Village Building Co (VBC) has been recognised by the ACT Commissioner of Sustainability and the Environment for taking the initiative to set up its own recycling plant to manage building waste on its Brindabella at Macgregor site for all of VBC’s housing developments.

Traditional methods of dust suppression proved ineffective for a building material recycling plant. Tecpro Australia collaborated with Jeff Hill Plumbing to create a solution that surpassed the site operator’s environmental obligations.

A compact vertical screen has been installed by energy drinks manufacturer Frucor to remove the solid debris from factory wastewater before its discharge into the sewer.

The unique harmonic drive principle continues to open new applications in all areas of modern engineering. It is available in a wide selection of mechanical configurations and is used extensively in robots, machine tools, radars and any applications with a rotating shaft where positioning, tilting and panning is required because of its high accuracy and no backlash.

A recent energy audit at its manufacturing facility paves the way for Geofabrics to optimise its on-site compressed air system and derive ongoing energy savings.

The upgraded Dalby Wastewater Recycling Plant in southern Queensland was opened in June and now delivers Class A+ recycled water to a nearby business, which previously used drinking water for its industrial processes.

At the beginning of 2010, KSB received the order to equip La Caldera pumping station in Mexico City with 24 large wastewater pumps. Each of the submersible motor pumps type Amarex KRT K 700-900 weighs around 10,500 kg and has an output of approximately 2000 L/s.

Ecotech Australia, in partnership with Envirotech India, has signed a contract to provide monitoring stations within Delhi to examine air quality during the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG), being held 3-14 October.

Sustainability! Do the major parties have a clue? Green Capital’s ten-point hit list caused debate at its recent Politics of Sustainability event. Whoever wins the looming federal election will need to take immediate action to create the building blocks for Australia’s transition to a green economy. Here are the Green Capital top tips for action.

The Glenelg to Adelaide Park Lands Recycled Water project is designed to provide a replacement for billions of litres of drinking water previously used for irrigation and significantly reduce treated wastewater levels in the Gulf St Vincent.

The drumMUSTER program continues to provide an effective recycling service for Australian ag and vet chemical users. The 15 millionth drum was delivered in Central Victoria to the Nagambie Transfer Station by Tahbilk Winery & Vineyard.

An open net premium oil boom by Spillfyter has been playing a key role in the spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico. The boom is claimed to have a higher wicking rate than conventional marine booms and the oil saturation level is easily visible due to the more open structure. The boom includes standard features such as snap hook joins for effective overlap and is available in various lengths.

Bundaberg Council has recently selected the Volvo FE for its next waste collection units in order to reduce its environmental impact and improve operator comfort. The council will also be using Volvo’s Dynafleet fleet management system which tracks every aspect of truck performance.

Wattamolla lagoon and surf beach is a picturesque and popular swimming spot, nestled amongst rugged cliffs. Less than an hour south of Sydney, and also part of the network of bushwalks through the Royal National Park, the picnic area is heavily used in the summer.

Can light-coloured rooftops and roads really curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change? The idea has been around for years. A new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - the first to use a global model to study the question - has found that implementing cool roofs and cool pavements in cities around the world can not only help cities stay cooler, they can also cool the world, with the potential of cancelling the heating effect of up to two years of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions.