Health and hygiene company RB has achieved zero manufacturing waste to landfill in Europe and North America (ENA). The achievement has now being realised by 31 of the company's factories around the world - over 60%. [ + ]

ASTM International has proposed a standard to help manufacturers address waste classification issues, providing definitions and methods to eliminate the confusion that currently exists. [ + ]

Between 2013 and 2014, Sustainability Victoria commissioned a series of market analysis reports covering a variety of waste materials identified as priorities for market development. The authority has now released summaries of these reports on its website. [ + ]

Storage King, MobileMuster and ECOACTIV have developed the E-Waste Recycling Box - a service which allows households, businesses and schools to recycle old electronics easily and responsibly. [ + ]

Kimberly-Clark Australia held an event today at the company's manufacturing facility in Millicent, South Australia, to celebrate recent sustainability achievements and additional investment into South Australian manufacturing. [ + ]

The Australian Energy Storage Alliance (AES Alliance), launched last week, will connect industry experts, companies and government to collaborate in the expanding and important area of energy storage. [ + ]

The NSW Labor Party has announced its vision of the Hunter region as a national hub for solar and renewable energy. The commitment has been welcomed by the Australian Solar Council. [ + ]

Regional funding scheme The Philmac Project, established by fitting and valve manufacturer Philmac, has opened up a new round of cash grants for nationwide community groups with water on their minds. [ + ]

The Australian and NSW governments have announced a $350 million package of new irrigation efficiency projects across NSW. Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said the Australian Government is "contributing an extra $125 million of funding to the revised package, bringing total Australian Government funding for NSW to nearly $1.5 billion". [ + ]

US consultancy Dual Citizen has released The Global Green Economy Index (GGEI) - a measurement of the green economic performance of 60 countries. The report found that perceptions of Australia's green economic performance dramatically exceed its actual performance. [ + ]

New Zealand trucking business HW Richardson has joined the EECA's Heavy Vehicle Fuel Efficiency program, which aims to improve fuel efficiency and decrease carbon dioxide emissions in the heavy vehicle sector. [ + ]

A new national framework for remediating contaminated sites will help identify the best ways to clean up Australia's polluted land. The framework has been developed by CRC CARE, state and federal governments, environmental authorities and clean-up industries. [ + ]

Data centre company Equinix has won Frost & Sullivan's 2014 Asia Pacific Data Centre Green Innovation Leadership Award. The company won the award based on four key criteria: navigational positioning, execution excellence, technological sophistication and total customer experience. [ + ]

Emerson Process Management has licensed royalty-free patent rights for its PIDPlus wireless PID controller technology to improve real-time control performance, simplify tuning and inherently protect against system failures across all control systems. [ + ]

Engineering and infrastructure services provider Downer has acquired all the shares in Tenix for $300 million on a cash and debt-free basis. [ + ]