil material, but also the environmental impact of the non-destructive vacuum excavation process."

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Innovative Soil Transfer System VAC Group's innovative Soil Transfer system has been developed as a fully-scalable on site recycling and recovery solution that can be set up at most locations within a matter of hours.

Once operational, it is simply a matter of the vacuum excavation vehicles backing up the ramp and emptying the contents of the collection hopper into the Soil Transfer unit's receival hopper. From there, the excavated Spoil - usually in the form of a slurry containing a high percentage of water - passes through a number of treatment processes where it is separated into two component streams, namely:

• Recycled Water - which is reused by the vacuum tankers in the non-destructive excavation process; and • Recovered ‘Spade-able’ Material (solids) which is either stockpiled ready for use on site following completion of the job or sent for disposal.

Importantly, even if the recovered 'spadeable' material is not going to be used on site, removing the water from the excavated spoil results in a significant reduction in the total quantity of material being disposed of. The Soil Transfer system allows this material to be deposited into a large container or vehicle for bulk transfer, resulting in a significant reduction in vehicle movements to and from the site - even in case when the collected material is being sent for disposal.

Another major advantage of the VAC Group Soil Transfer systems lies within the fact that the dewatered 'spade-able' material is classified as a solid waste rather than a liquid waste - making it significantly easier to handle, transport and dispose of correctly and safely.

Each Soil Transfer system can cater for up to 10 vacuum tanker units working 24/7.

Changing the Face of Disaster Recovery Together with their performance in all manner of non-destructive vacuum excavation projects, VAC Group's high performance vacuum tankers and innovative Soil Transfer system also look set to 'raise the bar' for post-disaster cleanup and recovery operations.

As a fully-scalable, easily transportable and highly efficient solution encompassing vacuum collection vehicles and a high performance onsite Soil Recovery system, VAC Group's fully-integrated solution delivers a range of benefits when compared to many traditional post-disaster clean-up methods - especially in terms of productivity, safety and cost.

"When it comes to disaster recovery, one of the biggest challenges usually facing cleanup crews is that of access - especially for large vehicles," Neil Costello said.

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roads are generally not able to cope with a constant stream of heavy vehicles."

"Once the initial road access to an effected area has been established, our Soil Transfer system can be brought in and deployed in under a day, providing a highlyefficient on-site treatment and resource recovery plant capable of processing collected material from up to 10 vacuum tankers 24/7," Neil Costello said.

As well as eliminating the need for the tankers to travel (on what is often a badly degraded and extremely dangerous road network) from the cleanup zone to dispose of the collected material, the fact that the tankers remain in the cleanup zone rather than spending many hours each day travelling back and forth, means that the cleanup works can be completed in a fraction of the time and for a fraction of the cost of traditional methods.

"The vacuum tankers go in and collect the mud, silt, slurry, dirt, run-off or liquefaction and deposit it into the Soil Transfer system which is right there at the site. Once it's emptied its load, the vacuum tanker can fill up with recycled water and get straight back to the cleanup work with minimal delay, minimal travel and maximum efficiency," Neil Costello said.

"Importantly, the fact that this system is fully-scalable, means that the cleanup response - both in terms of the number of vacuum tankers deployed and the number of Soil Transfer facilities established across the disaster zone - can be specifically sized to suit each individual event," he added.

For further information on VAC Group's full range of services, Ph: 1300 822 834 (24 Hour Service) or visit: www.vacgroup.com.au

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Making the Invisible, Visible The identification and protection of underground assets not only prevents interruptions to vital services caused by accidental damage during excavation, it plays a critical role in helping to prevent serious incidents and injuries.

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RECYCLING AND REUSE

The growing potential of re-use centres to generate ethical jobs and divert waste to landfill By: James Ellinson, Dimitris Dimoliatis, MRA Consulting Group Re-use centres are a small, yet growing industry in Australia that offer a unique opportunity to tackle more than just waste.

These facilities also engage in job outreach programs for disadvantaged communities, particularly for people with disabilities.

Re-use centres sell used, recycled and second hand products that have been salvaged rather than going to landfill. The majority are council run or communitybased not-for-profit organisations. Re-use centres may also offer refurbishment, upcycling, processing and resale services while they frequently engage with their local communities to foster a positive attitude to the environment and drive education around waste minimisation behaviour. Some re-use centre operators such as The Endeavour Foundation and Willing & Able Foundation have also commitment to hiring people with disabilities.

“Also known as tip shops, recycle shops, junk yards…- Australia's community recycling enterprises are reducing waste to landfill, creating jobs and strengthening communities all around Australia” (Community Recycling Network Australia).

The nature of the work, which involves cleaning and sorting through products, means that re-use centres are often labour

intensive. On average, each of the 17 sites interviewed for this article employ 10 full/part time staff.

There is variability in the industry as some re-use centres salvage goods at the landfill, while others depend on the community to bring in quality second hand products. Some, such as the 23 year old Recovery Shop in Glenorchy, dubbed Australia’s first tip shop, also provide pick-up services to intercept construction and demolition material before entering landfill.

Similarly, the Bower in Sydney, a reuse and repair centre operating since 1998, offers a “Collection and Rehoming” service,

a repair service for electronic appliances, furniture and bikes, an online shop and a variety of open-to-all workshops on art, repairs, upholstery and more. Reverse Garbage next door, which has been running for over 40 years and has been self funded since 1991, also offers a variety of workshops.

Another successful example of a re-use centre that may be used as a blue print for new ones is in Brisbane. Brisbane City Council has contracted the operation of its re-use centres to the Endeavour Foundation, one of Australia’s largest non-government organisations (NGOs) supporting and providing opportunities for people with a disability. Last year alone, more than 520 tonnes of salvaged items were sold through Brisbane’s two tip shops.

Re-use centres add value to the waste management industry and are generally looked upon favourably by both the community and local government. The potential for re-use and recycling to generate employment is well known to be 3 jobs in recycling for every landfill job. For re-use centres, this can be as high as 10 jobs for every landfill job.

Recent data on re-use centre numbers and performance in Australia is hard to come by. A 2012 Community Recycling Network

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(CRN) study estimated that Community Recycling Enterprises (CRE) re-use centres alone diverted over 152,000t of material from landfill . With a workforce of around 1,500, CRE re-use centres divert on average 100t per employee per year. As shown on Table 1 below, the 28 centres that took part in the study provided more employment opportunities of than the average landfill, while almost all (84%) provided training and employment opportunities for job seekers.

How then can we foster the establishment of more re-use centres and encourage them to offer more value-add services while also generating more jobs?

Educating the community on the benefits of their actions has definitely brought much needed attention to re-use centres around the nation and continued community education, delivered by Local and State Governments, will go a long way towards increasing the demand for quality re-use centres.

Table 1 Job creation and economic impact of CRE re-use centres (Source: CRN, 2012) Average per surveyed CRE re-use centre

Estimated total for CRE re-use centres

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152,543t

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$805,316

$56,372,108

Profit

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$4,385,105

Tonnes recovered annually

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The supply side of things could also stand to benefit from government initiatives and funding that would help re-use centres to continue growing in Australia. Government support could be in the form of: • Predictable and expanding market incentives: o landfill levies; o diversion targets; and o government subsidies (particularly for the start-up costs).

• Incentives for existing centres to diversify and create quality jobs: o subsidised/ free training for re-use centre employees; and o grants for upgrades to re-use centres wishing to provide services that increase the value of recovered items such as repairs to white goods and upcycling of furniture.

• Foster and support the creation of a national association of tip shop operators.

• Financial and in kind support from Councils, such as the integration of re-use shops into their waste management systems and resident educational/marketing material.

To deal with electronic products that have been rendered obsolete through technical advances, re-use centres should be encouraged to invest in the infrastructure and employee training necessary to recover the valuable components of these products.

The sum of the disassembled parts of a CRT TV is much more valuable than the TV itself and re-use shops should be encouraged to extract that value.

According to the Department of the Environment and Energy there are 806 resource recovery facilities around Australia.

Most of these do not have a re-use centre on site. With the right incentives, re-use centres can be established within or in association with these facilities. This is a great opportunity to provide many more good quality, ethical jobs, particularly for people from disadvantaged backgrounds and people with disabilities.

Re-use centres offer new and exciting opportunities to achieve positive outcomes for the community, disadvantaged groups, and the environment. While the scale of the investment required is modest, the

opportunity to empower communities, raise community awareness of waste issues, assist disadvantaged people and create employment opportunities while helping with landfill diversion is significant.

About MRA Consulting Group MRA Consulting was voted Australia’s best small consultancy in recycling, waste and carbon (Inside Waste 2013, 14, 15 and 16). MRA provides services to large and small business and all levels of government. The MRA team includes engineers, planners, economists, lawyers and scientists.

MRA: • Is a national leader in carbon reporting, compliance, planning, approvals and project development.

• Develops strategies for technology providers, Councils and businesses.

• Delivers tailored commercial advice including economic modelling, market studies and market entry.

• Provides comprehensive education and consultation services.

• Has a comprehensive audit and waste assessment program.

MRA is based at Drummoyne in the inner west of Sydney and has an office in the CBD of Melbourne.

RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY The UniSort Black for sorting the problematic remaining fraction of lightweight packaging, which consists of a mixture of black and dark plastics as well as other plastics that have a NIRspecifiable spectrum (PE, PP, PS)

Class Instead of Mass Hündgen selects state-of-the-art UniSort Black system for sorting black plastic Christian Hündgen is convinced the more secondary raw materials that are fed back into the production of products, the better. That’s why the family-run business focuses on achieving as high a level of material purity as possible when sorting waste.

“We concentrate more on the sorting depths than on high throughput rates. It ensures our customers in our region will remain loyal to us,” says Hündgen.

To achieve this goal, Christian Hündgen worked together with Sales Manager Sascha Haag from STEINERT, the specialist for magnet and sensor sorting systems, to carefully examine the remaining losses from the sorting of lightweight plastic packaging.

When waste cannot be avoided, it’s best to recycle as much as possible for reuse in the production process. In Germany, when material cannot be recycled and reprocessed, it is incinerated to generate energy. To date, the materials left over after sorting the contents of Germany’s “yellow bag” recycling containers have been used as high-calorie substitute fuels for thermal recovery. However, the waste management sector wanted to find out how additional materials could be sorted out for use in production.

STEINERT, too, is looking for ways to increase its customers recycling rates and reduce their costs. As a result, STEINERT has created a commercially viable process to sort out black plastics something the waste disposal sector has wanted to do for some time.

When it came to providing a solution for Hündgen, experts at STEINERT'S Cologne Test Centre examined the material to be sorted to determine which valuable plastics could be extracted from the remaining lightweight packaging.

Not surprisingly, Hündgen was impressed by the UniSort Black system, which sorts all black plastics out of the flow of materials.

Without this system, these plastics couldn’t be recycled. As an added bonus, the UniSort Black system also sorts out plastics that have a NIR-specifiable spectrum (e.g. PE, PP and PS).

“The experiments at the test centre confirmed our purchasing decision,” Christian Hündgen said. “The tests have recreated the conditions at our facility, and therefore made the decision easier for us. Another benefit is that the system supports remote maintenance, which ensures we get rapid assistance when making adjustments.”

This is an important consideration for the family-run company, which processes about 200 tons of waste per day.

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A family-run technology leader The decision to purchase a UniSort Black system was seen as the next logical step for this innovative family-run company, which has a long history of embracing the latest technologies, as well as an enviable reputation for its in-depth understanding of the market.

Hündgen has been a pioneer of the recycling industry ever since Germany introduced its “green dot” recycling programme in the early 1990s. Since that time, the company's focus has always remained firmly fixed on maximising the efficiency of its recycling and resource recovery operations.

“Rather than simply reacting to new legislation as it is introduced, we have always placed a significant emphasis being proactive and prepared for any changes that might occur,” Christian Hündgen said.

“To that end, we work closely with a number of industry associations and universities, and serve as a project partner for research institutions. This enables us to stay at the forefront of new developments early on, and become 'early adopters' of new technologies as they develop.”

Hündgen is a medium-sized business with 120 employees. The company has continuously evolved and adapted to the market requirements ever since Anna and Peter Hündgen founded it as a freight-forwarding business in 1949. After initially helping to replenish companies' supplies in the wake of World War II, Hündgen began to operate gravel pits. When the gravel pits were converted into landfills, the family adapted itself to the changed market requirements by getting involved in waste disposal.

Around 140 trucks arrive at their facility every day - bringing some 52,000 tons of lightweight packaging waste and 30,000 tons of commercial waste to the plant every year. From this waste, Hündgens

produces 50,000 tons of substitute fuel annually. The company also provides other services, such as the pressing of films, paper and plastics and the collection of waste wood, garden waste, road sweepings and construction waste - including a fleet of more than 20 vehicles for its container services.

Improved Efficiency, Improved Yields In order to prepare materials for recycling, Hündgen separates them according to grain size. The fraction of material to be sorted with grain sizes of 60–200 mm has the greatest sorting depth.

The materials go through a number of stages, involving processing steps that use overbelt magnets, STEINERT NES eddy current separators and STEINERT NIR sorting equipment.

Until recently, the process ended here and the material left over was used as substitute fuel for thermal recovery, in cement plants, for example. However, Hündgen decided to add another sorting step after testing UniSort Black.

“UniSort Black not only enabled us to offer a more flexible range of services to our customers, but also to report higher sorting rates to the operators of the dual recycling system,” says Hündgen. "This increased the plastics yield from the residual fraction and allowed the materials to be reintegrated into the material flow and recycled.

“This makes it easier for us to achieve the contractually agreedupon sorting rates, to reduce incineration costs and, last but not least, to create additional materials by extracting polyolefins (PO) in the form of bottles made of PE and PP,” says Christian Hündgen.

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Extreme Conditions Calls for Robust Piping Systems Bharati Antarctic research station On the rocky Antarctic plateau adjacent to the Larsemann Hills, at temperatures down to minus 40°C, India has been operating a science research station since 2012. Named "Bharati", after the Hindu Goddess of Wisdom and Knowledge, it serves as headquarters for climate change and oceanographic research.

This high-tech station consists of one main building, fuel farm, fuel station, seawater pump house, a summer camp and a number of smaller containerised modules. The main building offers regulated power supply, automated heating and air conditioning with hot and cold running water, flush toilets, sauna, cold storage, PA system, living areas and laboratory space.

To enable Bharati’s researchers to continue their vital work in extreme conditions during the Antarctic winter, it required especially robust drinking water and heating solutions.

Drinking water hygiene is particularly vital at the remote location.

Contamination by legionella or similar harmful microbes would be disastrous not only for the researchers – the very future of the mission would be placed at risk.

That is why the planners chose Viega’s Sanpress Inox system with pipes made of premium quality EN1.4521 stainless steel, and Viega Easytop circulation regulating valves that ensure the hot water is kept

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at a constant 60°C. The facility’s thermal disinfection system provides further protection against legionella, while Easytop extraction valves allow easy regular monitoring of drinking water quality.

Kerosene is used to generate heat and power, because it remains liquid down to minus 54°C. So to aerate the tank, Indian engineers installed the Viega Sanpress Inox G piping system because of its permanent resistance to the media being pumped. Sanpress Inox G is usually used for gas and heating oil pipes. It was launched in Australia in 2013.

The Viega Prestabo galvanised steel system was used for Bharati’s heating installation. To prevent the heating water from freezing, a 57 percent glycol-L additive is mixed into it. For the project, Viega tested the reaction of the EPDM sealing rings to such extremely high glycol content levels. The end result: The sealing rings of the press connectors are fully usable for the heating water/glycol mix. They are also suitable for operating temperatures from minus 40°C up to 80°C plus.

Some 25 people will be working under extreme conditions at the Bharati station all year round for at least 20 years – in part thanks to Viega press-fit technology. www.viega.com.au

A PROJECT AT THE END OF THE WORLD. And a piping system that supplies all of the essentials right from the start.

