Industry News
Victorian 2005 savewater! awards
Victorian Waste Streams readers with outstanding achievements in water conservation can enter the 2005 savewater! awards being run by the savewater! alliance Inc.
[ + ]'Doing Sustainability' forum
The author of Cannibals with Forks, John Elkington from SustainAbility Ltd, will be a keynote speaker at a one-day forum titled 'Doing Sustainability: Moving from How to Why' to be run in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland, 2 to 5 May.
[ + ]New governance structure for AWA
After a rigorous 18 month process, the Australian Water Association (AWA) is now rolling out a new governance structure, which involves a Strategic Advisory Council to represent all its branches, with two representatives per branch. The council met recently to select a reduced board of nine members, compared to a previous 16.
[ + ]'No guilt' over greenhouse
The Kyoto Protocol came into force on 16 February 2005. It demands a 5.2% cut in greenhouse gas emissions from the industrialised world by 2012.
[ + ]Big business benefits from donating old computers
WorkVentures Group, a Sydney-based non-profit enterprise, has come up with a solution to the growing problem of the disposal of used computers that also creates employment and addresses the 'digital divide' in our community by giving financially disadvantaged people access to low-cost computers.
[ + ]'US' - Utility Services alliance announced
South East Water, Thiess Services and Siemens have entered a new strategic alliance known as 'us' - Utility Services.
[ + ]Help for land managers on greenhouse
Almost a quarter of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions comes from forestry and agriculture, from activities ranging from deforestation and harvesting, to the continuous cultivation of soil.
[ + ]Clean, green processes at Australia TradeCoast
A cluster of environment-conscious companies developing and implementing innovative recycling and clean fuels production technologies has evolved within Brisbane's Australia TradeCoast.
[ + ]Welding equipment manufactured to certified environmental protection standard
While much of the industrial world is manufacturing goods that negatively impact the environment, welding equipment manufacturer Kemppi Oy has gained a certified environmental protection system for its new product development set-up, based on the international standard ISO 14001.
[ + ]SITA Clean Site wins grant
SITA Environmental Solutions secured an infrastructure grant valued at $200,000 from Eco-Recycle Victoria to develop a commercial and industrial waste sorting facility at SITA's Hallam Road resource recovery park.
[ + ]Steel Can Recycling Council challenges local government
Getting more steel cans into the recycling bins - that's what the Steel Can Recycling Council's challenge to local government is all about.
[ + ]Fuel analysis spectrometer on the Queen Mary II
The Spectroil M/F Fuel Analysis Spectrometer will be used on the Queen Mary II cruise ship to monitor the quality of the fuel in the aero-derivative gas turbines used aboard the ship for propulsion.
[ + ]Eastern Creek commissioning progresses
The Eastern Creek UR-3R Facility achieved practical completion on 11 September 2004. From that day, treatment of municipal solid waste commenced through the receivals, separation and composting section of the plant with the target of achieving full design throughput by the end of quarter one, 2005.
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