Industry News
Matchmaker ASPIRE rehomes recovered resources
The ASPIRE online marketplace matches up businesses to exchange, reuse and recycle materials that would otherwise be diverted to landfill. [ + ]
Coming soon: program to recycle kids' car seats
Old, unwanted and potentially unsafe child car safety seats will be given a new lease of life under a government-funded program that will recover and recycle the seats. [ + ]
Environment Victoria welcomes unprecedented energy efficiency investment
Environment Victoria has welcomed the state government's $797 million package of measures to boost energy efficiency in the state. [ + ]
AI monitor slashes food waste
A Dutch company has developed a waste-monitoring technology that will allow restaurants, caterers and other companies to drastically decrease food waste. [ + ]
Coles soft plastics recycled in carpark concrete
A concrete slab carpark made partly from recycled soft plastics is under installation at Coles Horsham, cementing a partnership between Coles, RED Group, Replas and RMIT University. [ + ]
Clean and green: new microrecycling technique transforms aluminium
A discovery by the UNSW SMaRT Centre could start a 'green aluminium' manufacturing revolution and bolster efforts to advance Australia's manufacturing industry. [ + ]
Wool waste to oust polystyrene
Planet Protector Packaging has won the inaugural 2020 Ocean Impact Pitchfest for its sustainable thermal packaging solution that plans to eliminate polystyrene from supply chains. [ + ]
Partners develop underground EV charging stations for mines
Siemens and mining services supplier Murray Engineering have developed a high-powered electric vehicle charging station for use at mines — below and above ground. [ + ]
Neoen completes financing for Australia's largest solar farm
Renewable energy producer Neoen has reached financial close on Western Downs Green Power Hub — a 460 MWp solar farm located near Chinchilla in South West Queensland. [ + ]
Registrations open for ARBS Seminar Series Online
ARBS Exhibitions is launching a series of online seminars featuring leaders, academics, organisations, associations and experts in the HVAC&R and building services industry. [ + ]
Vic gets moving on recycling shake-up
The Victorian Government is requesting consultation on a planned container deposit scheme, which will form part of a significant overhaul of the state's recycling system. [ + ]
Irrigation study reveals best strategy for SA tomato production
UniSA researchers tested different water sources on greenhouse-grown tomatoes, finding that recycled wastewater outperformed other contenders. [ + ]
FIMER charges ahead with e-mobility portfolio
A comprehensive portfolio of residential and commercial electrical vehicle chargers has been launched by solar inverter manufacturer FIMER. [ + ]
Green Star Buildings launches to achieve net zero
Green Building Council of Australia has launched Green Star Buildings — the first of a new suite of Green Star Future Focus tools. [ + ]
Metal-free Monash method removes E. coli from water
Engineers at Monash University have devised an improved method to remove potentially deadly bacteria from water using graphitic carbon nitride and sunlight. [ + ]
