Tens of thousands of plastic paint pails destined for landfill have been recycled into new products designed for the original consumer, with a Brisbane business leading a ‘true circular economy’.
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A Mackay building business with a rich history servicing regional Queensland communities is securing a sustainable business future with the help of Business Chamber Queensland’s ecoBiz program.
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The opportunity to learn more about sustainability allowed Endeavour Foundation at Noosaville to make significant savings in energy and waste, reduce bills and create a sustainable focus among the people they support and staff.
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“They want to work at White Whale”: How sustainability is supporting a Far North Queensland coffee business.
For Far North Queensland coffee roasters Ali and Stephen Slotemaker, a sustainable business focus has more value than minimising their environmental impact, reducing emissions and saving money.
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A buzzing community hub in the Western Brisbane suburbs is home to more than five decades of history – but WestsideHQ is setting the local sustainable business agenda with a firm focus on the future of the business.
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A suburban kindergarten with more than 70 years’ history in the Bardon community have transformed their approach to sustainability and saved between 60.5% and 87% on water, waste and energy efficiencies.
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Re-creating the full circle of everyday textile items in Australia, Brisbane business owner Meriel Chamberlin is reimagining the way we source, produce and dispose of materials.
As a part of the Circular economy pilot project, Meriel had the opportunity to develop partnerships along the textile supply chain to trial processes to collect, sort and reprocess post-consumer textile waste into new products.
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For the past two years, Atlas Soils directors Jason Lange, Steve Hannah and Paul Bull have been collecting local waste from households, businesses and the council and processing into a variety of soil end products capable of rejuvenating everything from garden beds and lawns to mine sites, developments, agricultural land and cities – where it’s needed most.
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