Caboolture Shire is located in south-east Queensland between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. Due to the size of the shire and the terrain, the local council has more than 200 pump stations and lift stations across its water and wastewater network

A water-saving Australian vineyard technology has been found to deliver a better glass of Shiraz or Cabernet Sauvignon

Recycleable labels are the latest innovation in Fonterra's drive to reduce the amount of waste the company sends to landfill

A long-term contract has just been signed between kerbside recycling collector Onyx and Steel Can Recycling (SCR). The deal means that it will be even easier for people living in North Shore and Waitakere Cities in New Zealand to recycle their tin cans

Throughout Australia, gross pollutant traps are being installed into the stormwater collection system to avoid pollutants reaching the waterways. Although it is mandatory to put GPTs in place, there is no system to assure they function correctly

Used by approximately 91% of parents, a single disposable nappy can take as long as 500 years to decompose in landfill. Up until now there has been little done to reduce this potentially hazardous waste stream

The Biotechnology Research Centre at La Trobe University, Bendigo has started a three-year project to develop and evaluate a new process to purify wastewater

CSIRO scientists will soon be taking advantage of Australia's abundance of solar energy with the start of construction on the $1.5 million National Solar Energy Technology Centre (NSETC)

Philips Semiconductors Philippines in Cabuyao Laguna has developed a system to recycle final rinse water used in its polishers. To do this, the facility operates two systems - one is on standby while the other is in service

Macleay Island, one of the 365 islands in Moreton Bay, is cocooned in the calm waters of Redland Bay. The whole bay is classified as a Marine Park and conserves one of the largest concentrations of mangroves in the greater Brisbane area

Rockwell Automation Australia has been commissioned to install an induced draft (ID) fan upgrade at the BlueScope Steel, Port Kembla steelworks plant. Installed in December 2004, the entire upgrade is scheduled to be completed by June 2005

A semi-detached residence at Clovelly in Sydney, which received a Gold Medal in the 2004 Green Building Awards, shows the water-saving solutions which can be adopted in an individual renovation or new home building project

Breaking hundreds of years of traditional flood irrigation farming is a challenge for anyone, but R&J Sellwood of Undera in the Goulburn Valley could do just that with its high-tech permanent subsurface drip irrigation (PSDI) system

CAPS' Gas and Special Projects manager, Ken Pitman, recently commissioned a large project for the Werribee Treatment Plant, in the western suburb of Melbourne