BAI, the owner and operator of one of the most extensive terrestrial broadcast transmission networks in the world, is taking its Muswellbrook broadcast tower off-grid to run entirely on solar power. [ + ]

Did you know that by 2017, the global amount of electronic waste (e-waste) produced is predicted to reach 65.4 million tonnes? [ + ]

Researchers from Queensland University of Technology have developed a lignin-based waterproof coating to replace the traditional wax coating used on carboard boxes.

Did you know that two out of three people don't know that aerosol cans are recyclable in Australia? The myth of exploding aerosol cans and other recycling surprises are revealed in a new report from Planet Ark in the lead-up to National Recycling Week. [ + ]

Taking advantage of methane that would otherwise escape into the atmosphere provides Australian businesses with an untapped fuel resource and opportunity to minimise their carbon footprint, according to scientific research and designers Draco Scientific. [ + ]

The Green Building Council of Australia has launched a new Green Star rating tool. The 'Transport' category has just one credit: 'Sustainable Transport'. [ + ]

Forward-thinking companies are now taking the initiative to search the globe for best-practice methods to achieve as close to possible as zero waste in their plants. One of the most dramatic but least publicised results of this search for excellence is the installation of anaerobic digestion plants. [ + ]

The City of Ballarat has received pro bono consulting on waste management after winning a US$500,000 grant from the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge. The city was one of only two Australian cities, and 16 worldwide, to be awarded the grant in 2014.

The Australian Government has issued the Oakvale Native Forest Protection Project with 98,524 Australian carbon credit units under the Carbon Farming Initiative. Native forest protection projects avoid the deforestation of native forest that had been approved for clearing. [ + ]

UK lime supplier Singleton Birch this year commissioned a 1.5 MW anaerobic digestion (AD) facility at its lime works in Melton Ross, Barnetby, North Lincolnshire. [ + ]

With a network of temperature-controlled facilities across Australia, Swire Cold Storage provides logistics services and supply chain solutions to a range of businesses. The company has made energy efficiency a high priority, with a focus on intelligent LED lighting. [ + ]

The InviziQ Pressure Sewer System (PSS), from pump manufacturer NOV Mono, has been successfully utilised in the Pitt Town project - a major 940-lot housing project in NSW. The system is said to provide more reliable removal of sewage from individual households than conventional alternatives. [ + ]

Typical analysis of PV system economic viability usually assesses net present value of the PV plant capital expense and running costs in comparison with an alternative investment offering a specified rate of return, or 'discount rate'. Grid-connected PV plants should be assessed against a different type of competing 'investment' - the grid electricity tariff. [ + ]

All-Energy Australia is back for another year. To be held from 15-16 October at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, the business-to-business conference will offer more than 120 international and local speakers. [ + ]

Climate-smart agriculture means providing an integrated and broad approach to food that factors in areas like sustainability, carbon emissions, climate change and nutrition. The answer to this can be a three-fold win for the natural environment, consumers and business: biogas cogeneration for agribusiness. [ + ]