An international report that takes an investor's perspective to recovering resources from wastewater has been welcomed by the water industry as an important step towards sustainability of water management in Australia. [ + ]

Adelaide Lord Mayor Martin Haese spoke at COP21 earlier this month about the goal to make his city carbon neutral by 2025. [ + ]

While Australia is the driest populated continent on Earth, growing urban populations, economic growth and increased agricultural production are all expected to increase water usage further in the coming decades. [ + ]

When it comes to the world's carbon emissions for 2015, it's been a case of good news and bad news. [ + ]

In the business sector, most of the economically viable waste streams are already being recycled. But for many waste streams, the inherent commodity value is just too low to justify the costs of recovery. [ + ]

Small bits of plastic like microbeads, found in common cosmetics such as face washes, exfoliants and toothpastes, have been wreaking havoc on waterways and soil systems across the world. [ + ]

South Australia's suggested waste management reforms discuss the concept of 'pay as you throw' or 'save as you throw' variable-rate pricing for waste services.

New York City's decision to ban single-use polystyrene foam containers and packaging was recently overturned by the Supreme Court. So did the Big Apple get it wrong, or was the idea of a ban just poorly implemented?

The effectiveness of emissions monitoring has been brought into focus by two recent events: the VW emissions scandal and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). [ + ]

While fair trade has its advocates and sceptics, its aim is generating and producing positive impacts and benefits for producers in the developing and developed world. [ + ]

Could California happen here? Yes, acute water shortages are not the reserve of historically arid regions alone. [ + ]

If you're about to undertake an emissions reduction activity, there's a good chance you may be eligible to generate Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), and with one ACCU awarded per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent emission avoided, there is some big money to be made by selling them. [ + ]

Step aside Kanye, a urinal that generates its own electricity was one of the biggest crowd-pleasers at Glastonbury Festival 2015 in the UK. [ + ]

University of Utah researchers have found a way to make LEDs even more sustainable than they already are — by creating them from food and beverage waste. [ + ]

When not working with sludge from Melbourne's sewers, La Trobe University scientist Elizabeth Mathews is busy thinking about it. In partnership with Western Water, her research is designed to further the understanding of the processes that lead to sewer corrosion in order to ultimately further progress towards a solution. [ + ]