Industry News
Give your paint back
Residents of Victoria can now get rid of unwanted household paint by taking advantage of the free service, Paintback, which aims to keep paint out of the garbage and away from drains where it poses a threat to the environment.
[ + ]Joint venture into biodiesel production
Transpacific Industries Group (TPI) and Australian Renewable Fuels (ARF) have formed a 50/50 unincorporated joint venture to develop a biodiesel production facility in Brisbane, Queensland.
[ + ]On-site sewage system danger
Installing on-site sewage systems in the wrong soil types can lead to potential environmental and health hazards, a Queensland University of Technology researcher has warned.
[ + ]Mathematical model to calculate polluted groundwater
Dutch researcher Phil Ham has developed a mathematical model to calculate the natural degradation capacity of polluted groundwater.
[ + ]Potential reduction in CO2 levels
Australia could eliminate more than 90 % of the CO2 from convention coal-fired power stations after the CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development (CCSD) signed a memorandum of understanding as a supporting partner to the next stage of the Callide Oxy-fuel project.
[ + ]Greywater danger from public confusion
The Master Plumbers Association (MPAQ) is calling for more community education and awareness for the safe use of greywater in domestic gardens.
[ + ]$1 million donation launches UNSW water research team
A Sydney business executive has donated $1 million to create Australia's first Chair of Water Management, based at UNSW.
[ + ]Natural resources conference for QLD
Queensland's first Natural Resources Conference will be held on Wednesday 17 May 2006 at the Brisbane Convention Centre.
[ + ]Australia gets its own composting week
International Composting Awareness Week (ICAW) is being held for the first time in Australia from 7-13 May.
[ + ]Innovative plastics recycling project receives funding
The Australian consortium participating in the international IMS PROMISE (Product Embedded Information System for Service and End of Life) project has received over $470,000 in funding in the first round of the Australian federal government's $25 million ICIP (Industry Cooperative Innovation Program) competitive funding scheme.
[ + ]Water resource projects on the agenda
Eligible organisations across the country will have the opportunity to invest in major water resource projects with the announcement today of a new call for proposals under the federal government’s Water Smart Australia program.
[ + ]Cycling towards cleaner energy resources
Six young Australians are circumnavigating the continent powered only by pedal power (bicycles) and a van powered by vegetable oil.
[ + ]New playground for solar energy researchers
National and international solar thermal energy researchers now have a unique research facility available to them.
[ + ]Melbourne's Bay free from chemical run-off
Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne is being protected by Monash researchers who have developed 'rain gardens' that filter Melbourne's storm water, preventing chemically-tainted urban run-off from polluting the Bay and local streams.
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