With something as fundamental to the construction of an Arctic research station as the vital supply of warmth and clean drinking water, you don’t experiment, but trust uncompromising quality and absolute reliability. Viega met these high demands using Sanpress Inox for drinking water and Prestabo for heating installation, and also delivered the know how to go with them. Viega. Connected in quality.

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UQ sewer technology bound for international markets A treatment developed at The University of Queensland to control sewer odour and corrosion is set for the international market.

Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Advanced Water Management Centre developed the technology, which uses free nitrous acid to remove biofilms that adhere to the inner surfaces of sewer mains. UQ commercialisation company UniQuest has negotiated an exclusive licence agreement with USP Technologies, an Atlanta-based provider of chemical treatment programs for water and wastewater applications.

Professor Zhiguo Yuan, Lead researcher and Director with The University of Queensland’s Advanced Water Management Centre.

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Lead researcher and Advanced Water Management Centre Director Professor Zhiguo Yuan said the technology was developed with municipal wastewater collection systems in mind.

“Corrosion and odour problems in sewers are most often caused by sulphate-reducing bacteria in sewer biofilms that produce hydrogen sulphide,” Professor Yuan said.

“Hydrogen sulphide is released into the atmosphere above the wastewater, causing odour problems, and is converted by sulphideoxidising bacteria into sulphuric acid, which is corrosive to concrete sewer pipes."

“Sewer networks can include many kilometres of sewer pipe and various topographical elements, such as rising mains.

These can create ‘hot spots’ where sulphate becomes sulphide, accelerating corrosion and causing odours, leading to community complaints," Professor Yuan said.

“Most existing treatments for managing sulphide-related problems in sewers involve sewer pipe lining, sewer air ventilation with follow-on air treatment and round-the-clock chemical dosing, resulting in high operating costs,” he added.

USP general manager Tom Walkosak said the “innovative and cost-effective” UQ technology can help solve an ongoing multibillion-dollar problem for water utilities.

“This technology is different from existing treatments because it is delivered intermittently, provides longer duration control and effectively stops the production of hydrogen sulphide at its source,” Mr Walkosak said.

“It is highly effective, can be used in sensitive environmental areas or to treat smaller lines, and offers water utilities the opportunity to make significant reductions to their maintenance costs."

“According to the Water Infrastructure Network, the total annual cost of hydrogen sulphide corrosion in the US sewer network in 2000 was $US13.75 billion,” he said.

UniQuest chief executive Dr Dean Moss said the first Australian field trial of the UQ technology was undertaken by UQ in 2012 in collaboration with USP and the Gold Coast City Council in 2012, followed by a second field trial in partnership with USP and Unitywater at Scarborough on Moreton Bay in 2014.

“These trials led to further refinement of the technology and ongoing field tests in the US,” he said.

“It’s always exciting to see tangible results from industry engagement, but this is a fantastic example of universities and companies working together to produce a solution to a costly problem and then to refine that solution,” he added.

USP expects to market for the UQdeveloped technology in North America, Australia, China and Europe.

About USP Technologies USP is part of Trojan Technologies, which has products under the brands Aquafine, Salsnes Filter, Trojan Marinex, TrojanUV, USP Technologies and VIQUA. Applications and markets served include municipal wastewater, drinking water, environmental contaminant treatment, ballast water treatment, residential water treatment, ultrapurification of water used in food and beverage manufacturing, pharmaceutical processing, semiconductor applications, filtration and solids separation.

About UniQuest UniQuest is one of Australia’s leading research commercialisation companies. It specialises in global technology transfer and facilitates access for all business sectors to the world class expertise, intellectual property and facilities at The University of Queensland, Australia. UniQuest enters into over 400 research contracts per year – many repeat clients from industry. UniQuest has created over 70 companies from its intellectual property portfolio, and since 2000 UniQuest and its startups have raised more than $600 million to take university technologies to market. UQ technologies licensed by UniQuest – including UQ’s cervical cancer vaccine technology and image correction technology in magnetic resonance imaging machines – have resulted in combined sales of final products in the order of $13 billion net sales from 2007 to 2015.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST HYDRO MACHINES BEING OVERHAULED Work has started on a $13.5 million upgrade of Queensland’s only pumped storage hydroelectric plant – Wivenhoe Power Station.

The 500 megawatt pumped storage hydroelectric station, near Esk in the state’s south east, is undergoing a major tune-up over several months to keep it operating in peak condition into the future.

Wivenhoe Power Station consists of two 250 megawatt units that are the largest hydro machines in Australia.

State Energy and Water Supply Minister, Mark Bailey, said CS Energy was carrying

out the overhaul on one of the two generating units which is located on the eastern side of Wivenhoe Dam. “The overhaul will have a peak workforce of 100 people on site, which comprises Wivenhoe’s permanent workforce of 11 and approximately 90 contractors,” Mr Bailey said.

“This work will also provide a flow-on of economic benefits to accommodation, services and other businesses in the communities surrounding the power station.”

Mr Bailey said Wivenhoe Power Station had provided quick-start capacity to the

national electricity grid since 1984 and had an expected life of 100 years.

“Wivenhoe Power Station stores and generates electricity by recycling water between an upper and lower reservoir.

“The power station is able to store energy by holding water in the upper reservoir until it is needed to generate electricity.

“During high demand periods, the stored water is released through tunnels to drive the turbines and generators.

“Wivenhoe’s upper reservoir, Splityard Creek Dam, has a capacity of 23,300 megalitres, which is enough to run the power station for up to 10 hours at full load.”

Mr Bailey said he was impressed with its energy storage capabilities and water efficiency.

“Wivenhoe is very water efficient because it recycles water, compared to conventional hydroelectric power stations, which rely on water released from dams or rivers.”

The major overhaul contractors are Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Crown Engineering, McElligotts Painting and Berg Engineering.

MAJOR EXPANSION OF ‘BIG SOLAR’ IN AUSTRALIA Twelve new large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) plants are set to be constructed across Australia, tripling the amount of energy produced from big solar.

The projects have been chosen as part of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) multi-million dollar large-scale solar round. They are expected to unlock almost $1 billion of commercial investment and boost regional Australian economies.

ARENA Chief Executive Officer, Ivor Frischknecht, said Australia’s big solar industry was coming of age, ensuring largescale solar was a competitive, sustainable energy option “ARENA is working to accelerate Australia’s shift to a sustainable, affordable and reliable energy future and our work supporting the development of Australia’s large-scale solar industry is central to this vision,” Mr Frischknecht said.

“Six plants in Queensland, five plants in New South Wales and one plant in Western Australia are slated for funding, in a major milestone that’s expected to triple Australia’s large-scale solar capacity from 240 megawatts (MW) to 720 MW.

“They will provide enough energy to power 150,000 average homes and deliver one tenth of the new capacity required to meet Australia’s 2020 renewable energy target.

“Regional economies will benefit massively from the growing big solar industry, with 2,300 direct jobs and thousands more indirect jobs expected to be created by this round.

“It is now up to successful companies to deliver these projects in line with ARENA’s requirements, which could see all plants built by the end of next year.

“Several are seeking debt financing for projects through the Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s complementary large-scale solar program.”

Mr Frischknecht said ARENA had carried out a multi-year plan to build capacity in Australian supply chains and expertise over successive large-scale solar projects.

“As a result of our efforts, the ARENA funding for big solar projects has dropped significantly from half of total project costs to just 10 per cent on average. This means that every dollar of ARENA funding is leveraging $10 from other sources in this round.

“We made a point of working with developers and network companies to design our large-scale solar round and identify where ARENA’s support would have the most impact.

“When we announced the round in September last year we expected $100 million of grant funding would enable around 200 MW of new projects.

“We’ve achieved more than double that through this round with $92 million funding supporting around 480 MW in total.”

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LAUNCH OF CLEAN ENERGY SEED FUND The Clean Energy Seed Fund will invest at Australia’s first Clean Energy Seed Fund has seed, angel and later stage follow on rounds been launched. in 30-to-50 start-ups over its four-to-five-year The $20 million fund – announced in the investment period. first week of September by Artesian Venture It is seeking registration with Innovation Partners (AVP) – is the first of its kind in Australia as an early stage venture capital the Australian clean energy space and will (VC) limited partnership (ESVCLP) to provide focus on unearthing and financing emerging investors with tax-free returns and will be innovations and start-ups in clean energy. compliant with the Significant Investor Visa AVP is a specialised investment manager (SIV) Program. with a highly scalable, diversified portfolio The seed fund is targeting additional approach to early stage venture capital private sector equity investment of up to investments, targeting financial and strategic $10 million to complement the $10 million returns for high net worth individual, cornerstone commitment from the Clean corporate and institutional investors.

Energy Innovation Fund.

The $20 million seed fund includes a $10 Artesian Managing Partner Jeremy million cornerstone commitment from the new Colless said: “The Clean Energy Seed Fund $1 billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund. will target scalable, high growth potential The cornerstone commitment is the first startups, fuelling innovation and creating project to be financed through the new opportunities in the development of clean Clean Energy Innovation Fund, which draws technology. on finance and skills from the Clean Energy “It will look across sectors such as the Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the Australian 1 14/09/2016 2:06:52 PM of things, energy storage, biofuels, internet Renewable160914_WWM.pdf Energy Agency (ARENA).

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alternative energy generation (solar, wave, geothermal, wind), metering and control, green building and biomaterials, transport technologies, water and waste”.

The Clean Energy Innovation Fund became operational on 1 July 2016, with the goal of investing $1 billion over 10 years in eligible innovative clean energy projects.

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POWER THROUGH DISPATCHABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROVIDERS The South Australian Government will source about 25 per cent of its power from dispatchable renewable energy providers that utilise technology such as battery storage and electricity generation from biomass.

Dispatchable renewables are power sources that offer control over when electricity is delivered, and include bioenergy, solar PV with battery, solar thermal and solar PV behind the meter with battery.

The government will undertake a tender process later this year.

Energy Minister, Tom Koutsantonis, said it was expected the substantial purchase of electricity from dispatchable renewable energy suppliers would provide incentives for the sector and drive innovation and technological breakthrough in battery storage and other technology.

Minister Koutsantonis said the approach to market would seek to meet the government’s electricity load in the Carbon Neutral Adelaide area and was a significant step towards making Adelaide the world’s first carbon neutral city.

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Suppliers who submitted proposals in response to the EOI will be approached and invited to tender.

The State Government’s current electricity purchasing arrangements will expire in late 2016 for the small sites and in 2017 for large sites.

“The government is one of the biggest electricity customers in the state - that means we have substantial purchasing power that we can use to effect change,” Minister Koutsantonis said.

“By procuring one quarter of the government’s electricity requirements from renewable energy sources that use battery storage technology we can dramatically reduce our carbon footprint and, at the same time, incentivise technological developments in this industry.

“Battery storage of renewables is the future of energy generation and is an extremely exciting proposition for a state with abundant renewable energy resources.

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Pump manufacturers are often faced with the challenge that wetted components such as the housing and impeller - have to meet strict demands in terms of corrosion and abrasion. In the chemical industry - but also during flue gas desulfurization and the desalinization of seawater, for example - the pumps convey highly corrosive media, while the wetted components are also bombarded with abrasive particles (e.g. sand) in other fields of application, such as the raw materials industry and mining industry.

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Due to the chemical bonding of the epoxy resin, the material is highly ductile and is thus also resistant to thermal shock and impacts. It also helps to reduce noise and vibrations, which is particularly beneficial when used in pump components, for example. The temperature-controlled, unpressurized casting process means that extremely low shrinkage levels and a correspondingly high degree of dimensional accuracy can be achieved – an important requirement when manufacturing components for machines and systems.

Moreover, SICcast® Mineralguss GmbH & Co. KG, a Duechting Group company, also manufactures customized parts made from mineral castings for various clients. The production facilities allow for the manufacture of mineral casting components with weights of 1 kg to 8 tons and with high dimensional accuracy.

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A new addition to the material portfolio is SICcastplus®, a patented ceramic material based on silicon carbide (SiSiC) that combines the highest possible wear resistance with durability against chemical corrosion and a temperature resistance of up to 1100 °C. The development phase for this material – in which SICcast® was assisted by renowned research institutions in the field – has been completed, and will now be followed by the commercialization phase.

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FOCUS ON WATER

Major infrastructure upgrade in Sunraysia The single largest infrastructure upgrade in Victoria’s Sunraysia region in over a century was marked on 21 September with the official opening of works completed on time and under budget.

The $120 million Sunraysia Modernisation Project will generate annual water savings of at least seven gigalitres in the Mildura region, while providing water access 365 days a year.

The initiative involved the replacement of open irrigation channels with low pressure pipelines and the upgrading of key pump stations in the district, and is already delivering benefits to irrigators in-and-around Mildura, Red Cliffs and Merbein.

Key pump stations were upgraded to improve reliability and energy efficiency; 23.9 kilometres of open channels were replaced with low pressure pipeline and channel automation was installed in the remaining 20 kilometres of open channel network, including 19 regulating structures.

The project will help around 2,000 irrigators across Sunraysia to increase productivity while using less water, and will promote sustainable growth and development in the region.

Lower Murray Water, local contractors and suppliers, and local farmers participated in the project.

The Australian Government recently committed up to a further $1.7 million for stage two of the Sunraysia Modernisation Project.

Stage 2 will assess feasibility on options for irrigation infrastructure to grow the Sunraysia economy. It will provide increased water security during sustained dry conditions for which Victoria may seek funding through the National Water Infrastructure Development Fund.

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Leak detection saves water across Perth About two billion litres of water has been saved through an inspection program of more than 4,400 kilometres of water mains across the Perth metropolitan area in 201516.

Leaks occur in every water supply scheme across the world and are influenced by a number of external factors, such as soil types, nearby construction and tree roots.

The Perth inspection work was carried out by the Water Corporation as part of a WA-wide program to detect and repair nonvisible leaks.

The largest leak was located in Yanchep – an outer coastal suburb of Perth – and its repair will save an estimated 47 million litres of water each year.

Western Australia’s Water Minister, Mia Davies, said detection of non-visible leaks formed an important part of the corporation's work to reduce loss from its water supply system.

"Leaks can be difficult to detect on underground pipes, especially in sandy soils.

This program uses acoustic technology

to detect hidden leaks, which can then be prioritised for repair.

"Workers walk along a pipeline and listen with technology similar to a stethoscope to determine if a non-visible leak is present; then specialist equipment is brought in to pinpoint its location.

"The leak detected in Yanchep illustrates how this technology can save significant amounts of water."

The corporation inspected more than 5,900 kilometres of water mains across Western Australia for hidden leaks in 201516, saving more than 2.8 billion litres of water each year. The program will continue in 2016-17.

"The government will invest nearly $80 million to renew water mains in 2016-17, which will ensure the state's water assets are in a fit-for-purpose condition," the Minister said.

In May 2016, the corporation also installed 350 acoustic sensors on 94 kilometres of water mains in the Perth CBD to help identify leaks and reduce the frequency of breaks.

Real-time water quality data available through online portal Residents in Sydney, the Blue Mountains to the city’s west and Illawarra to the south can now check their water quality via an online portal that uses real-time data.

New South Wales Minister for Primary Industries Land and Water, Niall Blair, said drinking water was monitored at key steps from the catchment to the tap.

“This world-class system is possible because of the highly skilled and dedicated Sydney Water and WaterNSW employees who work around the clock to deliver safe and high-quality drinking water to customers every day of the year.”

NSW Health oversees water delivery by Sydney Water and WaterNSW to make sure it meets Australian drinking water guidelines,

with scientists running up to 70 different types of laboratory tests every day.

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SA know-how to help improve India’s water security South Australian expertise will help ensure clean water for one of the world’s largest populations following the signing of an agreement in India.

The Confederation of Indian Industry, Triveni Water Institute (Triveni) and South Australia’s Water Industry Alliance (WIA) signed the agreement in Delhi on 8 August.

It will see the groups work together on water industry development and share latest technologies.

South Australia’s Minister for Investment and Trade, Martin Hamilton-Smith, said the agreement established a basis for cooperation, collaboration and consultation between the CII and the WIA on issues of mutual interest.

Mr Hamilton-Smith said it would help ensure South Australia’s worldclass water related research, services and skills could contribute to the Indian Government’s plan to rejuvenate the River Ganges and provide water security for the country.

“South Australia is a leader in many areas of water management.

We are well placed to support international partners, like India, to help address challenging environmental and economic conditions.

“The signing is the latest in a series of agreements between South Australian and Indian entities that establish a basis for collaboration.

“These existing relationships are based on mutually beneficial objectives to ensure we work cooperatively and share information.”

Mr Hamilton-Smith was at the head of a South Australian delegation comprising 70 industry and education delegates that visited India.

The focus of the mission was on growth opportunities in defence and advanced manufacturing, water and environment management, resources and energy, higher education and skills training, premium food and wine, health, sports, tourism and culture.

South Australia’s Strategic Advisor for Water Opportunities, Karlene Maywald, said expertise within South Australia could contribute to further improving water access and security for businesses and communities in India.

“The agreement is a great foundation to further develop engagement and create opportunities to explore technologies and encourage investment.”

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New water main advances Bacchus Marsh agribusiness The replacement of an ageing water main at Bacchus Marsh, 65 kilometres north west of Melbourne will ensure the centre’s agribusinesses will grow and strengthen the local economy.

The work took place at one of Victoria’s cultural and historic treasures – the Avenue of Honour – a preeminent World War I memorial.

Western Water worked closely with Bacchus Marsh RSL, Moorabool City Council’s arborist, Heritage Victoria and local businesses to ensure the avenue’s

trees were protected and preserved during construction of the new main.

The Avenue of Honour is home to some of Bacchus Marsh’s best-known agricultural businesses, supplying fruit and vegetables to the region and beyond. It is also the centre of the annual Strawberries and Cherries Festival, which attracts around 15,000 people to the region to pick fruit.

The new water main has a secure, higher capacity water supply. Trenchless technology was used during the project and tree root zones were established to minimise

impacts on the environment.

The majority of the 281 trees, planted in 1918 in remembrance of those from the region who served in The Great War, remain after almost a century.

Minister for Water, Lisa Neville, said having a reliable, secure water supply would give businesses in the Avenue of Honour the confidence to grow, creating new employment opportunities for the region.

“This project is an example of a water corporation working in partnership with local communities to achieve great results.”

Wastewater testing helps in fight against Methamphetamine Data collected from a wastewater testing trial in Western Australia will help to ensure resources are well targeted in the fight against the dangerous drug methamphetamine or meth.

Police Minister, Liza Harvey, said the testing across Perth, Bunbury and Geraldton showed West Australians consumed about two tonnes of meth per year, with a street value of about $2 billion.

Ms Harvey said the wastewater testing analysis project had, for the first time, provided science-based evidence of the scale of meth use across the wider WA community.

"The results provide the most accurate data yet on consumption levels; daily, weekly and seasonal rates; trends; and a broad geographical breakdown," she said.

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"The data will help inform the government's Western Australian Meth Strategy 2016 which tackles meth on three fronts - education to stop people from ever using this insidious drug; support and treatment services to help people who are impacted by meth; and disrupting supply."

The testing across the greater Perth metropolitan population indicated 31.6 kilograms of meth was used every week in Perth or 1.6 tonnes per annum.

Testing in Perth started in July 2015 at three wastewater treatment plants which service about 1.52 million residents.

Testing was extended to Bunbury in November 2015 and Geraldton in January 2016.

"While WA Police has taken a record amount of meth off the streets, the

Government has also been increasing the number of rehabilitation beds and support services for people impacted by meth," the Minister Harvey said.

"The government is also educating schoolchildren about how this drug tears lives and families apart in an effort to deter people from ever trying the drug."

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Wedderburn being connected to Victorian water grid Work is underway to connect the Wedderburn region – north of Melbourne – to Victoria’s water grid as part of a major project to give water security to the region’s communities for the first time.

The water security initiative – the $80.6 million South West Loddon Rural Water Supply Project – is being managed by Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water (GWMWater).

Construction of 40 kilometres of the northern trunk main has commenced in the areas of Yeungroon East and Woosang, and will extend to Buckrabanyule, Wychitella, Korong Vale and Woolshed Flat.

The extension of the Wimmera-Mallee pipeline will see construction of 1,300 kilometres of new pipelines.

After completion, the pipelines will deliver about 780 million litres of water to local landholders and hydrants, while standpipes will be installed at strategic locations to improve water access for emergency services and residents.

Planning for the next stage of the project is underway with construction to commence following necessary approvals.

GWMWater is seeking expressions of interest from landholders within the Loddon Shire Council region, along with landholders in the vicinity of the proposed trunk main, running north of St Arnaud within the Northern Grampians Shire.

Landholders outside the project area who are interested in receiving a secure piped supply are also encouraged to lodge an expression of interest.

The project is a partnership between the Victorian Government, Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water, Loddon Shire Council and Coliban Water.

“Every Victorian community deserves water security – and this project promises to give our communities in the state’s north the supply they need, while also creating jobs” said Minister for Water, Lisa Neville.

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Water pressure management scheme extended The adjoining Mandurah suburbs of Erskine and Falcon will be the next areas included in the 10-year pressure management program being undertaken by Western Australia’s Water Corporation.

The program aims to prevent leaks and pipe breaks, and when completed, is expected to help save more than 10 billion litres of water each year.

Pressure management works by reducing high water pressure in pipes and is proven to lower water use.

Suburbs are prioritised by the Water Corporation based on existing water pressure, the historical frequency of leaks and breaks in the pipe network, as well as overall water use.

All pressure managed areas are designed to deliver a water pressure of more than 35 metres head at all times, which is more than double the required minimum standard of 15 metres head.

Erskine and Falcon have higher than average water pressure, in the range of 51 to 53 metres head, with pressure changing

depending on the time of day and peak demand periods.

The corporation will gradually reduce water pressure in stages starting early next year.

A community liaison team will work with residents and businesses which are part of the program to keep them informed before any pressure reductions take place.

About 260 million litres of water is being saved each year in Rossmoyne, Shelley, Waterford and Beckenham - suburbs where pressure management has been introduced.

Securing Colac’s water future Work will start soon on construction of a new 11-kilometre pipeline to help secure the water supply of Colac, about 150 kilometres south west of Melbourne.

The pipeline – to be constructed by local firm, R Slater & Sons – is a component of the Colac water supply upgrade project.

The $19.3 million upgrade will cater for future growth while reducing the threat of reduced catchment inflows in very dry years.

It will also offer protection against the risk of bushfires, land-slips and failure of the existing 28-kilometre supply pipeline from the West Gellibrand and Olangolah reservoirs.

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Barwon Downs borefield pipeline; • a new 50 million litre storage basin and pump station at the Gerangamete treatment plant; and • the 11kilometre pipeline from there to the existing Colac supply pipeline.

Further contracts are still to be awarded for the construction of the storage basin, pump station and diversion regulator.

Barwon Water last year announced it had accelerated plans to upgrade Colac’s water supply by two years, following an updated water security assessment.

Colac will be connected to the Geelong system by mid-2017 – effectively doubling its supply capacity and boosting water security for the region.

“This project is another example of Barwon Water’s significant investment in water security,” said Barwon Water Managing Director, Joe Adamski.

“Our diverse supply system means we are well placed to meet future demand.”

Minister for Water, Lisa Neville, said the project would create jobs in the construction industry, improve water security and ensure Barwon Water could cater for future growth.

“The need for water restrictions in Colac earlier this year highlighted the vulnerability of the current water supply system, which is entirely dependent on rainfall.

“Connection to the Geelong system means Colac has a back-up supply source – linking it to the Victorian water grid.”

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When High Performance Flows: How Yarra Valley Water made it to the global stage

by Anne Farquhar, General Manager for People and Culture, Yarra Valley Water.

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’m often asked how Yarra Valley Water accomplished all we have the past few years. Yet there’s no sound bite to describe the work behind our innovations. These include an award-winning customer hardship program, new water recycling methods to drought-proof 100,000 properties, a breakthrough leak detection process, and Australia’s first Waste-to-Energy facility linked to a sewage treatment plant.

We’ve seen a 36% increase in hardship customers assisted, a 20% operating expenditure decrease, and staff engagement scoring in the Australia/New Zealand Top 20. Recent accolades we’ve proudly earned include being named to Australian Business Review Weekly’s “Most Innovative Companies” list.

None of it was predictable. To begin with, our hands were very full providing water services to 2 million people and 50,000 businesses in Victoria. Moreover, what our people have delivered is really the result of a 15-year story – one of high performance and innovation that ultimately put us on the leading edge of our industry, with peers in other parts of the world replicating our advances.

To be clear: we've always been about high performance. The mandate from the managing director who hired me in 2001 was: create a high-performance culture. That commitment has never changed, but our view of what a high-performance culture is has expanded exponentially. The marketplace demands that we adapt. By constantly evolving, we’ve delivered performance that almost no one thought was possible.

When we started this transformation, we really had no choice. Following a disaggregation of the water industry, the government decided against privatisation. Our people needed a new sense of purpose and direction. So utilising a combination of internal programs and leadership development, we were able to get on track. Ten years into this work, we had established a strong performance culture.

If we had been satisfied with that, I wouldn’t be writing this article.

In 2011 post-drought, executive team discussions revealed a concern that we were drifting. A culture survey showed a decline in results. We hadn’t yet translated culture into extraordinary business results.

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Anne Farquhar

"To be clear: we've always been about high performance. The mandate from the managing director who hired me in 2001 was: create a high-performance culture. That commitment has never changed, but our view of what a high-performance culture is has expanded exponentially. The marketplace demands that we adapt."

Despite our progress, I saw so many opportunities: too many service interruptions, leaks, and customer complaints; too many hardship customers not helped; not enough revenue from customers able to pay.

We decided to set a new strategic direction, communicate it throughout the organisation, and develop leaders capable of delivering on it. Among other partners, we started working with Conrad Amos of JMW Consultants, who helped us understand this critical juncture. As he observes: “One of the best times for an organisation to realise its greatest potential is when performance is already strong, but you know there’s still much more to accomplish.”

We established a 2020 Strategy and developed the leadership required to champion the change. This effort included 40 key leaders – including executives, divisional managers and team leaders. We emerged from that work in a better position to perform than ever before – and in short, we did. Beyond the powerful impact for the organisation and our customers, we realised something else: an inspiring influence on the industry, region, and beyond. Indeed, this year we were honoured alongside JMW with an international award from the global Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF).

Here are some lessons from what catapulted us from a good organisation with a sense of culture to a thriving highperformance organisation.

Listen as you lead, and be brave enough to grapple.

We led this revolution with leadership that's not afraid to listen, allowing people to dream up new ways of doing things.

Maybe not every idea sticks but we have an environment where people aren't afraid to try. An overarching strategic plan is essential but we aren't weighed down by it; we know how to adapt when needed.

In this work, we've had to sometimes really grapple with things, and you have to be brave to do that. For change to take hold – for it to be transformational – people have to actually experience it. It can't be change as a concept. We see our organisation’s capacity for change as a vital capability, and always will.

Allow commitment to lead to innovation To quote Conrad: “As you develop a stronger culture of responsibility, innovation is a classic example of where organisations can take huge leaps forward. Things get to a point where people decide, ‘circumstances don’t get in our way.’”

When people’s hearts and souls are attached to what they’re doing, a whole new level of performance is unleashed.

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She’s right. We now collaborate not only with outside experts, but also with other water utilities as we seek out new approaches to dealing with water scarcity. We’re evolving from being organisation-centric to embracing the value of taking on complex issues in collaboration.

Don’t forget buy-in at the very top

something that had never before been done. That’s how we drought-proofed all those households, developed waste-toenergy and leak detection breakthroughs, and mobilised staff to elevate our hardship outreach. These innovations became far more than “work” for our people as they developed a true connection and commitment to what we were doing.

"When people are free to operate and be who they can be, that removes so many previously perceived limits to performance and innovation."

Collaborate We've picked the right partners. Our recent acceleration in results has in part been fuelled by collaborators who help us reach even farther and think even bigger. Yet we absolutely retain ownership. It’s always been our lens, our story. There can be a tendency in our industry to focus on processes, but it takes more to rise above the status quo. As JMW Partner Deborah Kiers describes it: “Despite numerous ground-breaking technologies developed to combat drought, there’s a demand for something beyond tactical — even strategic — solutions: a critical need for solutions delivered in collaboration.”

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I can’t understate the role of the Board, Managing Director, and the management team. They have to be on board with the change required for high performance. In our case, the commitment of our managing directors during this process came shining through, demonstrating to the Board that ours was the right path.

Many companies start change programs but can lack strong direction. Unless there’s a clear line of sight to something worthwhile that staff can see themselves contributing to in a meaningful way, no real change will take hold. Transformational change certainly requires the engagement of people at all levels of the organisation, but it can’t happen without commitment from people at the very top.

Follow strategy, but adapt We set a bold strategy with a broad landscape of objectives, including a commitment to “smash productivity targets.” Yet with a culture where people felt free to aim extremely high, unexpected things happened, including divisional managers recommending – and receiving executive endorsement for – even more aggressive targets than in our original strategy.

When people are free to operate and be who they can be, that removes so many previously perceived limits to performance and innovation. People know where they're going, why, and what they must deliver. You will also see them begin to operate this way outside of work, with an elevated sense of freedom and purpose. And in their professional lives, they will continue to be inspired in new ways – and consistently redefine how far their high performance can take their organisation.

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by Ashok Sukumaran, MWH Australia and Gregory Poussardin, Accenture ANZ Water Utilities Water and wastewater treatment in Australia and New Zealand has seen significant change in the last two decades. Water utilities are under constant pressure from the community to protect the environment, treat water or wastewater to a higher quality and meet the demands of digitally connected communities and customers. These industry pressures are combined with broader issues such as emerging technologies, population growth, rapid urbanisation, climate change, extremes of weather patterns, ageing assets, supply chain transformation, and the need for more efficient performance.

As the industry continues to navigate the evolving utilities landscape, it has become clear that water utilities wanting to prepare and futureproof their organisation need to re-consider their approach to investment.

In order to operate more efficiently, reduce costs, engage customers, and provide a healthier and more environmentally friendly service; utilities need to embrace the industry evolution in line with the following trends.

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techniques to extract greater performance is critical. Effectively harnessing enabling technologies within the asset base, to avoid stranded assets, will consequently become of greater importance to water utilities.

Take anaerobic digestion for example, as a traditional solids treatment technology, with high upfront sunk costs, water utilities must focus on technologies which enhance the performance of this asset in order to continue improving its inherent value. Pretreatment technologies, for example, can improve digestion performance and capacity or configuration changes can increase effectiveness without significant additional upgrade or replacement costs.

Transforming O&M with data Water utilities need to change the way their operations and maintenance (O&M) functions work if they want to meet the needs of the public. With the pressure on capital investment, and reduced budgets for asset maintenance, the ability to conduct Right Time (driven by cost or risk), rather than Just in Case (schedule based) or Just After (reactive) maintenance schedules is vital.

Data analytics, coupled with real time sensors, can support both reactive and proactive management of day-to-day operations. Today water utilities operate in silos across functions and with multiple versions of the same data sets; creating duplication, misinterpretation or conflicting strategies. Utilities organisations of the future should be creating a single data platform which allows simultaneous cross organisation access to the same data source.

The City of Atlanta for instance, has used predictive analytics along with geospatial visualisation on all its existing sewer level sensors to create an effective means to identify potential pollution incidents sites before they happen.

Making the most of waste water A cornerstone of modern wastewater treatment is the endeavour to deliver maximum possible value from the process and the system as a whole. However, by its nature, wastewater treatment can be energy intensive. The rising cost of power, coupled with the need to reduce carbon emission, has resulted in a significant global effort to

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increase energy generation and drive the industry toward net-energy neutral treatment plants or energy factories; which produce more power than they consume. Ensuring that operators understand the influencing factors on generation and consumption will drive and deliver the greatest level of energy efficiency of existing assets. In addition, strategic asset planning needs to focus on energy generation potential for new any new treatment plants.

