Recreational drugs could become a major source of Australian urban water contamination, scientists warn. [ + ]

One option for businesses tackling the e-waste challenge is to partner with an existing program that can deliver environmental benefits, staff engagement, reportable results and show how the program might also benefit the wider community outside of the business. Such a program is MobileMuster, the Australian mobile phone industry's official product stewardship program. [ + ]

Research by UWA, in collaboration with the DAFWA and grower groups, has found that many surface soils in Western Australia are already storing as much carbon as they can. However, there is the potential for the lower layers to store more carbon - particularly if management practices change. [ + ]

In 2006, Coopers Brewery introduced a program to recycle materials such as cardboard, glass, aluminium and old machinery that were being disposed of at a cost. Since then, recycling has raised more than $380,000 for the Coopers Brewery Foundation. [ + ]

Researchers at Murdoch University are working with the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA) on a project to secure water supplies in desert communities. [ + ]

The Multitrode system has been used in a recent project for Hydrasyst for a heavy- and light-vehicle truck wash and recycling plant at a mine site in Blackwater, Queensland. [ + ]

Flinders University has been granted a provisional patent through Flinders Partners, the commercialisation arm of the university, for an additive that prevents biofilms from clogging up membranes used in the desalination of seawater. [ + ]

In this article, Executive Director and founder of Energetics Jonathan Jutsen predicts some key trends in energy management over the next three years. [ + ]

TechCollect yesterday hosted a global e-waste forum in Sydney with keynote European technology speakers and local experts inspiring invited guests towards achieving Australia’s stated goal of 80% recycled e-waste by 2022. [ + ]

The NSW Government's Energy Savings Scheme (ESS) assists businesses to be more sustainable through various energy-saving activities. To be eligible under the scheme, applicants must be a business located in NSW and create genuine energy savings through one of the scheme's approved activities. [ + ]

As the dust settles on another election, for some Australian businesses, governments - along with their policies - will come and go, but those that have taken an approach of resilience and look beyond the election cycle have their business strategies intact. [ + ]

The first commercially produced gas chlorinator was installed in a public drinking water system in 1913, revolutionising the way the world fought water-borne diseases. The technology was installed by Wallace & Tiernan - now a company of Siemens Water Technologies, which is celebrating the product’s 100th anniversary. [ + ]

When it comes to boosting organisational efficiency, seemingly small things often make the biggest difference. For document services providers, print toner turns out to be one such source of inefficiency. [ + ]

New Zealand agricultural lime and magnesium producer Rorisons RMD has teamed up with Hawke's Bay-based fertiliser and lime company Hatuma Dicalcic Phosphate to manufacture the latter's fertiliser in the King Country. Rorisons Managing Director Mike Rorison says it's a cost-effective opportunity for King Country and Waikato farmers. [ + ]

Panasonic is providing its technological support to Japan’s Tokai University Solar Car Team, taking part in the 2013 World Solar Challenge (WSC 2013). To be held from 6-13 October, the biennial event is a time-based solar car race from Darwin to Adelaide - a distance of 3021 km. [ + ]