From 1 April 2007, NSW councils no longer need to invite tenders for the supply of mobile garbage bins (MGB).

National Greenhouse Accounts released show that Australia has steadied emissions growth and is on track to meet its Kyoto target. The Minister for Environment and Water Resources, Malcolm Turnbull, said that the accounts showed that there had been no growth in emissions between 2004 and 2005.

Asia’s 3 million contaminated sites represent a huge export opportunity for Australia’s growing clean-up industry, according to one of the nation’s contamination scientists.

The Australian government will invest $18.5 million over five years, partly funded from the existing Greenhouse Gas Abatement program, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from underground coalmining activities.

This year’s Designbuild will be a landmark event for the Australian building and design, championing the green building cause.

Event: The Banksia Awards
When: 19–20 July 2007
Where: Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour

Water savings and water accountability were highlighted through inspection of the newly developed ‘FlowLab’, capable of certifying water control infrastructure, to improve the efficiency of irrigation systems through improved metering.

Eco Expo Asia will take place 27-30 October 2007 at AsiaWorld Expo. Nearly 8000 visitors from 79 countries and regions visited the inaugural event in 2006, featuring 128 exhibitors from 19 countries and regions.

International Composting Awareness Week 2007 (ICAW) is being celebrated across Australia between 6 and 12 May.

The Australian Child Health and Air Pollution Study (ACHAPS) will investigate the relationship between air quality and respiratory health by testing 3200 students from 60 primary schools across Australia.

If all of the UK articulated truck fleet were equipped with a patented UK dual-fuel system, the CO2 emission savings would amount to 3.5 million tonnes a year, about 2% of the country's total output, according to the Clean Air Power company.

A nationwide survey in the US in April found that 72% of the American public does not know that conventional plastic is made from petroleum products and 40% believes it will biodegrade.

Caltex has announced it had achieved a new milestone for the number of Caltex supplied service stations selling ethanol blended petrol.

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.

Specialist environmental instrument manufacturer, Opal Environmental has appointed Yokogawa Australia as sales and support agents for the Opal opacity monitor range.