The recycling industry is calling for tougher regulation on gas bottle producers after a metal recycler was fined over an exploding bottle.

Sydney is ready for a desalination plant four times bigger than the one recently opened in Perth, Dr Jim Gill told delegates at the Oz water conference in Sydney today.

WorkSafe Victoria announced this week that nominations for its 2007 WorkSafe Awards are open.

The Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) will initiate talks with the federal Department of the Environment and Water Resources (DEW) to improve the National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) data collection and reporting procedures.

Innovative industrial control technologies and automation IT will be key to leveraging potential Australian carbon trading schemes into business benefits, according to Rockwell Automation Australia.

Current research into a physical phenomenon discovered two centuries ago may hold the key to meeting future energy demands and reducing global warming.

Web hosting company, ilisys has claimed that it is the first web hosting company of its kind to achieve carbon neutrality in Australia.

Entries for Innovic’s Next Big Thing Award 2007 close 2 March.

A technology services group will implement a program to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.

The Brussels conference will mark the launch of the Alcoa Foundation Global Conservation and Sustainability Network - a platform for future collaboration and more informed decision making on sustainability issues by industry, governments and communities around the world.

Australasian companies need to look harder at getting involved in low carbon projects in developing countries, according to a discussion paper released by Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM).

The UK and Australian governments are joining forces to propel their two countries into the forefront of an expected huge world market for carbon capture and storage.

The 3rd annual Australian Water Summit will be held 2-3 April at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.

The Australian environment industry has entered a new era with the birth of EcoForum, a company with a mission to foster the development of the contamination remediation sector, and the Australian Land & Groundwater Association (AL&GA), an association to cover this previously under-represented sector.

The premium for processing aggregate with glass cullet over conventional mineral aggregate is around $2 per tonne but this extra cost isn’t recognised in most tenders, according to a costs benefit analysis funded by the Glass Packaging Forum.