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Environmental initiatives at coal-fired power plant
Millmerran Power is a two-unit generating station located near the town of Millmerran in south-west Queensland. It supplies enough electricity to power approximately 1.1 million homes
[ + ]IT technology enables paperless wastewater services
One of Australia's wastewater treatment providers is updating its mobile technology to speed up its services for clients and improve occupational health and safety for employees
[ + ]Home-grown waste treatment heads overseas
Vital Resource Management (VRM) has been able to develop for export a microbial product that removes contaminants from wastewater through the use of a government tax concession
[ + ]Reducing the odour of biosolids
The cost of biosolid treatment and hauling is a major expenditure for wastewater treatment utilities. Pathogens and odour problems may restrict the biosolid disposal options and affect hauling costs
[ + ]Guiding light for climate change
As the debate over global warming heats up, the World Wide Fund for Nature is encouraging Sydneysiders to turn their lights off for one hour on 31 March 2007 at 7.30 pm
[ + ]Power from waste
Electricity from a power plant which is run on waste gas from a Hunter Valley coal mine will soon supplement the local grid as Energy Australia has agreed to buy the electricity generated from a new power plant
[ + ]Turning waste cardboard into fuel
CSIRO has developed an innovative solution to two very different problems confronting two industries in the remote community of King Island in the Bass Strait
[ + ]Generating power from methane emissions
A CSIRO technology called VAMCAT (Ventilation Air Methane Catalytic Turbine) is poised to take a sizeable bite out of methane emissions with a greenhouse effect equivalent to more than 237 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
[ + ]Soaking up spills
When we talk about oil spills, we tend to think about the Exxon Valdez or the more recent Antarctica oil spill
[ + ]Recycling: the key to sustainability
Although Australian businesses are still not required by law to have a sustainability program in place, an increasing number of companies are successfully manufacturing new and useful products out of recycled content
[ + ]Intelligent robots help minimise waste
UniSA's Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Research (CAMR), in collaboration with industry partner Dematec, has developed a novel automated manufacturing process by introducing the zero waste management principle
[ + ]Cleaner coal reality
University of Queensland researchers are working on a process that could make the theory of clean coal a reality. Dr Joe da Costa's research group has developed unique hollow fibre technology that can separate oxygen from air
[ + ]Councils buy 'green' through ECO-Buy
ECO-Buy, an award-winning environmental purchasing program, has driven significant changes in the buying patterns of Victorian local government
[ + ]Sustainability is about everybody winning
INC Corporation, recognised for its innovation and leadership through induction into the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame (2004), is one of many medium-sized Australian companies facing significant strategic challenges
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