The Netherlands launched its Energy Factory initiative several years ago to harvest the chemical energy that is present in organic matter in wastewater to move towards energy neutrality. Providing a glimpse into the future, this industry leading application provides the utilities industry with a benchmark to guide future system planning.

Engage customers with unrealised treatment benefits Cross industry best practice has shown how greater customer engagement can

be achieved through the use of customer behaviour analytics. More meaningful engagement with customers in the dialogue around water and wastewater services is becoming a fundamental tenet of utility operations worldwide. The Sydney Park stormwater project for instance, harvests and treats up to 850 million litres of stormwater from Newtown’s Munni Street catchment each year; releasing the cleansed water into the park’s main pond and creating a popular waterscape for tourists. Beyond an aesthetic water feature, the waterscape creates an opportunity for residents and visitors to be educated on the concept of water capture and cleansing; ultimately increasing engagement and interest levels.

While Sydney Park stormwater created a community landmark, other issues such as sewer abuse do not provide the same level of uniting community engagement opportunities. Despite this, by moving into greater levels of customer transparency, by sharing blockage hotspots for example,

utilities can support a greater sense of community, which in turn can support education programmes to tackle the problem source.

By embracing these emerging trends in the water and wastewater treatment industries, water utilities will be able to face the challenges and demands of the future. The industry is heading away from benchmarks based on historical performance and generalised cases which can applied broadly, to benchmarks based on a series of inter-connected models, with more focus given to performance trends. The future operating model also moves all those engaged in O&M towards an outcome-based model rather than scheduled task or output driven one, leading to a higher degree of productivity.

Gregory Poussardin is a Senior Manager in Accenture’s ANZ Water Utilities Portfolio and Ashok Sukumaran is the General Manager at MWH Australia.

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REHABILITATING STORMWATER DRAINAGE ASSETS IN CBD INFRASTRUCTURE Managing the effectiveness and functionality of critical stormwater assets in a busy CBD infrastructure poses many logistical issues that are not always evident.

The demands on the pipes, conduits and outfalls in most Australian cities increase every year through urban expansion, extended operation and increased loading. So it is no wonder that drainage infrastructure systems are starting to creak and the instance of failure is more exposed.

But renewal through traditional open cut is also harder, more disruptive and costly; especially as legislative and environmental requirements continue to put barriers and obstacles in the path of infrastructure operators.

Melbourne is the second largest CBD in Australia and faces similar issues relative to the under-road storm drainage systems that are challenging to maintain under the continual development and re-generation of the city.

Responsibility for this rests with integrated services provider, Citywide, which operates and maintains the drainage infrastructure within the CBD. As with all pipes, serviceability and efficiency is governed by condition and this is affected by load, demand and the effectiveness of the original construction.

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materials together with methodology which is now being surpassed by today’s operating pressures.

Maintenance is an important part of infrastructure management and increasingly operators are looking towards trenchless technologies to prolong the life of the assets which are showing signs of degradation or potential collapse.

Citywide sought expressions of interest from technology specialists for a program of rehabilitation in Melbourne’s CBD to structurally line 490 LM of sub-surface storm drains in diameters 300-to-600mm along some of the prime routes.

These included Flinders, Williams, Bourke and Collins Streets where traditional topdown replacement methods would not be feasible or realistic to undertake as the scale of disruption would have severely impacted on the functionality of the city.

ITS tendered and secured the contract to rehabilitate these assets with a proposal to utilise the UV Cured Berolina fibreglass lining system which is provided by BKP GmbH based in Germany.

The proposal centred on a design conforming to AS2566 pt 1 to take full SM1600 road loading and create a cast-in-place structural pipe inside the existing host pipes to a Class IV standard, which is capable of taking the full loading in the event of the complete failure of the original pipe.

Berolina is a fully expanded tight fit structural liner with no annular void between the liner and the host such that joint seals are not required.

It is available in two grades – normal and high strength enabling the design of thin wall linings that are competent to carry high loadings with the benefit of minimal loss of cross sectional area. Berolina is available in a size range of 150 to 1600mm.

Installation of the linings was undertaken at night so it did not disrupt traffic and access to the infrastructure was provided by Citywide which opened the pits and instigated traffic management.

The works were completed over a 10-night period which included CCTV condition survey, installation of the linings, reinstatement of lateral connections, a final verification CCTV survey and surface restoration.

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ITS PipeTech has been named as a finalist in the Telstra Australian Business Awards for 2016 for its innovation in pipeline rehabilitation.

The recognition of ITS Pipetech is for being a successful business providing pipeline and culvert rehabilitation, and for extending the life of existing infrastructure and assets utilising world best practice technologies that reduce the impact on communities and the environment.

ITS PipeTech was founded in 2005 by Trevor Groeneveld, who has played a pivotal role in the growth of the pipe rehabilitation industry in Australia.

“The Telstra judges have conducted a comprehensive assessment of ITS PipeTech, said Mr Groeneveld, the company’s Executive Director.

“The assessment looked at many different elements of the business such as our financial and safety performance, the ITS team, strategy, growth, environment, social responsibility and our focus on innovation.

“I am happy to say that we have ticked the boxes in all of these key areas.

“For a long time, I have been of the view that we have a fantastic business with by far the best team of people making it all happen, which personally I have enjoyed being a part of”.

ITS PipeTech provides innovative solutions using trenchless technologies to maintain water, sewer and stormwater pipelines.

Its expertise addresses the issues of sink holes, bursting water mains and leaking sewers, and tackles the incidence of collapsing roads and railways by reinforcing drainage structures that could otherwise fail with age.

ITS operates throughout Australia and the Pacific Rim.

A joint venture stormwater harvesting project that will see a number of sporting clubs on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula receive rainwater to irrigate their grounds is expected to save up to $23,000 in irrigation costs.

The $140,000 project takes water collected from the top of SA Water storage lagoons in Paskeville, transfers it to a 4.5 megalitre onsite storage tank and transports the water to tanks at the local sports complex via a recently completed pipeline.

The water will be used to irrigate the football oval and bowling green in Paskeville and will also benefit the local tennis, cricket and netball clubs which have a shared budget.

The initiative was developed between SA Water, the District Council of the Copper Coast and the Paskeville Progress Association, and will begin operating once the rainwater tank fills.

In 2013, the council received an SA Government grant to investigate how ongoing irrigation costs could be lowered and the venture has jointly-funded the stormwater harvesting project.

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South Australia’s Water Minister, Ian Hunter, said reducing watering costs for sports clubs would ensure communities had every opportunity to participate in their favourite sporting pursuits.

“It uses an otherwise redundant storage tank for a sustainable irrigation supply; to collect, store and reuse stormwater for irrigation is a great example of water management.

“The water savings generated will provide a wide range of benefits to everyone involved in the sporting clubs and enable resources to be used elsewhere.

Copper Coast District Council CEO, Peter Harder, said the project would have a positive impact on the community.

“The sporting precinct is the heart of Paskeville and the surrounding agricultural area, and it is now set up for a long and sustainable future.

“We really want to thank the SA Water staff for their persistent efforts to navigate this project to a successful conclusion.”

VALUABLE STORMWATER HARVEST FOR WA WHEATBELT TOWN A completed stormwater harvesting project in the Shire of Beverley – about 130 kilometres east of Perth – will provide more than 22 million litres of extra water per year for use by the community.

The project involved construction of two stormwater retention basins with a combined capacity of four million litres to capture water from the town's streets.

As the basins fill during high rainfall events, water is pumped to existing tanks at sports ovals and to the 20 megalitre town dam to optimise storage.

Optimisation of storage in the dam may, in the future, provide emergency livestock water for farmers during dry periods and water for firefighting needs.

The Shire of Beverley – in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region – contributed $209,000 to create the water harvesting project.

The project, launched on 10 June by State Water Minister, Mia Davies, was supported by a $100,000 grant through the government's Community Water Supply Program which is managed by the Department of Water.

"In this drying climate, having a secure water supply for our ovals, parks and community needs is something we have to work harder to achieve," Ms Davies said.

"Innovative use of natural and man-made features to harvest stormwater now means Beverley has a substantial volume of water that wasn’t available in the past.

"This harvested water, which use to run down the street, can now meet up to 50 per cent of the town's public open space irrigation needs, as well as provide water for emergencies.

"It will greatly improve the town's selfsufficiency and reduce reliance on costly and valuable scheme water for non-potable needs," the Minister said.

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TECHNOLOGY FEATURE

Thinking Outside the Box (Exponential Technologies, Turbulent Times & Innovation Extremes)

by Terry Daley, CEO Wastedge.com

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hanges in science, engineering, social trends and economic forces are reshaping and transforming our world as we watch. We’re in the midst of an information and communications revolution. In 2010 we had just under 2 billion people were connected to the internet; by 2020 it will be over 5 billion with more than 3 billion people joining the global conversation and contribute to global ideas over the next 3 years. The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to be even bigger than that, as more live streaming data connections and controls produce a colossal explosion of data.

“Today a powerful combination of business and tech inventiveness and risk taking among start-ups is forcing larger established companies to redefine the way they do business!” cites the Rust Report. “Younger companies are introducing bold new strategies, greater agility and superior mobility practices while fuelled by ready access to growth capital.“

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“As successive waves of innovating evolve, the definition of what is possible has changed.”

“The companies with advanced digital assets and capabilities are now capturing market share and profit growth, the true disruptors are even gaining the ability to reshape industries to their own advantage.”

Future Transport Technology There’s been a lot of recent coverage in the media on predictions that within the next 10 years all road transport will be driverless. The evolution of automated vehicle control systems from Tesla, Google, Toyota, Mercedes, Ford and many others already have cars that can drive and steer themselves. This is predicted as having massive reduction in road deaths, an increase in traffic throughput, as well as a phenomenal reduction in vehicle emissions from the change to electric powered vehicles.

These changes are so radical that even Ford is predicting that within 10 years

it will no longer be selling cars but will be selling “transport services” getting people from A to B. At National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) conference in Sydney this week, in a brilliant keynote presentation from futurist Craig Rispin, he noted that Uber is now valued at US$65 billion, whereas the whole Taxi industry in the USA is valued at only US$15 billion.

Emerging rapid growth organisations, like 7 year old start-up Rubicon Global in the USA, with recent public funding injections of $30 million, propose the Uberisation of the waste industry, by creating a virtual marketplace where thousands of small, local haulers can compete in brokered collaborative bids on portions of huge national contracts to break the duopoly of the top two waste services providers in the USA. This is claimed to foster competition between haulers, driving down the price of service. Rubicon also monitors the ebb and flow of their waste stream to cut down on unnecessary pickups, something

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the waste industry has been reticent to reduce, preferring to pick-up partially full bins. With a focus on waste ecology, where one man’s trash could be another man’s treasure, the Rubicon revenue model takes a cut of whatever customer savings they can provide by finding ways to resell the often valuable materials that get locked up in that waste, so they are most successful when they keep trash out of landfills, not in it.

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Wired magazine (in an article by Issie Lapowsky in 2015) claimed a landfill is “...just a stinking, seething plot of real estate with garbage as the primary tenant”, and where “a significant proportion of the money paid to haulers goes towards renting that space for many years to come, such that millions of businesses are paying billions of dollars in rent on their garbage!” It further claims: “...this lucrative little arrangement gives the trash haulers who own those landfills very little incentive to recycle when those garbage heaps are practically minting money.” Rubicon Global has some impressive investors like Mark Benioff (Salesforce.com) and has also hired John Bax, former CEO of Living Social and former CFO for recycling start-up RecycleBank. (Watch this space).

“Rubicon Global is an example of a startup that’s using the latest in computing and wireless tech to try to disrupt an industry that hasn’t traditionally used much technology. Like Uber and AirBnB before it, it’s taken technology to a decidedly low-tech industry, with the full-throated belief that the efficiency that technology offers has the power to topple even the most monolithic incumbents.”

AIRBNB is another great example an organisation growing exponentially from the application of new technology and thinking outside the square. The exponential growth of this organisation has it now valued as larger than Marriot or the Hilton and will soon be bigger than both combined. And they don’t even own any real-estate.

Abundance & Oversharing of Data Craig Rispin at the NAID Security Destruction Services conference noted

that in most major disruptive trends there always seems to be a flip side or counter trend.

For instance, there is an explosion of data available and growing at the same rate as Information Technology (IT) speed and capacity (according to Moore’s law) doubling every two years.

Yet while there’s rapidly increasing Privacy regulations attempting to protect people’s right to privacy, at the same time there is a “massive over-sharing” of information.

The internet is full of baby photos, and a plethora of information on where and what we eat and where and when we travel (burglars and the police both delight in having such data available).

With recent connections to the Internet of Things (IoT), such as WIFI scales, we can now share instantly what our weight and body mass index is, as well as share live streaming medical data with our local GP or heart specialist in the USA. In the USA today you can also be fined $200,000 per hospital patient for private data leaks and the volume of privacy regulations is expected to double in the next 12 months.

Explosion of Data and Shrinking Size of Storage Systems It’s estimated that by 2020 1.7mb of data will be created each second by every human on the planet.

As data is exponentially doubling in the digital era, data storage systems are expanding in capacity and contracting in size proportionally. We’ve seen colossal changes in storage media over the past 10 years from tape backup to Floppy Disk and Compact Disk (CD) to DVDs and now USBs and SSD drives hasn’t been phenomenal enough, Craig says you’ll likely need a degree in biology to work in data storage in the near future.

In the book “Abundance” (the future is better than you think) by Steve Kotler and Peter Diamandis, it notes that “Twenty years ago, most well off US citizens owned a camera, a stereo, a video game console, a cell phone, a watch, an alarm clock, a set of encyclopaedias, a world atlas, a street directory and other assets that easily added up to more than US$10,000." (All of which now come as standard apps on a smart phone).

Current magnetic storage systems have only a several years lifespan, so major data storage usage organisations are now searching for longer lasting, more compact storage materials as the industry moves from magnetic media to liquid metals (Craig noted you’ll likely need a toxic metals handling license for some of those) and are also looking to biological media such as DNA. In 2013, one expert estimated that the amount of data generated worldwide would reach 4 zettabytes by the end of that year. (1024 megabytes = 1 Gigabyte; 1024 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte; 1024 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte; 1024 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte; 1024 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte; 1024 Zettabytes = 1 Yottabyte.)

There’s already cloud hard drives of 2 to 4 terabytes (TB) available for sale and Seagate now has a 60TB SSD drive available for retail sales. Optical data storage devices such as helium drives (running faster in sealed inert gas systems) are now available with up to 10 TB storage for less than $500.

A company called Twist claims you can store 1 billion terabytes of data within 1 gram of DNA (the size of a pin head) and that it will last for over 1,000 years.

The Paperless Office is now in the Cloud Now that nearly everyone has fibre optic to the home and business (right?), local data storage systems will sync (and echo) multi-cloud systems in the next 10 to 15 years. Some switched on waste service companies that we do software training sessions for, store the

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related video recordings of user process guidelines in their corporate online DropBox, with a backup copy on One Drive or Google Drive (in the cloud) along with all their other corporate documentation.

Document destruction capabilities will need to take these storage areas into account as they proliferate. For instance, the average photocopy machine or printer/scanner that your business might put out on the next e-waste or hard waste collection run could potentially have a copy of all your private corporate documents on its embedded solid state storage chip. And who’s checking that all those redundant arrays of inexpensive disks that Google and Facebook are likely to be discarding are wiped of any privacy data before being thrown in the bin?

The Internet of Bins? (IoB) – Gigabytes from Garbage?

In future your local garbage bin may even be storing confidential info as it passes through the local area network. In New York recently, BigBelly (who provide bins that send a text to the refuse collector when 85% full) has applied for a grant to supply free 75mbps city WIFI through its solar powered street litter bins (an Internet of Bins so to speak). This internet would be fast enough to download a high-definition film in around 10 minutes, would be free to users, and paid for with advertisement revenue.

