IWES, a provider of short courses for environment professionals, has announced the date of its next event, IWES Gold Coast 2014. [ + ]

The Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) has launched an online tool to help packaging suppliers decide whether their packaging can be classified as recyclable in Australia. [ + ]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) last week granted interim authorisation for joint waste tenders to four councils in Sydney, and separately to three councils in Tasmania. [ + ]

Fluid technology specialist Burkert has provided a fluid control system for the fuel cell stack of the hydrogen electric race car 'Forze VI', built by students of the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. [ + ]

In 2014, an estimated 40,000 child car restraints will expire. An industry-wide project has been set up in New Zealand to look at the disposal of these restraints. [ + ]

The organisers of the 2014 Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Building Services (ARBS 2014) exhibition have announced the finalists across all categories of its industry awards. [ + ]

The City of Melbourne has released a report into the impact of January's heatwave on businesses. With the frequency and intensity of heatwaves expected to increase, it was determined that an understanding of the economic impacts of such events on businesses is needed. [ + ]

Registrations are now open for the 2014 Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Building Services (ARBS 2014) seminar series. [ + ]

A new research collaboration, led by the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), aims to determine the value of above-ground resources - the metals contained in discarded goods. [ + ]

Technology and consulting company AWT has joined Mott MacDonald Group, a global management, engineering and sustainable development consultancy. [ + ]

A University of Michigan researcher has found that despite population growth, fuel consumption by American drivers of light-duty vehicles is now lower than it was 15 years ago. [ + ]

Defence Housing Australia (DHA) has received the EnviroDevelopment green tick of approval from the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) for its new residential development located in Largs North, South Australia. [ + ]

The End of Life Plastics 2014 conference will be held from 16-18 June in Düsseldorf, Germany. The event will provide a forum to debate the optimum environmental solutions for managing end-of-life polymer materials and the market reality and economics of each option. [ + ]

IDTechEx's Energy Harvesting & Storage and Printed Electronics Europe will this year be co-located in Berlin from 1-2 April. The joint event will feature several presentations on the topic of photovoltaics. [ + ]

The Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce, has announced a ministerial working group set up to identify new infrastructure projects that can deliver on Australia's water supply needs in the future. [ + ]