Perth's Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council has released its call for tenders for a new resource recovery facility (RRF) for the region. The RRF would use thermal, chemical and/or biological means to recover usable materials and/or energy from household waste, diverting between 70–90% of waste (by volume) from landfill. [ + ]

UNSW is unveiling a pilot microfactory that safely transforms toxic e-waste into high-value metal alloys, offering a low-cost solution to a fast-growing problem. [ + ]

All-Energy Australia will take place at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 4–5 October 2016. [ + ]

Members of Australia's paint industry have launched a new waste collection and treatment service that offers professional and home painters an easy option for disposing of unwanted paint and packaging correctly. [ + ]

pitt&sherry and KMH Environmental are merging operations, in a deal which is anticipated to deliver greater consistency and certainty in outcomes for clients. [ + ]

Australian Utility Week 2016 is a large-scale expo dedicated to the theme 'Building digital futures'. [ + ]

Greg Hunt has demanded that CSIRO restore its focus on climate science, less than six months after the organisation announced a number of job cuts in the area. [ + ]

The 2016 National Biofuels Symposium will take place in the midst of several major changes to the industry. [ + ]

The Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) has announced the launch of its Stripout Waste Guidelines, which are set to triple resource recovery from office spaces across Sydney. [ + ]

Chemical engineering experts have called for the development of new technologies for the sustainable processing of industrial waste or by-products — waste which is currently being, well, wasted. [ + ]

Unilever's 'Mobilising Collective Action' panel event brought together leading experts to discuss practical ideas and actions that will enable Australia to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. [ + ]

Monash University's Faculty of Engineering has announced its new Resources Engineering program, designed with the needs of the resources industry in mind. [ + ]

Green building councils are joining forces with cities around the world to ramp up energy efficiency within buildings under a new partnership between the World Green Building Council and the Building Efficiency Accelerator. [ + ]

Australia is lagging behind other countries when it comes to battery recycling, posing a threat to human health and the environment, experts have revealed. [ + ]

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation committed $837 million to new investments in the Australian clean energy sector in the 2015–16 financial year. [ + ]