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Engineers at RMIT University have invented energy-efficient bricks with scrap materials, including glass, that are normally destined for landfill.

When Lisa Saunders and her husband Adrian were upset by continually seeing piles of rubbish around town they realised they needed to be the change they wanted to see in the world, and Arnies Recon was born, to help people with frictionless, free tech recycling.

Australian fashion tech business Azura Fashion Group has announced a crowdfunding campaign with Birchal to raise capital for further global expansion.

Australia’s national Mobile Muster mobile phone recycling program has recycled 90 tonnes of mobiles and accessories, and the country’s second largest telco Optus says it has already contributed more than four tonnes, or 53,437 handsets and batteries, in 2018.

A company started by an Aussie businessman has passed the $300 million mark in payments for old mobile phones worldwide.

Despite constant excitement and chatter around new iPhones and Galaxies, more than a quarter of Aussie mobile phone users have mobiles that are older than two years, according to new reseach.