Australian councils are using recycled polypropylene (PP) plastic waste in the form of 'Emesh' to reinforce concrete pavements and other infrastructure. [ + ]

A sustainable apartment project in White Gum Valley, Western Australia, enables residents to trade renewable energy with their neighbours. [ + ]

A highly efficient low-maintenance liquid-to-solid waste separator has extended its versatility by being offered in skid-mounted format that can be carried by truck or trailer to remote and environmentally sensitive applications. [ + ]

The University of Melbourne has developed a tool that calculates reactive nitrogen — the forms of nitrogen released to the environment from our daily activities. [ + ]

Hazeldene's Chicken Farm needed a wastewater pump that was capable of handling all the solids that form part of the wastewater stream in a chicken process plant. [ + ]

The Monash Food Innovation Centre is working with industry and farmers to help them transform food waste into profits. [ + ]

Buildings across Sydney are set to undergo sustainability performance ratings and assessments, while UTS will look at recycling and re-using polystyrene. [ + ]

Copper miners now have the opportunity to slash their energy and water use for every tonne of the metal produced, thanks to the development of an ore sorting analyser by CSIRO. [ + ]

The Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre officially commenced operations on 1 July, less than three months after receiving a $30m grant from the Australian Government. [ + ]

Three unlikely allies have come together to collaborate on a recycling program that seeks to deliver zero waste to landfills. [ + ]

A major solar and energy-efficient lighting upgrade at Adelaide's Burnside Hospital is expected to save more than $2.5 million over the next 20 years. [ + ]

Technology company ABB is helping transform the fortunes of Riverland farmers with the installation of sustainable solar plants. [ + ]

Tesvolt and Unlimited Energy have been awarded for their work on a Western Australian avocado farm that has operated on battery power alone for the last 660 days. [ + ]

A newly developed 'self-desalination' concept uses pressure generated by highly concentrated salt brine as the energy source to desalinate the less salty sea water. [ + ]

The UniSort Black, from sorting specialist STEINERT, ejects foreign particles out of organic material and creates a pure intermediate product suitable for compost. [ + ]