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Being nestled inside the bin didn’t seem to compromise the quality of the signal and since the bins are at street level, the signal didn’t receive any interference from towering skyscrapers. The bins may also collect data about waste management or display announcements and alerts.

While free Wi-Fi is the biggest benefit, it’s certainly not the only one. The bins may also be able to help the government collect data about waste management, display public service announcements and alerts.

An example could be an advertisement for Starbucks displayed on a bin near one of its coffee stores. Leila Dillon, VP of global marketing commented: “We are a smart solar-powered, connected technology platform that is literally sitting in the streets of New York. We are exactly where the people are.”

Cities around the world have long sought after citywide wireless internet access, fostering startups looking to turn cities into giant hot-spots via trucks and buses to connect tourists and park-goers to the internet. Back in 2013, however, the City of London cracked down on startup Renew London, after it was reported to be covertly tracking data from passersby using Wi-Fi in smart bins.

Freedom of Choice or Restricted Access?

Another waste collection controversy on freedom of choice versus restricted

access is also under review in a Zone based collection system being proposed for City of New York. The city would be divided into zones with contractors bidding to serve certain sectors within those zones. Currently, there are no such restrictions with businesses free to contract with whichever hauler they chose.

The City of New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and the Business Integrity Commission (BIC) released findings of a study that recommends implementing commercial waste collection zones. The study suggests that this could reduce truck traffic associated with commercial waste collection by 49 percent to 68 percent and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 42 percent to 64 percent.

The study also found that New York’s current open-market commercial waste system “generates excess truck traffic, is highly concentrated among a few carters, has little transparency in pricing and prevents private carting companies from achieving efficiencies that allow investments in recycling initiatives or cleaner trucks.” The market is concentrated with a few carters collecting 90 percent of the market and many other smaller carters competing for the last 10 percent of the market.

Currently businesses free to contract with whichever hauler they choose but is the cost of freedom of choice too expensive to the environment.

In one sense this is trying to minimize trucks in the area, whereas with the emergence of bin-full sensor technology there is likely to be repeat visits to areas only when sufficient numbers of bins are full in an area to make the travel overhead economical. Dynamic routing and automated truck work allocation by region across fleets will certainly get more focus as we get more data to analyse impact.

Edward De Bono would espouse more lateral thinking, thinking outside the box.

If you’re not learning, listening, reading and thinking about these possible futures, and cultivating, fostering and adopting innovation and technological changes, you and your business will likely be left in the past faster than you might imagine!

ACA CORROSION FEATURE

Coating advances for wastewater processing Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) have been built and operated by Australian and New Zealand municipal councils - as well as industrial and mining companies -for almost as long as there have been European settlement in these countries. Billions of dollars have been invested into equipment and infrastructure to process wastewater and sewage. The main assets that are impacted by corrosion in WWTPs are the pipelines, storage tanks, clarifier ponds and sewage channels.

Corrosion continues to impose a massive cost to all industries. Effective corrosion management strategies can help reduce this cost, which has been estimated to be more than three per cent - or multiple billions of dollars - of global GDP each year. In addition to being an economic threat to industry and the wider community, corrosion can also be a physical threat to infrastructure and personal safety.

Corrosion particularly affects the submerged parts of structures in WWTPs and one of the more corrosive by-products of sewage is hydrogen sulphide gas.

Aging WWTP infrastructure is starting to require refurbishment or replacement.

One method of refurbishment is to carry out surface repairs and then apply protective coatings.

Hydrogen sulphide reacts with moisture on surfaces to form sulphuric acid which

readily attacks concrete. Hydrogen sulphide (H2S ) attacks the cement, copper, iron and silver which gradually degrades the structure. In the case of a pipeline, this may ultimately result in the collapse of the pipe wall. WWTPs are also required by legislation today to cap wastewater storages to control excessive odours but has the drawback of also increasing the concentration of gasses such as H2S. Research and advances in polymer technology has resulted in the development of resilient yet flexible coatings, such as polyureas, that are resistant to abrasion and chemical attack. These coatings are formed when a liquid isocyanate is mixed with an amine-based resin solution. Isocyanates are reactive because the double covalent bond attaching the carbon atom to nitrogen and oxygen atoms is easily broken to form single bonds in the more stable tetrahedral configuration around the carbon atom.

Polyurea coatings are flexible, allowing them to move with the expansion and contraction of the underlying structure as temperatures change. They can also be spray-applied which permits quicker application and less disruption to the operation of a facility. With a rapid cure time of three to six seconds and the ability to walk on it in a matter of minutes, a facility can be back on line much quicker.

The Australasian Corrosion Association

(ACA)'s Corrosion & Prevention 2016 conference and exhibition in Auckland from 13 - 16 November will feature several seminars on corrosion prevention and remediation in the water treatment and related industry sectors.

The latest advances in corrosion management processes and technology will be presented as part of the various technical streams during C&P2016. Other topics covered at the conference include advances in sensing & monitoring; asset management; cathodic protection; concrete corrosion and repair; corrosion mechanisms, modelling and prediction; materials selection and design, and protective coatings.

To register for the conference or download the full program, please visit: www.acaconference.com.au

ABOUT THE AUSTRALASIAN CORROSION ASSOCIATION The Australasian Corrosion Association Incorporated (ACA) is a not-for-profit, industry association, established in 1955 to service the needs of Australian and New Zealand companies, organisations and individuals involved in the fight against corrosion. The vision of the ACA is to reduce the impact of corrosion.

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C&P2016 to showcase corrosion prevention advances Corrosion is a continuing challenge to industries and governments around the world. It has been estimated that more than three per cent of global GDP each year is spent on corrosion mitigation and repair, making it vital that the latest technologies and practices are applied to managing this insidious threat.

To support and promote all efforts to minimise the impact of corrosion, the Australasian Corrosion Association (ACA) will present Corrosion & Prevention 2016 Conference in Auckland, New Zealand in November.

Industry experts will deliver six plenary addresses - including the PF Thompson Lecture - and 83 presentations across four technical streams, in addition to seven forums. Staged in Auckland's Sky City Convention Centre between 13-16 November 2016, C&P2016 will bring together leading researchers and industry practitioners who

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combat corrosion on a daily basis. More than 450 delegates are expected to attend the conference and extensive exhibition of key industry suppliers.

The diverse technical streams will showcase the latest developments in corrosion prevention, management and mitigation. The broad themes of the technical seminars are coatings, concrete & asset management, the oil & gas and offshore industry, and research. Topics covered will range from fundamental corrosion science to hands-on application including advances in sensing & monitoring; asset management; cathodic protection; concrete corrosion and repair; corrosion mechanisms, modelling and prediction; materials selection and design, and protective coatings.

Dr Patricia Shaw, Better Buildings Research Team Leader at BRANZ, will deliver the PF Thompson Memorial Lecture in 2016 covering the corrosion of polymeric

materials. The lecture commemorates the work of corrosion science pioneer, P F Thompson, and has been delivered every year at the ACA's annual conference since 1951.

As in past years, C&P2016 will give delegates many opportunities to network with colleagues and peers, in addition to being a source for the latest information concerning corrosion prevention, control and repair.

This conference will be of value to people working in a wide range of industries, including construction, oil & gas, mining, cultural and historical materials preservation, power generation, maritime, asset management, food processing, and defence.

Places are still available for the conference. For registrations and to download a full Conference Program, please visit: www.acaconference.com.au

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WELCOME TO Welcome to the fourth annual Waste Expo! It gives us great pleasure to welcome the industry to Melbourne each year for two jam packed days of free education, networking and the opportunity to view the latest solutions and technologies on display from over 100 brands and exhibitors.

With your continued support, the Waste Expo organising team has continued to grow and evolve the exhibition and seminar program, putting together an unrivalled and FREE-to-attend Waste Summit @ Waste Expo education forum.

This year’s Waste Summit program has once again received overwhelming industry support and we would like to thank the many individuals, organisations, Government departments and Councils who have worked together to ensure Waste Summit continues to provide a valuable platform for the industry to share ideas and learn about the latest developments, solutions and trends.

Please take the time to visit the Waste Summit theatre and benefit from over 16 sessions on offer. Special thanks to all the supporters of this year’s education program including: Sustainability Victoria, CSIRO, Halve Waste Group - City of Wodonga, Albury City Council, Indigo Shire Council and Corowa Shire, Cleanaway Waste Management, Australian UAV, EPA Victoria, Caterpillar, Steinert Australia, ResourceCo, Sustainable Resource Solutions, Australia and New Zealand Recycling

Platform, Australian Industrial Ecology Network, Australian Government – Clean Energy Regulator, East Gippsland Shire Council, TIC Mattress Recycling, ACT Government, Just Waste Consulting and MRA Consulting Group.

We would also like to thank the show sponsors and supporters including BigBelly Solar Compactors, City of Melbourne, Community Recycling Network Australia, Tarpomatic, Vinyl Council of Australia, Waste + Water Management Australia, and of course all of the exhibitors who have brought an amazing showcase of products to the event.

To our exhibitors, a big thank you! Without your involvement and investment Waste Expo would not be possible. We hope Waste Expo 2016 is an enjoyable and profitable two days, providing a valuable platform to meet new clients, connect with customers, showcase your brands, build relationships and discover new opportunities.

We trust you will enjoy all Waste Expo has to offer.

Louise Brooks, Paul Towers and the Waste Expo Team

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Tuesday 4th October 2016 TIME

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9:15am 9:45am

Opening address

Stan Krpan, CEO Sustainability Victoria, will deliver the Opening Address, providing an industry update on Victoria’s lead waste and resource recovery agency’s innovative programs, upcoming plans and unique learnings for 2016.

10:00am 11:00am

Engaging the community on waste

SV and CSIRO have formed a research partnership to explore community attitudes and perceptions to waste and resource recovery in Victoria. This study has involved some of Victoria and Australia’s largest waste and resource recovery operators. This seminar will present the findings to this work followed by discussion about the findings.

Halve Waste 3-Bin Organics System: Education and engagement

Halve Waste is an initiative of Albury City Council (AlburyCity), City of Wodonga and the Shires of Towong, Greater Hume, Corowa and Indigo. The overarching goal of Halve Waste is to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill by 50% by 2020.

Michelle Wilkinson, City of Wodonga and Nina McHardy, Cleanaway

In 2015, AlburyCity, City of Wodonga and the Shires of Indigo and Corowa councils launched a new kerbside 3rd bin to collect food and garden organics weekly and change general refuse collection to fortnightly. In its first year of operation over 18,000 tonnes of waste has been diverted from landfill and significant community behaviour change achieved through a researched and targeted education and engagement campaign focusing on the barriers householders have to utilising the new system.

Making a sustainable future possible – the new Cleanaway way

In early 2016 Cleanaway launched a new brand and a new mission – to make a sustainable future possible. Our new brand signifies more than just a refreshed look. It represents a major evolution for our business and our customers, allowing us to provide a greater and more consistent range of total waste management services. Find out how we are working to deliver on our commitments.

Drones for landfill management Andrew Chapman, Australian UAV

The use of drones is revolutionising data capture across many sectors. In the solid waste industry, drones enable regular high-detail survey of either the active cell or the entire site at a fraction of the cost of previous methods. This enables better management of volumes, correlation of weighbridge data, airspace calculations, earthworks, EPA reporting and general site planning. Online data presentation displays the sites in 3D, enabling easy collaborative review and analysis.

The Modern Regulator: Strengthening prevention through shared responsibility

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has an important dual regulatory role – to minimise the impact of waste on our environment, amenity and public health, while supporting a sustainable waste industry. Join Chris Webb as he discusses the need for modern regulators to improve compliance through education and shared responsibility and take strong enforcement action against those who ignore their statutory obligations.

Why landfill compaction matters

Did you know only 20% better compaction in landfills could result in almost 2 years of longer landfill life? And did you know there are over 400 landfills in Australia that could potentially extend their life span for decades combined? Caterpillar has done several studies across the globe on landfills and ways of improving efficiency, Mark will be sharing some of their findings and techniques landfill managers could use to lower their costs and improve their productivity.

Stan Krpan, CEO Sustainability Victoria

Andrea Walton, CSIRO & Jonathan Leake, Sustainability Victoria 11:15am 12:00pm

12.00pm 12.30pm

Melinda Lizza, Cleanaway Waste Management 12.40pm 1.00pm

1.00pm 1.30pm

Chris Webb, EPA Victoria 1:30pm 2:00pm

Mark Welch, Caterpillar

2:15pm 3:00pm

Applying the 3R’s to a circular economy

Recycling should be a whole lot easier than it is. We go to great lengths to extract resources from the ground, process them and manufacture products, yet we discard them by haphazardly mixing them together for collection. How to manage this often random mix of materials in an environmentally responsible and financially sound way is a challenge for processors. This panel session will look at issues, drivers and solutions to apply the 3R’s to a circular economic model presented from four differing viewpoints.

Supplier - Consultant - Government - Industry.

The E-Waste Gap: The need for education and awareness

E-waste is becoming more difficult to find! It’s being held in stockpiles, exported, going to landfill and dependent on how we consume technology. This presentation will examine the challenges of sourcing product from the current e-waste stream, report on the “hidden factors” impacting on the available stream for recycling, and explore the need for greater public participation and education to address the gap. It will also refer to household research undertaken by ANZRP and address what needs to be considered in the 2016 review of the NTCRS.

Kurt Palmer, STEINERT Australia, Ben Sawley, ResourceCo, Mike Haywood, Sustainable Resource Solutions and Christopher Lane, Sustainability Victoria 3:00pm 3:45pm

Carmel Dollison, Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform

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Wednesday 5th October 2016 TIME

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8:45am 10:15am

What on earth is the circular economy? Trends and ways that will disrupt business as usual

This session will present an overview of the Circular Economy (CE), addressing the history, principles, mechanisms, country-specific variants and current status. It will then consider CE in the Australian context and current trends and methods used. During the discussion that follows issues will be canvassed such as: Is the CE just another fad-like approach to recycling? Does it do any good? How does it work if we have no industry? What could be done instead?

Seeing the opportunities in abatement

The Emissions Reduction Fund is a voluntary scheme that provides incentives to adopt new practices and technologies to reduce their emissions. Ongoing sustained interest from the waste sector in the Emissions Reduction Fund has seen around 9 million tonnes of abatement avoided and more than seventy waste projects successfully contract with the Government for an agreed price on emissions. There are a number of opportunities for the waste industry to participate in the Emissions Reduction Fund by reducing emissions, improving energy efficiency, avoiding emissions of methane and nitrous oxide, or by converting methane into carbon dioxide. There are now several waste methods available for landfill, alternative waste treatment including organic waste and waste water.

Implementation of the Waste Facilities and Disposal Strategy: Meeting today’s standard

Council has developed the Waste Facilities and Disposal Strategy with a five year action plan to align with current State and Federal policies and regulation; to rationalise landfills, improve the current standards of waste facilities and to provide better, alternative, safe, equitable and sustainable waste disposal services to the community. The Strategy addresses issues in relation to landfills, waste transfer stations, transfer trailers and legacy landfills. This presentation focusses on the Waste Facilities and Disposal Strategy, its objective, execution, major infrastructure development and lessons learnt so far.

National solution for endof-life mattresses

Traditional mattress recycling efforts have been labour intensive, unsafe and inefficient.

TIC Mattress Recycling’s new automated deconstruction facility in Victoria eliminates intense manual handling, manages dust and other waste extractions whilst ensuring maximum recovery. By systematically de-constructing mattresses, each component can be properly separated so that it can be re-used in other products, and further reducing the volumes of waste being sent to landfill.

Actsmart Business Recycling Program

Ros Malouf, Environment and Planning Directorate (ACT)

The ACT Government Actsmart Business Program was launched in 2009 to offer recycling solutions for businesses and offices across the ACT. This accreditation program is now operating in more than 1000 sites with more than 45,000 staff within these businesses having the opportunity to recycle at work. The program has morphed and improved following evaluation to include the introduction of a commercial cleaners nationally accredited course, improved signage, data collection, annual awards and online staff training. Lessons learned will be showcased to those wanting to set up a business recycling program.

