Industry News
150 service stations selling ethanol blend petrol
Caltex has announced it had achieved a new milestone for the number of Caltex supplied service stations selling ethanol blended petrol.
[ + ]National plastics recovery program launched
Nufarm has led the way by becoming the first participant in the Agrecovery scheme to hand their levy cheque to the environmental organisation. The handover took place on the official launch date of the Agrecovery program.
[ + ]Yokogawa shines for Opal
Specialist environmental instrument manufacturer, Opal Environmental has appointed Yokogawa Australia as sales and support agents for the Opal opacity monitor range.
[ + ]Increasing recycled content in UK magazines
Waste & Resources Action Program (WRAP) has launched a project designed to give the UK magazine industry impetus to extend its use of recycled content paper.
[ + ]Recycling use oil filters
EPA Victoria has banned the disposal of used oil filters to landfill from 1 July this year to further reduce prescribed industrial waste disposed to landfill.
[ + ]EPA reduces prescribed waste
Disposal of plastic and metal chemical containers to landfill will soon be a thing of the past following new legislation introduced by EPA Victoria.
[ + ]NZ government inaction on climate change
A recent United Nation’s report has highlighted the lack of action and policy on climate change from the New Zealand government.
[ + ]Ford joins university to develop hydrogen engine
An Australian automobile manufacturer is supporting a long-term university research project to develop a hydrogen engine.
[ + ]Greenhouse calculator for cotton growers
A greenhouse gas calculator has been produced for Australian cotton growers. The calculator will allow growers to gain an overall indication of the CO2 contribution from nitrogen gases and fossil fuel use on farms.
[ + ]Victorian companies awarded for water conservation
Victorian companies have been recognised for outstanding achievement in water conservation at the recent Savewater awards.
[ + ]UK to establish international water policies
A pioneering centre has been set up at one of the UK’s leading universities to tackle the problems related to the management of the planet’s increasingly fragile water resources.
[ + ]10% of Fonterra dairies ignore effluent requirements
A small but significant number of dairy farmers are compromising the quality of waterways by failing to control effluent and nutrient run-off, according to the latest Snapshot of Progress on the Clean Streams Accord.
[ + ]Caltex takes lead in online annual reporting
Caltex Australia has launched a version of its 2006 annual report online by emailing 5000 of its shareholders for the first time with a link instead of mailing a book.
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