Electric arc furnaces can use up to 100% scrap steel as its raw material, resulting in a significant reduction in emissions.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on recycle
Displaying all articles
Pulverised fuel ash can be recycled and used to manufacture concrete as well as other products.
The UK needs to fix its recycling system for a more sustainable future.
Confusion about what should and shouldn’t be recycled? You’re not alone – and it’s causing some people to ignore recycling altogether.
Using found materials from dump sites, the large scale works examine the residues of colonialism.
Used electronics and electrical equipment, known as e-waste, can generate a significant amount of money if recycled.
In places where reusable cups are allowed, coffee drinkers, cafe owners and local governments can use insights from behavioural science to discourage use of throwaway cups.
Navigating Australia’s recycling crisis is even harder during festive seasons. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.
There will be huge environmental impact if we keep using raw materials as we did in the 20th century.
Top contributors
-
Senior Research Officer, BehaviourWorks Australia (Monash Sustainable Development Institute), Monash University
-
Senior Lecturer, Sustainable Design Theory, University of South Australia
-
Senior Science Leader, CSIRO
-
Professor of Accounting, University of South Australia
-
Professor of Sustainable Resource Use, Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt
-
Associate Professor in Sustainability and Ethics, University of South Australia
-
Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester
-
Professor in Extractive Metallurgy and Metals Recycling, Swinburne University of Technology
-
Research Associate, Sustainable Consumption Institute and Sustainable Innovation Hub, University of Manchester
-
PhD candidate in Art History, Rhodes University
-
Lecturer in Chemistry, Aston University
-
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Materials Engineering, University of Manchester
-
Director of Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub, University of Manchester
-
Postdoctoral Researcher, Business and Plastics, University of Manchester
-
Associate Professor at the Advanced Materials Testing Centre (AMTeC), University of South Wales
