Why Only 2% of Australia’s PVC Gets Recycled (And What We’re Doing About It)
03-02-2026
Australia only recycles 2% of its PVC annually, one of the lowest rates in the developed world. Compare that to PET bottles at 37% or HDPE plastics...
03-02-2026
Australia only recycles 2% of its PVC annually, one of the lowest rates in the developed world. Compare that to PET bottles at 37% or HDPE plastics...
09-12-2025
About Albury City Council manages the infrastructure that keeps the regional city's water and wastewater running. While managing the electricity mains upgrade for one Water...
09-12-2025
Electrical contractors work under constant pressure with fast turnarounds and tight margins, leaving cable offcuts to pile up on site. Someone in a ute...
21-10-2025
What's the real cost of ignoring circularity in construction? Electrical contractors on construction sites want to do the right thing with cable waste. The problem...
09-10-2025
“It gets picked up each week, free’s up space and to find out everything is recycled is good for the environment. It’s a good...
22-09-2025
An apprentice tradie strips out old cables on a job site. The whole cables go straight into the cable bin, set aside for the...
28-08-2025
In Part 1, we explored the immediate financial benefit, impressive ROI from smart cable recycling and the cost savings that JR Hammer's cable recycling...
19-08-2025
When Australia's agricultural sector generates substantial cable waste, traditional disposal methods often can’t keep up. A leading integrated pork producer discovered this firsthand when...
07-08-2025
While telco giants are set to reap a $10 billion from recycled copper during their fibre rollout, electrical contractors continue to overlook similar opportunities....
01-07-2025
In 2018 Australia had a wake-up call came when China said no more to recycling exports, causing global disruption in waste management that exposed...