At Oakey Beef Exports, located on Queensland's Darling Downs, an orb-shaped green energy storage facility is helping to demonstrate how industry can profit from environmental initiatives. [ + ]

Aurecon's head of asset management, Clive Ross, says manufacturers can enhance their success by creating a proactive asset management culture and taking a more sophisticated approach to maintenance that optimises asset performance and value. [ + ]

European Bioplastics has presented its annual market update at the 9th European Bioplastics Conference in Brussels. The update finds that there will be an extremely positive growth trend in global bioplastics production capacities. [ + ]

For more than a year now, researchers from the Korea Polar Research Institute and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) have been collaborating to identify the source regions of pollution making its way to King George Island on the fringe of Antarctic territory. [ + ]

Thin clients are designed to provide a smaller, cheaper and more energy-efficient desktop computing alternative to traditional PCs, explains Marc Doehnert, ANZ Business Development Manager, IGEL Technology. [ + ]

A recently released Deloitte Access Economics report, supported by Origin Energy, applies a new lens to help understand the economic drivers of emissions and better reflect the relationship between emissions and economic activities. [ + ]

Residential property developer Sekisui House Australia has launched its signature range of Shawood intelligent homes at its 300 ha master-planned community The Hermitage, located in Gledswood Hills in Sydney's south-west. [ + ]

Aquatec Maxcon has been awarded a design and construct contract to undertake the upgrade of Queensland's Kingaroy wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The plant will be the first in Australia to utilise Nereda aerobic granular sludge technology. [ + ]

Simons Green Energy is approaching completion of the installation of a trigeneration system at Frankston Arts Centre Precinct in Victoria. The theatre and art gallery will feature a technology demonstration site to showcase various energy-efficiency technologies. [ + ]

A single progressing cavity pump from NOV Mono has been used to replace a number of centrifugal pumps and improve pumping performance on an agricultural effluent duty in New Zealand. [ + ]

Western Sydney councils are supporting Mission Australia's Soft Landing Mattress Recycling initiative. The aim of the program is to salvage materials from used mattresses while also offering employment and training opportunities to people who have experienced barriers to gaining lasting employment. [ + ]

Next March, facility management professionals are invited to attend Total Facilities in Sydney, which presents a prime opportunity to enhance their knowledge of sustainable technologies and developments in the industry. [ + ]

Three TR Munchers and three Compact C range pumps from NOV Mono have been chosen for a demanding sewage handling operation in the Caspian Sea. They will be used to macerate and pump black water on a deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig which is located there. [ + ]

A fuel cell power plant installation, recently opened at the Dry Creek Water Reclamation Facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming, utilises renewable biogas as a fuel source to power a nearby Microsoft data centre and supply heat to the facility's wastewater treatment process. [ + ]

​Waste management is an international issue, with the actions taken by one country bound to affect others. In order to effectively manage waste in a global economy, producers, consumers and other groups have a responsibility to not only recycle or re-use products, but also to make this process as efficient as possible. [ + ]