The evolution of kerbside organics in Tasmania - is it the same everywhere?

The largest material category in the kerbside waste bin is organics. This session will provide an overview of the evolution of kerbside organics in Tasmania, including the systems, processes and outcomes in place and what the future holds.

Justin Jones, Just Waste Consulting

Data gathered from trials, waste audits and education programs will provide evidence used to inform strategies for increased diversion potential. Is Tasmania different or are these benefits, issues and politics the same nationally?

Energy from Waste in Australia - Is there a future?

Australia’s efforts related to Energy from Waste (EfW) are considerably less advanced when compared to some developed countries. The reasons for this are to be found in a complex combination of different historical factors. However, Australia currently recovers some energy from its waste and focuses on driving more investments towards various EFW projects. Indeed, there are challenges that hinders the progress of EfW activities, but those should be overcome methodically to experience its benefits including improvements in recovery rates.

Hosted by the AIEN 10:30am 11:00am

Michelle Bruce, Clean Energy Regulator

11:15am 12:00pm

Kartik Venkatraman, East Gippsland Shire Council 12:15pm 12:45pm

Michael Warren, TIC Mattress Recycling

1:00pm 1:30pm

1:40pm 2:10pm

2:15pm 2:45pm

Mike Ritchie, MRA Consulting Group

AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY NETWORK

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ADCREDO Pty Ltd

Brands Represented: waste:it, sygic

Stand #C12

PO Pox 882, Sutherland NSW 2232 T: 0415064685 E: info@wasteit.com.au www.wasteit.com.au www.sygic.com Waste:it provides a modern and user friendly solution that delivers the continuous monitoring of waste levels in containers via waste:it ultrasound sensors built into each container. Information is transferred via wireless technology to operators using the mobile application: waste:it. The application enables the effective planning of waste removal and optimization of the route, reporting, early notification.

The solution can be fully integrated into the existing information systems. Waste:it sensors are easy to integrate with Sygic FleetWork, professional navigation bundled with a planning and workforce management solution. Sygic professional navigation allows drivers to avoid routes unsuitable for trucks, cargos and hazardous materials.

The solution is available on the Android and the IOS platform.

Aquagem Environment Pty Ltd Brands Represented: Aquagem Environment

Stand # D5

8 Drum Street, Derrimut, VIC 3030 T: 03 8348 5480 E: business@aquagemenvironment.com www.aquagemenvironment.com Aquagem Environment offers consultancy services for ISO management systems, the latest ISO 9001:2015-Quality Management ; ISO 14001:2015-Environmental Management and ISO 45001:2016- Occupational Health and Safety Management.

Aquagem Environment facilitates to meet environmental compliance obligations; and Aquagem Environment can design and construct water and wastewater treatment plants.

Advanced Resource Recycling Brands Represented: Advanced Resource Recycling

Stand # B23

175 - 215 Maygar Boulevard, Broadmeadows VIC 3047 T: 03 9357 3433 E: karsten@arrecycling.com.au E: steven@arrecycling.com.au www.advancedresourcerecycling.com.au • Family Australian owned Ewaste recycler • Fully automated processing capable of processing 3 tonne + per hour • Fully accredited to AS 5377 – ISO 9001 – ISO 14001- AS 4801

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APS Lighting & Safety Products

Brands Represented: ABL Lights, JW Speaker, Grote, TruckLite: LED Work, Driving and Fleet Lighting, PreView: Collision Alert Radar systems, APS: 360degree Camera, Visual & Warning products

Stand # A20

West Cost HQ: 1/72 Kent Way, Malaga, WA 6090 East Coast Depot: Thornton, NSW 2322 USA: 610 Gateway Ctr Way, San Diego CA 92102 T: Australia - Inside Sales & Support: 08 9248 4419 Rick Meehan, Senior Sales Manager: 0417 001 229 E: sales.apsa@aps-supply.com www.aps-supply.com APS is a specialised and innovative mobile fleet supplier of Lighting and Vehicle Safety Products. APS has the capability to provide complete project and fleet optimised lighting and vehicle safety product plans. APS has developed a reputation for its high standards of end user support and service, its application knowledge and its genuine desire to work with our customers to optimised their projects productivity, safety and operating costs as they are impacted on by lighting and vehicle safety product choices.

Australian Industrial Ecology Network

Brands Represented: Australian Industrial Ecology Network, Australian Waste to Energy Forum

Stand # D14

PO Box 5523, West Chatswood NSW 1515 T: 1300 446 303 E: info@aien.com.au www.aien.com.au Promoting industrial ecology to achieve sustainable development.

The Australian Industrial Ecology Network (AIEN) is a vibrant network of like-minded individuals, companies and institutions with a common interest in sustainable development through the study and practice of industrial ecology.

Become a member today and access a wealth of knowledge, support and resources through our events, communications, industry development activities and support services. Join today at www.aien. com.au or contact us on 1300 446 303 or email info@aien.com.au

Australian UAV

BigBelly Solar

Stand # D8

Stand BigBelly Coffee Cafe

Brands Represented: Australian UAV Drones

1/218 Bay Road, Sandringham VIC 3191 T: 1300 738 521 E: contact@auav.com.au www.auav.com.au/waste/ AUAV uses a fleet of aerial drones to help revolutionise data capture across Australia’s solid waste industry.

This innovative new technology enables regular high-detail survey of either the active cell or the entire site at a fraction of the cost of previous methods. Such data allows for better management of volumes, correlation of weighbridge data, airspace calculations, earthworks, EPA reporting and general site planning. Secure online data presentation displays the sites in 3D through a standard web browser, enabling easy collaborative review and analysis.

Come see us at stand #D8 to discuss how we might be able to help.

Brands Represented: BigBelly Solar Compactor

182 Robertson Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 T: 1300 893 610 E: sales@solarbins.com.au www.solarbins.com.au

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BigBelly Solar is the world leader in smart waste and recycling solutions. We are transforming the way organisations tackle public space waste & recycling, saving time, money and fuel while reducing their carbon footprint.

BigBelly solar compactors compact up to 5 times the equivalent waste of a 120L bin and provide up-to-the-minute status on which locations need to be collected.

Bigbelly addresses a number of challenges facing our various customers, as well as filling many needs that may not even be on your radar including the transformation of public space waste management to match the ever-connected world that we live in.

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biOx International

Central Recycling

Stand # B24 & B28

Stand # D17

Brands Represented: Spraystream, Jet-Zone

PO Box 5084, Gold Coast Mail Centre, Bundall Queensland 9726 T: 02 8006 9536 E: peter@bioxinternational.com.au www.bioxinternational.com.au biOx are specialist providers of the latest European dust suppression technology to Australia and NZ. Utilising high pressure fogging and misting technology to knock out dust where it is generated, our systems are proven to work where others fail. Our innovative JetZone shredder dust suppression system knocks out dust within the shredder body; and the Spraystream cannon range can knock out dust at source or over a wider site to address dust on a larger scale. biOx are pleased to announce that OzMist are the new Victorian Distributors of this range, allowing the best European technology to be represented locally.

Butt Out Australia Pty Ltd & Butt Out Smoke Zone Services Pty Ltd Brands Represented: Butt Out Australia

Stand # A19

City Rd, Southbank VIC 3006 T: 03 9699 7718 E: sales@buttoutaustralia.com.au www.buttoutaustralia.com.au Provider of the Butt Out Bin & Smoke Zone range for smoker’s cigarette butt waste. Options of sales, delivery and installation.

We can also provide full service packages. Additional to our waste management services is the Solar Compactor Bin, earlier model made from metal construction. We also supply the Drain Strainer Baskets to help manage and catch filter waste in drains and gully pits.

Caterpillar of Australia Brands Represented: Caterpillar

Stand # B1 & B1a

1 Caterpillar Drive, Tullamarine VIC 3043 T: 03 9953 9333 www.cat.com/en_AU.html Material Handlers and Landfill compactors from caterpillar’s diverse and comprehensive product range will be promoted during Waste Expo 2016: Cat Material Handlers are designed for harsh environments and sever duty applications of industrial, scrap recycling, and bulk handling operations that call for safe, quality and reliable products.

Cat Landfill Compactors are designed with durability built in, ensuring maximum availability through multiple life cycles. With optimized performance and simplified serviceability, our machines allow you to operate more efficiently and safely.

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Brands Represented: Soil Food

24 Wren Road, Moorabbin VIC 3189 T: 03 9532 2453 E: telcor@bigpond.com www.centralrecycling.com.au Central Recycling is an EPA licensed treatment and recycling facility at Kyneton, 1 hour from Melbourne. The liquid/solid waste treatment plant has operated since the mid 1990’s. The current owners brought land application of waste under EPA approvals in the early 2000’s to the business. The plant takes a variety of organic prescribed industrial and food wastes and treats them to produce an organic based fertiliser that is applied to farming land using state of the art subsoil injection equipment. So efficient is the system wastes from generators are picked up, treated and are safely applied to farmland within hours.

CR’s agricultural and environmental scientist Simon Leake says, “In research and development trials we did for the EPA we measured 4 fold yield increases in crops from the organic soil treatment. Most of our farmers are growing forage and pasture for stock and yield increases of 100% in the first year are common.” We do a full testing regime to manage quality and safety. We calculate application rates to suit the nutrient needs of the crop.

The Soilfood program is a win-win situation saving the generator money and helping the farmers improve productivity and soil quality.

City of Melbourne Sponsor

Town Hall Administration, 120 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 T: 03 9658 9658 www.melbourne.vic.gov.au Discover a side of Melbourne you haven’t experienced before…

Beside the glistening river and hidden between laneways, rooftops and basements are the places where unique experiences happen and unexpected stories are made. Whether you’re looking for the perfect Melbourne memory to treasure, wanting to absorb our art and culture, hoping to sample from our famous cafes and restaurants, or eager to delve into our renowned shopping services – you’ll find everything you need in Melbourne’s city centre.

Find and share your city experiences using #melbmoment. For more information on things to do in Melbourne, visit melbourne.vic.gov.au/ whatson.

2 EPA licensed treatment processing facilities EPA permitted fleet of 5 tankers from 20,000 to 28,000 litres

Contact Terry 0425 757700 email: telcor@bigpond.com

All processing is with the intent of reuse 25,000 ton composting facility

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Clean Energy Regulator

Brands Represented: Information regarding the Emissions Reduction Fund and the Renewable Energy Target

Stand # D6

5 Farrell Place, Canberra ACT 2601 T: 1300 553 542 E: enquiries@cleanenergyregulator.gov.au www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au The Clean Energy Regulator is the Government body responsible for administering legislation that will reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of clean energy. Our purpose is to accelerate carbon abatement for Australia. Everything we do is connected to measuring, managing, reducing or offsetting Australia’s carbon emissions.

Our responsibilities include providing education and information, publishing data and monitoring and enforcing compliance with legislated schemes including the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) and the Renewable Energy Target (RET).

Cleanaway Waste Management Limited Brands Represented: Cleanaway

Stand # C14

T: 13 13 39 www.cleanaway.com.au Cleanaway is Australia’s leading total waste management, industrial and environmental services company, with operations around the country.

Whether it’s turning food waste into a nutrient rich soil enhancer; finding innovative and bespoke recycling solutions to help businesses achieve their sustainability goals; or the delivery of tried and true kerbside waste and recycling services – if there’s anything that we can do to help, we’ll be there.

Visit us to find out how we’re making a sustainable future possible.

Community Recycling Network Australia Brands Represented: Community Recycling Network Australia

Stand # D2

VIC 3550 T: 0432 799 802 E: secretary@communityrecycling.com.au www.communityrecycling.com.au Community Recycling Network Australia (CRN Australia) is the peak body representing community recycling enterprises in Australia. CRN Australia provides a range of tools and resources for those wanting to start or grow a community recycling enterprise.

Also known as tip shops, recycle shops, junk yards or resource recovery centres - Australia’s community recycling enterprises reduce waste to landfill, create jobs and strengthen communities all around Australia.

What’s more is there could be one for every town - even every suburb in Australia!

Come and visit our stand at the waste expo to find out about the different opportunities we have available for CRNA members.

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CRUSHMASTER Biomass Size Reduction & Processing Solutions Brands Represented: CRUSHMASTER

Stand # B30

250 Hammond Road, Dandenong VIC 3175 T: 03 8792 9777 E: crushmaster@TelfordSmith.com.au www.CrushMaster.com.au CRUSHMASTER produces a full range of equipment for the production of woodchips, briquettes and pellets, which is then used as a fuel for the generation of electricity and heat. CRUSHMASTER has innovative size reduction and pelletizing systems for your process and production of wood pellets. CRUSHMASTER have a full line of products for complete biomass systems including shredders, granulators, material handling equipment, metal detection and separation, design, installation, start-up and training services.

Deakin University

Brands Represented: School of Engineering

Stand # D13

School of Engineering, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds VIC 3220 T: 03 5227 3189 E: mazher.mohammed@deakin.edu.au www.deakin.edu.au/engineering Deakin University’s School of Engineering will be showcase the latest innovations in how 3D printing technologies can be used to provide practical solution for plastic waste recycling and reconstitution into low to high value products.

Ecobin

Brands Represented: Ecobin

Stand # B14

268 Waverley Road, Malvern East VIC 3145 T: 1300 669 441 E: sales@ecobin.com.au www.ecobin.com.au Ecobins are Australia’s favourite recycling bin system. We’re pretty passionate about changing recycling habits in a super easy and enjoyable way with our range of waste separation bins.

Used by thousands of customers in schools, universities, government organisations and offices Australia and Worldwide, we’re really proud to know that because of our simple and bold solution, not only are users reducing their waste collection costs, but also the amount of recyclable waste they send to landfill by a whopping 85% - and to us, that’s the real difference we want to make together with you.

100% Australian owned and made, EcoBins are also washable and recyclable. Made from corrugated plastic which when compared to standard plastic uses 50% less energy to produce, they come flat packed, using less transport emissions and are easy to assemble.

They are certified Carbon Neutral by the Carbon Reduction Institute and are fully recyclable at the end of their lives.

Ecube Labs

5 GOOD REASONS

Brands Represented: Ecube Labs

Stand # C15

WHY YOU SHOULD USE SUPERIOR KOGA BLADES

#506, 20 DIGITAL-RO 31-GIL, Guro-gu Seoul 8380 South Korea T: +82 2 2109 0293 E: market@ecubelabs.com www.ecubelabs.com

Higher Productivity

Ecube Labs is a provider of smart waste management and logistics solutions focusing on IoT technologies. Our integrated line of products include solar powered waste compacting units (Clean CUBE), ultrasonic fill level sensors that can be fitted to any container (Clean CAP), and data and predictive analytics SaaS (Clean City Networks CCN). Essentially, we provide transparency and increase operational effectiveness in the waste collection chain, reducing costs and labor associated with such services.

Longer Lasting Value for Money Improved Wear Proven Quality

Blades and tool holders for all shredders and granulators

EPC Media Group

Erema, Weima, Lindner, Genox, Untha, Zerma, Eldan, Vecoplan and more!

Brands Represented: Waste + Water Management Australia (WWM)

Stand # B26

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PO Box 510 Broadford VIC 3658 T: 1300 EPCGROUP (1300 372 476) E: ats@epcgroup.com www.epcgroup.com

0419 558 600 Email: geofp@koga.com.au

EPC Media Group has been leading the way in print and electronic media production since 1968. From its world-renowned range of specialist trade publications, quality print services, press agency and professional editorial services, through to video production, music production, web content and copy preparation, and world-class advertising creative and design services, EPC Media Group can provide you with a full suite of customised media services to meet your needs.

EPC Media Group, through its publication Waste + Water Management Australia (WWM) is also proud to be the Official Media Partner of Waste Expo 2016.

