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A step-by-step plan for recycling cigarette butts into bricks

Researchers have shown how industries could work together to recycle cigarette butts into bricks, in a step-by-step implementation plan for saving energy and solving a global littering problem.

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7 things you probably didn't know about home aged care work

Home care workers are essential - allowing nearly 1 million older Australians to remain at home - yet their working conditions are some of the poorest in the country.

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A step-by-step plan for recycling cigarette butts into bricks

Researchers have shown how industries could work together to recycle cigarette butts into bricks, in a step-by-step implementation plan for saving energy and solving a global littering problem.

Read the story

7 things you probably didn't know about home aged care work

Home care workers are essential - allowing nearly 1 million older Australians to remain at home - yet their working conditions are some of the poorest in the country.

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Future of age care must be built on better housing design: report

Society and Environment

17 Sep 2020

Pragmatic housing design features are vital to enable older people to stay home longer, have greater independence and reduce the cost of age care services, according to new RMIT University research.

A step-by-step plan for recycling cigarette butts into bricks

Society and Environment

17 Sep 2020

Researchers have shown how industries could work together to recycle cigarette butts into bricks, in a step-by-step implementation plan for saving energy and solving a global littering problem.

Students succeed in thirst for innovation with regenerative wine bottle

Art, Design and Culture

16 Sep 2020

A regenerative wine bottle derived from the remains of grapes designed by RMIT students has won a finalist position at the 2020 City of Melbourne Open Innovation competition and a spot in the RMIT Activator LaunchHub program.

How to harness the power of biosolids to make hydrogen

Society and Environment

15 Sep 2020

Researchers have used biosolids to produce hydrogen from wastewater, in new technology that supports the comprehensive recycling of one of humanity’s unlimited resources – sewage.

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Animation students spread hope and kindness in 'Isonotes' belonging project

Art, Design and Culture

27 Aug 2020

With face-to-face classes on hold, RMIT animation students collaborated remotely to create GIF cards of positivity during isolation.

Report from RMIT and UNAA finds Australian companies are lagging on transparent sustainability

Business and Entrepreneurship

26 Aug 2020

A new report from RMIT University and the United Nations Association of Australia has revealed a rising trend in reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals by Australia’s top 150 companies, but the quality of disclosure remains lacking.

Insect wings inspire new ways to fight superbugs

Science

19 Aug 2020

Scientists have revealed how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings are able to destroy bacteria on contact.

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