Wet’n’Wild Water World has announced the rollout of a public recycling initiative that will see more than 1000 bottles diverted from landfill each day. Read more »

The Rudd government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme would not significantly impact most Australian businesses, according to a research report released by the National Centre for Sustainability. Read more »

Standards New Zealand has published NZS 6808:2010 Acoustics - Wind farm noise. The revised and improved Standard recommends limits on wind farm noise. Read more »

A statement from Heather Ridout, Chief Executive Australian Industry (Ai) Group, on the future of climate change policy and international negotiations. Read more »

SITA Environmental Solutions opened its Elizabeth Drive Education Centre on 22 February. Read more »

A new agreement between Australia’s two leading environmental rating tools for buildings - Green Star and NABERS - will deliver a more consistent and compatible approach to building rating. Read more »

The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has released the draft of a revised Green Star Steel Credit which aims to drive best practice steel production and fabrication, and encourage dematerialisation of steel in structural applications in Australia. Read more »

Environment Victoria has called on the state government and the Opposition to stop treating the recycling industry as a political football and work together to support Victoria’s struggling recycling industry. Read more »

The 2010 Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Building Services exhibition (ARBS 2010) has opened online registrations and will welcome visitors between 12-14 April at the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre, Darling Harbour. Read more »

KSB Australia has finalised its plan to build a new water and wastewater competence centre and a sales and warehouse complex in Brisbane. Read more »

Nominations for the 2010 United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Awards are now open nationally. Read more »

Eimco Water Technologies has established a new Integrated Support Division to extend its services to Australasian business. Read more »

Sensis has announced its Yellow Pages and White Pages print and online directories have been certified carbon neutral through the Australian Government’s Greenhouse Friendly program. Read more »

NSW councils will soon learn how to break through the jargon surrounding sustainability and understand how they can best use it to improve the way they operate, thanks to the Urban Sustainability Support Alliance’s Sustainability Tools workshops. Read more »

National environmental engineering firm Enviropacific Services is undergoing a major expansion in the scope and range of its operations. Read more »

The British Council has announced the inaugural recipients of its Big Green Idea funding initiative. Among the projects to be supported are a sustainable events toolkit for festivals, a community bio-char project in northern NSW and a DIY video series on green home renovations. Read more »

Queenstown businesses working towards a more sustainable future are set to benefit from a new program launched by Otago Polytechnic’s Centre for Sustainable Practice. Read more »

The SA Environment Protection Authority's Standard for the production and use of waste-derived fill has been finalised after extensive consultation with the waste industry. Read more »

Leading scientists are gathering at Swinburne University of Technology this week to discuss ways to improve the sustainability of the metallurgical industry. Read more »

The Clean Energy Council has warned that specific measures in the Coalition’s new climate change policy, to assist some clean energy technologies, will not work unless the national Renewable Energy Target is fixed. Read more »