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How to know if your site needs revegetating
Revegetation is one of the most important parts of any building or construction activity where the plant cover has been disturbed. Vegetation that is suited to the location will be re-established, usually comprising local native plants. Revegetation will return a...
Waste streams you probably didn’t know could be recycled
Given society's unsustainable rates of consumption and waste generation, it’s never been more important to find alternatives to traditional waste management. Large volumes of commercial, industrial and household waste continue to rot in landfill causing a whole host...
NuGrow helps the City of Gold Coast recycle green organics
If you’re looking for a one-stop shop for sustainable waste management, look no further than NuGrow! We offer Queensland’s largest recycling operation of its kind – and the City of Gold Coast (City) has been reaping the benefits of NuGrow’s services over the past 18...
NuGrow celebrates World Soil Day
World Soil Day is celebrated every year on 5 December, and NuGrow is happy to use this opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of soils, and the need for sustainable management to keep our soil resources healthy. Held since 2002, this day encourages people...
New book explores our thinking about waste
The missing ingredient to counter climate change is in the trash … As a collective population, we need to change our thinking about waste – and a new book is challenging each one of us to think differently about the concepts of discarded materials and their economic...
NuGrow celebrates National Recycling Week
It’s National Recycling Week this week (9 – 15 November) and here at NuGrow we’re excited to celebrate the ways in which we’re contributing to recycling efforts. This week is an important opportunity to raise awareness of the need for recycling, to improve knowledge...
How compost is crucial to soil regeneration
If there was a way to eat food without damaging the planet, would you do it? There’s so much bad news about our planet, and sometimes it seems like our environment is in an uncontrollable downward spiral. However, as it turns out, there’s a simple solution to healing...
Why a circular economy is more important now than ever
In the past 50 years, the population of the world has more than doubled however resource consumption has more than tripled. This is alarming as at the same time as our population grows, our finite resources are diminishing. Clearly, our current economic system is...
World’s Biggest Garage Sale collaboration
What do you do with left behind and no longer needed or useful furniture when you move into a new office? Many people might just throw out the old furniture, but when NuGrow is involved, you can bet we’ll see this as an opportunity to practice what we preach. When...