Eriez Magnetics Pty Ltd

Brands Represented: P-Rex® Scrap Drum, Rare Earth PRexTM, ProSortTM, ProSort II™, FinSortTM, DensitySort®, PokerSortTM, RevX-E®, Metal Loss Monitor, Splitter Monitor, Moisture Monitor, Ballistic Separator, Clean Stream®, Shred1TM, SumpDoc™

A Cut Above The Rest

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Stand # A13

21 Shirley Way, Epping VIC 3076 T: 03 8401 7400 E: mmccorry@eriez.com www.en-au.eriez.com Eriez recycling equipment line starts with a wide range of permanent magnetic separators to remove ferrous metals and consisting of suspended permanent and electro magnets, magnetic drums and pulleys. Our Rare Earth PRexTM permanent scrap drum removes meatballs with ease. For separation of non-ferrous metals we supply Eddy Current Separators, and for post ECS clean-ups ProSort or FinSort machines. Vibratory Feeders, Metal Detection and smaller magnets such as Plates, Grates and Traps are also available from Eriez.

An additional product boasting a rugged composite construction is the Eriez Metal Loss Monitor which scans a residue stream for metal that has escaped processing and is headed for landfill disposal. No balancing, tuning or maintenance required.

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Waste Summit

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BigBelly Coffee Cafe

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ADCREDO

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Advanced Resource Recycling

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Liebherr-Australia

APS Lighting & Safety Products

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Lincom Group

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Litter Grabber

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Major Engineering

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Aquagem Environment Australian Industrial Ecology Network

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Australian UAV BigBelly Solar

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biOx International Butt Out Australia & Butt Out Smoke Zone Services Caterpillar of Australia Central Recycling Clean Energy Regulator

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Cleanaway Waste Management Limited

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Community Recycling Network Australia

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Mobile Bins Australia

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ORWAK Balers & Waste Compactors

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Ozmist Misting Systems Plastic Bottle Crusher Recycling Technologies Group

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Repeat Plastics Australia trading

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Robots in Waste

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Rosmech Sales & Service

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RUNI Screw Compactors for Waste

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CRUSHMASTER

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Safewaste

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Deakin University

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SESOTEC Sorting & Separating Machinery

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Ecobin

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Smart Sinks

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Ecube Labs

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STEINERT

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EPC Media

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Tarpomatic Australia

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Eriez Magnetics

A13

TELFORD SMITH Recycling Machinery

B30

ESAM Australia

B25

TIC Mattress Recycling

C10

Toxfree

D16 A21

EYEfi

A6

GCM Enviro

A14

UNISEG Products

Gemini Corporation NV

D15

Vacuum Truck Supplies

Goal Zero

B13

Wastech Engineering

C1

Harden Industries

C16

Wastedge

A5

HotRot Composting Systems

A24

ZERMA Size Reduction & Recycling Technology

B30

Zero Waste Systems

D24

Inside Waste Magazine

D3

Jiangsu Huahong Technology Stock Co.

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ESAM Australia

Gemini Corporation NV

Stand # B25

Stand # D15

Brands Represented: ESAM

5 Sheppard Street, Thornbury VIC 3071 T: 03 9484 5719 E: joe@esam.com.au E: silvano@esam.com.au www.sidechannelblowers.com.au HOW THE SIDE CHANNEL BLOWER WORKS The shell that encases the turbine forms the side channel, which surrounds the entire turbine, except for the short area between the inlet and outlet ports at the bottom of the casing, which are sealed off from each other. Air is forced from between the turbine blades outwards. The compressed air is then forced to the centre of the perimeter of the side channel, where it then, following the channel, is set in a spiral motion until it returns to the turbine. With each such motion, the air makes its way from the inlet towards the discharge.

All ESAM side channel blowers are completely oil free.

EYEfi Pty Ltd

Brands Represented: Smart Sensor and Smart Sensor II

Stand # A6

Building 1, 255 Wellington St, Collingwood VIC 3066 T: 03 9417 5777 E: smartsensor@eyefi.com.au www.eyefi.com.au EYEfi® Smart Sensor: Melbourne-based technology company, EYEfi Pty Ltd’s patented spatial technology products and services provide enhanced situational awareness and intelligence gathering capabilities for government, defence, industry and consumer customers. EYEfi has expanded its portfolio of intelligent monitoring systems with the EYEfi® Smart Sensor; an ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) solution. City of Melbourne are the first capital city council in Australia to have adopted this wireless, cloud-based, sensor technology that provides automatic monitoring of waste bins and timely details of when they are full. This enables optimal route planning for collections; saving time and money.

See EYEfi on stand A6 and vist: www.eyefi.com.au

GCM Enviro

Brands Represented: TANA, Terra Select, Backhus, Jenz, ALLU and the Eggersmann Group

Stand # A14

34 Beaumont Rd, Mt Kuring-Gai NSW 2080 T: 02 9457 9399 E: info@gcmenviro.com.au www.gcmenviro.com GCM Enviro is a leading distributor for the latest in waste management equipment, from landfill compactors, shredders and crushers through to state of the art screeners and compost turners. They offer top quality equipment from world renowned manufacturers including TANA, TERRA SELECT, BACKHUS, JENZ and ALLU. Their philosophy is to maintain constant dialogue between manufacturers and clients to ensure that design is governed by market requirements, particularly in the harsh climatic conditions we experience. Combining this with efficient service back-up and approachable personnel, a continued growth of the market share is envisaged, together with ongoing industry support.

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Waterwilgweg 6, Antwerpen 2050 Belgium T: +32 3 254 04 14 E: tom@geminicorp.be www.geminicorp.be Gemini Corporation NV was founded in 1989 in Antwerp Belgium by Mr. Surendra Patawari, with a circular economy as a vision, Gemini Corporation NV evolved into an international company that trades raw, secondary- and recovered materials across the globe.

Today, we ship more than 60 000 containers per year generating a group’s turnover, well over 500 million US$. Each of these containers is inspected by our own employed inspectors, each specialized in their field. In this way we can assure for what we are best known for and that is providing the highest quality materials.

Entering the Australian market we finally reached our final frontier and can proudly say that we are present worldwide, with representatives and offices in Europe, USA, South America, India, Pakistan, UAE, China, Africa, …. A great share of our profits flows back into social programs, we own and operate schools, medical centers and planted over 100,000 trees in remote areas in India.

Goal Zero Australia & New Zealand Stand # B13

Unit 2/3 Hook Street, Capalaba 4157 Phone: 07 3245 6190 Contact: Adrian Kelly Email admin: orders@goalzero.com.au Goal Zero are a company that equips people reaching the farthest outposts of the world with the most innovative portable solar power products on the market. Field-proven in some of the most remote places on earth, we are working to continually deliver smart, innovative power solutions that will change the way you work. From the Yeti 1250 for power tool, appliance and remote lighting applications through to the Switch for small personal IT devices, Goal Zero has equipment to power your remote workplace, without the environmental impact.

Harden Industries Ltd. Brands Represented: Harden

Stand # C16

Suite 705 #242 Tianhedong Road, Guangzhou, 510625 China T: +86 8756 6110 E: sally.zhu@hardenmachinery.com www.scrap-shredder.com Harden Industries Ltd is the leading Industrial shredder manufacturers in China. Harden shredders have been widely applied to all kinds of solid wastes management: municipal solid wastes, metals scraps, industrial wastes, hazardous wastes, medical wastes, paper mill wastes, confidential destruction, food waste, organic waste, waste plastic in sizes reduction and recycling.

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HotRot Composting Systems Brands Represented: HotRot Composting Systems

Stand # A24

193a Durham St, Christchurch 8140 New Zealand T: +64 3 377 8822 E: info@hotrotsolutions.com www.hotrotsolutions.com HotRot Composting Systems have been at the forefront of in-vessel composting since 2002. Installed at 33 sites in 13 countries they are the only fully enclosed high-rate in-vessel composters in the world to come with a contractual Odour Free Guarantee.

HotRots treat a range of waste from source separated kitchen and garden organics through to bio-solids and animal and food processing wastes. Specialist facilities also treat nappies and absorbent hygiene products. HotRots are ideally suited for on-site commercial applications or satellite plants for larger municipalities where waste transportation costs are an issue. Modular and scalable, HotRots can process anywhere from 200 – 15,000 tpa.

Inside Waste Magazine

Brands Represented: Inside Waste Magazine

Stand # D3

Level 1, 104 Bathurst Street, Sydney NSW 2000 T: 02 9267 1166 E: alastair.bryers@mayfam.net www.insidewaste.com.au The waste trade spans a diverse range of activities, from waste collection to resource recovery to landfilling. The operating environment varies from state to state, between urban and rural areas, and even among different councils. Inside Waste brings this all together, covering all the news, projects, contracts and issues that matter to the waste trade. Published 6 times a year.

JIANGSU HUAHONG TECHNOLOGY STOCK CO.,LTD Brands Represented: HUAHONG

Stand # D1

NO.1118,Chengyang Road, Zhouzhuang Town, Jiangyin City, Jiangyin Jiangsu 214423 China T: +86 1391 427 2020 E: haywood.chung@gmail.com www.hhyyjx.net Huahong technology is one public listed company in china stock market with experience of 30 years in recycling industry, stock code is sz002645. It’s exported recycling machines to more than 60 countries, specialized in producing baler for metal and pet, alligator shear, guillotine shear, shredder, baling shear, briquetting press, etc.

Koga Recyclingtech, Koga Blade.

Brands Represented: ATM Recycling Systems, Lindner ReSource, Lindner WashTech, MAS, Masias Recycling, Warren and Baerg, Calamit Magnetics, Lechtenberg & Partner

Stand # A1

PO Box 6010, Brighton East VIC 3187 T: 0419 558 600 E: info@koga.com.au www.koga.com.au www.kogablade.com.au Koga Recyclingtech offers specialised consultancy and equipment for solid waste recovery, recycling, metals and alternative fuels. Koga Recyclingtech represents some of the world’s leading consultants and suppliers of specialised plant and equipment including: ATM Recycling (Austria) - Metals Recycling; Lindner WashTech & Lindner ReSource (Germany) - Plastics Shredding and Washing, Solid Waste Recycling; MAS (Austria) – Dry Cleaning and Recompounding Plastics; Calamit (Italy) – Electro Magnetic Metals Separation; Lechtenberg & Partner (Germany) Resource Derived Fuel; Masias Recycling Systems (Spain) - Solid Waste Recovery Technology, Complete Turn Key Plants; Warren & Baerg (USA)- Biomas and MSW Cubers Koga Blade offers quality industrial blades and knives for all applications and machine brands online at kogablade.com.au. We will provide contracted customers to hold stock of shredder and machine blades to ensure minimal down time due to blade failure.

Liebherr-Australia Pty Ltd Brands Represented: Liebherr

Stand # B10

1-15 James Erskine Drive, Erskine Park NSW 2759 T: 02 9852 1800 E: em-sales.las@liebherr.com www.liebherr.com.au Liebherr-Australia Pty Ltd supplies and supports a range of Liebherr products. The current earthmoving equipment range includes track loaders, dozers, wheel loaders as well as a large range of earthmoving, recycling and material handling excavators. Support services are underpinned by a significant parts inventory and distribution infrastructure for all products.

Liebherr’s LH material handler range is also known the latest generation of German Waste Workhorses in the resource recovery sector. The Liebherr LH material handler offers highest productivity, lowest fuel consumption and best operator comfort. Proven worldwide, Liebherr is at the forefront of engineering and design.

Lincom Group

Brands Represented: Morbark, CRS Recylcing Systems, Neuenhauser Star Screens and Trommels, Powerscreen, Thor Material handlers

Stand # A8

92 Potassium Street, Narangba QLD 4504 T: 1800 182 888 E: sales@lincom.com.au www.lincom.com.au Distributors for Morbark Chippers and Grinders, CRS Recycling Systems, Neuenhauser Star Screens & Trommels, Powerscreen Screening & Crushing Equipment, Thor Material Handlers. We also offer machines for short and long term hire and have large stock of parts Australia Wide and a qualified service team to support our product lines.

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Litter Grabber

Brands Represented: Litter Grabber

Stand # D4

5 Higgins St, Bunbury WA 6230 T: 0418 947 522 E: sales@littergrabber.com.au www.littergrabber.com.au The Litterpicker range is unsurpassed for function, ergonomics and application. Tough, dependable and the world’s #1 selling litter clearance hand tool. Whatever Litterpicker you choose, you know you’ve picked the best.

The Litterpicker combines precision jaws, bright colours, and reflective strips for user safety and comfort. Rubber teeth hold items securely.

Reflective strips and vibrant colour ensures you can always be seen.

Our Litterpickers are tried and tested providing effective pickup, every time. Suited to general litter picking duties, whatever the weather or environment. The standard range starts at 45cm long for precise safe handling of items you just don’t want to touch. We have a range of longer litterpickers, and there is even a funky childsized litterpicker – unleash the graptor squad!

Major Engineering

Brands represented: Major, Filtaire, Selas, MBE, Ecotherm, Oilrite, Purgex, TLS Lubrication

Stand # A2

92 Fairbank Road, Clayton South VIC 3169 T: 03 8558 1800 E: major@majoreng.com.au www.majoreng.com.au Operating since 1912, Major supplies thermal, air pollution and filtration technology to incineration, heavy industrial, mining, grain, timber and utilities sectors both in Australia and Internationally.

Best known for the engineering and manufacture of medium to large scale furnaces, incinerators, process ovens and coolers, thermal oxidizers, baghouses and cyclones and related capital equipment and services.

Major provides a ‘one stop shop’ for customers by maintaining the resources necessary to complete contracts from concept through to routine maintenance, component sales and after sales support. Major is an engineering based company, dedicated to excellence in detail, engineering, manufacture and service.

Mobile Bins Australia Pty Ltd Brands Represented: Mobile Bins

Stand # C21

52 Barrie Road, Tullamarine VIC 3043 T: 1300 558 996 E: admin@mobilebins.com.au www.mobilebins.com.au Mobile Plastic Waste Bin Specialists: Suppliers of Plastic Waste Bins – Commercial Grade & Domestic, security Documents Bins, Commercial Bins 660 to 1100 Litre capacity, spare parts and accessories, Hot stamping identification to order, environmental Waste Systems, local Tendering. The Helesi Brand is back in Australia.

All ESAM side channel blowers are individually manufactured & assembled.

Each completed unit has its own unique ID serial number that can be traced back to its original manufacturing date.

All ESAM side channel blowers are manufactured in Parma, Italy.

Products are designed and manufactured under the quality program of ISO 9001.

Each ESAM turbine is dynamically balanced & tested to ensure the highest possible quality and reliability.

ESAM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 5 Sheppard Street, Thornbury, Victoria 3071, Australia Phone (03) 9484 5719 Fax (03) 9484 4052 Email esam@esam.com.au

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ORWAK Balers & Waste Compactors Brands Represented: ORWAK

Stand # B30

250 Hammond Road, Dandenong VIC 3175 T: 03 8792 9777 E: info@orwakcompactors.com.au www.OrwakCompactors.com.au ORWAK compaction and baling solutions make a significant contribution to effective and efficient waste management, sustainable business practices, the well-being of employees, and compliance with environmental regulations. With more than 45 years’ experience, ORWAK Compactors are well equipped to provide a solution that meets your waste-handling challenges.

Ozmist Misting Systems

Brands Represented: Ozmist Dust Suppression, Odour Control and Workplace Cooling Systems

Stand # B24 & B28 17-19 Muntz Street, Wangaratta VIC 3677 T: 1300 306 478 E: info@ozmist.com.au www.ozmist.com.au

Ozmist is an Australian company that specialises in the manufacture and distribution of a large range of high pressure mist systems. The Ozmist system is extremely effective when used for Dust Suppression, Odour Control and Personal Cooling in Sorting and Transfer Stations.

The Ozmist range includes Static Line systems which are suspended above dusty areas, Wall mounted fans for cooling as well as portable units. Ozmist systems can be supplied as a kit and installation is a quick and simple process. Installation, service and repairs are also available in most areas. A large stock holding is maintained year round.

Plastic Bottle Crusher Pty Ltd Brands Represented: Plastic Bottle Crusher

Stand # D10

PO Box 8123, Sunnybank QLD 4109 T: 0407 011 988 E: paul@PlasticBottleCrusher.com www.PlasticBottleCrusher.com Kitchen waste, café waste, hospitality waste and facility waste – new equipment to size reduce plastic bottles, drink cans, steel cans, plastic wrap, steel and plastic drums, cardboard boxes, bags of general waste. Very small footprint - pneumatic balers and wallmounted crushers built in 304 stainless steel. World’s first benchtop baler for kitchens. First chance to see in Victoria. Convert a wheelie bin of milk bottles or PET bottles into a small bale.

Recycling Technologies Group Pty Ltd

Brands Represented: RUF Briquetting, CPM Europe, Erdwich, Franssons, Herz Boilers, Lanner, MKR Metzger, PST Conveyors, Scanhugger Shredders, Volter Waste to Energy Solutions, AHT Energy, Nova Pelletising, Piazzetta Pellet Heaters

Stand # C9

12 Government Road, Eden NSW 2551 T: 02 6496 1133 E: sales@recyclingtechgroup.com.au www.recyclingtechgroup.com.au Waste as a resource! Recycling Technologies Group designs and installs solutions to generate income. Decentralised Energy Production & Waste as a Heating Resource is the future! Reducing waste and power costs, whilst having control of your environmental footprint is what innovators are moving towards. Recycling Technologies Group are partners with the world’s best technology in waste management and site based heat and power production.

Our partners have thousands of reference sites, are leaders in their field and offer the comfort that you are buying cutting edge solutions with the resources to provide long term service back up. The RTG solution process will provide you with the confidence of having viewed working installations, reviewed test results of your exact waste stream and examined detailed analysis of the cost benefits to your business.

In a nutshell all the information you need to make an informed and intelligent decision.

We are in the business of reducing waste and so we ensure we don’t waste your decision making time either. Visit our stand and leave the Waste Expo understanding how this can work for your business.

Powered by Innovation – RTG provide the solutions.

Repeat Plastics Australia Trading Brands Represented: Replas

Stand # B27

27 Titan Drive, Currum Downs VIC 3201 T: 03 9770 8390 E: info@replas.com.au www.replas.com.au Replas is working with a number of major companies to promote and demonstrate close the loop recycling. The recycling of waste plastic will only work when everyone is involved in the solution. We call it the “Pull Through Effect”. Organisations creating or collecting waste need to be taking it back as remanufactured product. Furniture and bollards are a great example of low maintenance and long lasting products made from waste plastic. In recent months, Replas has launched a series of new all recycled plastic furniture products to demonstrate that these products can also be great looking.

Robots in Waste

Brands Represented: ZenRobotics, Helsinki, Finland – robotic sorting systems

Stand # D21

5910 Muirfield Place, Sanctuary Cove QLD 4212 T: 0435 776 796 E: jim@robotsinwaste.com www.zenrobotics.com ZenRobotics ZR Recycler is the only true hands free waste sorting system in the world, the robotics and AI utilized in this leading system are designed by some of the worlds leaders in these fields, the system not only recognises shapes and composition, it is now clever enough to be trained in different fractions. Melbourne will be receiving the first ZR system in early Oct, the installation will begin immediately, and by November we will be picking by robot – with the worlds first 3 gantry system. Robots in Waste are pleased to be distribution partner for ZR in Australia & New Zealand.

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Rosmech Sales & Service Pty Ltd Brands Represented: ROSMECH

Stand # B4 & C2

30 Stanbel Road, Salisbury Plain SA 5190 T: 08 8182 7777 E: enquiries@rosmech.com.au www.rosmech.com.au Rosmech Sales and Service is a company that prides its self as a one stop shop for all sweeper related matters, we cover things such as: • Sweeper sales (NEW): Single engine truck mounted suction, Twin engine truck mounted suction, Regenerative air truck mounted sweepers, medium size purpose built sweepers, Footpath type sweepers, High pressure graffiti removal equipment.

• Sweeper Sales (Second hand): Refurbished sweepers to customer’s requirements, truck mounted, medium and footpath style.

• Training on all our sweeper range.

• Service and repairs of all Rosmech sweeper range and other sweeper equipment.

• Dry Hire Units available across Australia.

• Wet Hire available through our Enviro Sweep division.

• Sweeper rated advice and guidance from the most experienced team in Australia.

We will be inviting people to come to our stand to look at and here about the New R6 Regenerative sweeper and the new model Scarab Minor plus we will have the AZURA MC200 on the stand. We would like to emphasize the increase in our service mechanics and field service ability expansion.

RUNI Screw Compactors for Waste Brands Represented: RUNI

Stand # B30

250 Hammond Road, Dandenong VIC 3175 T: 03 8792 9777 E: runi@TelfordSmith.com.au www.TelfordSmith.com.au/Runi

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Safewaste

Brands Represented: Safewaste Auto-release Wheelie Bin Lid Latch

Stand # D11

14 Tunnel Grove, Lower Hutt Wellington 5043 New Zealand T: +64 21 203 7399 E: davepine@safewaste.works www.safewaste.works SafeWaste® is an auto release bin lid latch designed specifically to meet the needs of collection contractors and local bodies looking to reduce the environmental impact, clean-up costs and efficiency losses caused by lost litter from Kerbside wheelie bin collection.

Features: • Automatic release for Auto Side Loader collection vehicles.

• Designed to hold the bin lid shut in the event of a tip-over.

• Easy to install and use.

• One size can fit all bin types with or without handles.

• Durable.

• Low cost.

Benefits: • Helps organisations achieve environmental impact minimisation goals.

• Increased collection crew efficiency – reduces the need for clean ups and dealing with user improvised solutions.

• Improved health and safety for collection crews and the general public.

• Prevents overfilling of bins.

SafeWaste® has been designed with input from a collection contractor; it has been rigorously tested in the field and is endorsed by waste contractors and local authorities.

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SESOTEC Sorting & Separating Machinery Brands Represented: SESOTEC

Stand # B30

250 Hammond Road, Dandenong VIC 3175 T: 03 8792 9777 E: sesotec@TelfordSmith.com.au www.TelfordSmith.com.au/Sesotec SESOTEC are one of the world’s leading manufacturers of inspection, separation and sorting systems that are used in process, packaging, and production lines throughout industry and in the specialized preparation of materials for recycling. SESOTEC systems are used for detecting & separating different pieces of bulk material precisely & consistently at high speed, such as separation of plastic bottles, crushed electrical appliances & mixed plastic scrap, PET flake all by colours & metals.

Smart Sinks Pty Ltd

Brands Represented: Smart Sinks Filtration sink & Smart Sink Filtration Bin

Stand # A4

1650 Kandanga Creek Road, Upper Kandanga QLD 4570 T: 07 5488 4154 E: Leslie@Smartsinks.com.au www.Smartsinks.com.au After launching last year at Waste Expo Melbourne Smart Sinks will be back to demonstrate 2 models of the Smart Sinks showing the capture of different products. We shall have the optional extra wings that turns the Wheelie model into a complete work station and will be showing how different equipment can be attached to the Wheelie model make this a very unique, innovative water wise tool for so many industries – Smart Sinks will save the environment from unwanted solid waste, save plumbing from being blocked and will save money from expensive maintenance and is very proud to carry the Australian Made logo.

STEINERT

Brands Represented: STEINERT, HAZEMAG and allmineral

Stand # C20

14 Longstaff Rd, Bayswater VIC 3153 T: 03 8720 0800 E: sales@steinert.com.au www.steinert.com.au See the difference with cutting edge sorting technology for black polymers....

In the resource recovery industry, black polymers are known to be one of the more complicated materials to recover and sort as numerous compounds prevent an efficient separation by density and conductivity. This means they are often lost in the flow of material recycling, ending up in landfill.

STEINERT’S UniSort BlackEye closes the loop, offering the possibility to efficiently recover recyclates from fractions with a high proportion of dark plastics. This sensor-based sorting machine has the ability to classify plastics according to their polymer group categorization such as PE, PP, PVC and styrenes, rather than their colour.

For more on STEINERT’s product range go to www.steinert.com.au

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Sustainability Matters

Brands Represented: Sustainability Matters Magazine

Supporting Media

Locked Bag 1289, Wahroonga NSW 2076 T: 02 9487 2700 E: sm@westwick-farrow.com.au www.sustainabilitymatters.net.au Providing a powerful voice for the waste management, resource, recovery and emerging sustainability sectors. Sustainability Matters showcases the latest products, technology and sustainable solutions for industry, government and business across Australia and New Zealand. Comprising a bi-monthly magazine (print and digital), website and eNewsletter, subscription is free to qualified industry professionals.

Tarpomatic Australia Brands Represented: Tarpomatic

Stand # B32

PO Box 7195, Penrith South NSW 2750 T: 1300 TARPED (827 733) E: sales@tarpomatic.com.au www.tarpomatic.com.au Tarpomatic Australia provides landfill operators with an innovative alternative daily cover solution that delivers multiple cost-savings and environmental advantages.

Used at more than 600 landfills worldwide, our patented automatic tarping machine (ATM) and tarpaulins eliminate the need for daily soil cover - saving valuable airspace, reducing machine hours and fuel costs, minimising dust, odours and leachate and improving gas collection efficiency.

Tarpomatic machines and tarpaulins are manufactured to the highest quality standards to meet or exceed EPA requirements in all Australian states and territories.

TELFORD SMITH Recycling Machinery Brands Represented: TELFORD SMITH

Stand # B30

250 Hammond Road, Dandenong VIC 3175 T: 03 8792 9777 E: wasteexpo@TelfordSmith.com.au www.TelfordSmith.com.au TELFORD SMITH supply a complete range of Recycling & Washing Plants for PET & Rigid Plastics including bottles, drums, irrigation tubes & pipes, agricultural film & more.

TELFORD SMITH are able to offer turnkey solutions incorporating electronic materials sorting & separating, metal detection, dewatering & compacting, extrusion & pelletising lines. TELFORD SMITH also supply size reduction machinery for tyre recycling, e-waste and wood recycling. For over 70 years TELFORD SMITH has supplied a huge range of machinery & engineering services worldwide.

TIC Mattress Recycling

Toxfree

Brands Represented: Toxfree E-Waste - E-Waste Recycling. Technical & Environmental Services – Packaged Hazardous and Chemical Waste recycling and processing; PCB destruction; Refrigerant Gas destruction.

Industrial Services – High Pressure Cleaning. Non-destructive digging

Brands Represented: TIC Mattress Recycling

Stand # C10

207 Sunshine Road, Tottenham VIC 3012 T: 1300 230 768 E: mattressrecycling@ticgroup.com.au www.ticgroup.com.au

Stand # D16

TIC Mattress Recycling uses state-of-the-art technology to maximise recovery of end-of-life mattresses.

Each year about 1 million mattresses go to landfill. Revolutionising the industry, TIC prides itself on providing a safe process that maximises recovery and minimises materials going to landfill – we are putting the problem to bed.

The new automated facility in Victoria, and next in NSW, will eliminate intense manual handling, manage dust and other waste extractions and ensure the recycling of mattresses is done safely with maximum recovery in mind.

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Following our recent acquisition of PGM Refiners our aim is to become the leading E-Waste recycler in Australia and set a benchmark for all others to aspire to. The installation of the Blubox makes Toxfree the only Australian company with the capability to recycle display units containing mercury, such as LCD Monitors, laptops and PDAs.

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UNISEG Products Pty Ltd

Wastedge

Brands Represented: Battery Rescue

Stand # A21

81 Daleford Way, Southern River WA 6110 T: 08 6102 6682 E: sales@unisegproducts.com www.unisegpallet.com

Brands Represented: Wastedge.com TM

The UNISEG pallet is a multi-purpose storage and transportation container, that can be used as an Australian dangerous goods segregation device (type II), a general freight container and for the direct transportation of certain dangerous goods and hazardous wastes. It has been designed to deliver Front-Load or Top-Load capability in seconds, so as to provide flexible ergonomic loading options and features a 25l bunded base for the capture of liquids. The UNISEG Pallet is made from acid proof and UV resistant low density polyethylene.

Vacuum Truck Supplies

Brands Represented: Vacuum Truck Supplies

Stand #C11 & A26

18 Crosbys La, Mansfield VIC 3722 T: 03 5775 7300 E: sales@vacuumtrucks.com.au Vacuum Truck Supplies (VTS) have been building vacuum tankers for the liquid waste industry for close to 25 years. Based in the north east Victorian town of Mansfield at the foot of the Victorian Alps, VTS employs experienced Vacuum Tanker professionals and produces a high quality, robust and simple product. VTS produces High Quality fit for purpose products that is easy to operate and maintain.

The company’s founder, Rod Glue had started his own liquid waste business, Henry the Third for 9 years prior to starting VTS out of frustration with the lack of products and suppliers in the Australian market. Coming from the liquid waste industry Rod had plenty of ideas about how he wanted to build vacuum tankers. He started with importing the range of Wallenstein vacuum pumps from Canada which meant customers now had a choice of pumps available to them. VTS quickly expanded into building high quality vacuum tankers as there was strong demand.

Over the years the range of imported products has grown to include vacuum and pressure relief’s valves from Italy, the Molex ball valves from the UK and also the addition of the Fruitland range of vacuum pumps as well. So far VTS has built over 600 vacuum tankers for the Australian market. VTS has some primary goals in supplying vacuum tankers and products to our customers; Exceptional products, robust and simple operation of our equipment, safe and long term ownership and great aftersales back up and service for the life of our tankers. It seems this simple philosophy is one that works very well as VTS is now into its 25th year of operation.

Wastech Engineering Pty. Ltd.

Brands represented: Wastech, Faun, Bramidan, Presto, CP Group, MSS, Impact Air, Rowland Eng (Godswill), Untha, Cargo Floor, CD Environmental.

Stand #C1

33 Wedgewood Road, Hallam VIC 3803 T: 03 8787 1600 E: info@wastech.coma.u www.wastech.com.au Focused on innovation and continued improvement since 1993, Wastech has gained an enviable reputation specialising in custom, engineered solutions to the waste, recycling and materials handling industry both Australia wide and internationally.

Wastech prides itself on having extensive industry knowledge with the ability to ‘Design, Develop and Deliver’ a complete solution; backed by a national, 24/7 service and support team.” Contact Wastech today to discuss your next solution on 1800 465 465.

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Stand # A5

Level 1, 756 Pacific Hwy, Gordon NSW 2072 T: 02 9499 6222 E: info@wastedge.com www.wastedge.com Wastedge.com is a modern cloud based suite of software as a web service with integrated Google mapping, route optimisation and mobile software apps that support a wide variety of waste organisations.

ZERMA Size Reduction & Recycling Technology Brands Represented: ZERMA

Stand # B30

250 Hammond Road, Dandenong VIC 3175 T: 03 8792 9777 E: zerma@TelfordSmith.com.au www.Zerma.com.au ZERMA Granulators are designed for the most extreme and universal applications required for today’s recycling facilities. The completely welded heavy steel manufactured construction is designed to withstand the most demanding and universal applications including size reduction of plastics, rubber, wood and e-waste.

ZERMA Shredders have been developed as extremely rugged machines suitable for heavy duty applications including size reduction of materials such as plastic lumps, purgings, large hollow parts, film, fiber and paper down to a size of >25mm. ZERMA Shredders are also used in our tyre/tire recycling systems as well as an economical method for size reduction of wood.

Zero Waste Systems

Brands Represented: Smart Cara / Zero Waste Systems

Stand # D24

78 Daly Street, Ascot WA 6104 T: 0447 905 500 E: jmcdonnell@zerowastesystems.com.au zerowastesystems.com.au Zero Waste Systems represent innovative new products that reduce food waste. Zero Waste Systems are the proud distributors for Smart Cara. The state of the art food waste recycling composter for the home. Smart Cara dehydrates, grinds and cools waste reducing it by upto 90% in as little as 3 hours. Simply plug in and use.

Our Commercial Systems can process waste from 50kg’s - 670kg’s within 24 hours and reduce the waste by upto 93%. These systems are ideal for medium size food service operations to large institutions or facilities.

Zero Waste Systems – your partner in achieving Zero Waste.

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