Resource recovery funding
24 October, 2008Sustainability Victoria is calling for expressions of interest in its grant program for resource recovery. The grant programs contribute to achieving the state's Towards Zero Waste (TZW) Strategy targets to increase resource recovery rates to 75% by 2014.
Guidelines offer better disposal options for SA
08 September, 2008Since being introduced, the ‘Environmental Management of Landfill Guidelines (municipal solid waste and commercial and industrial wastes)’ have had a significant impact on landfills in South Australia, leading to improved environmental practices.
Vermiculture key to reducing greenhouse emissions
20 August, 2008A study at Griffith University, Nathan Campus, is recruiting earthworms as the latest weapon to resolve waste problems, fight soil contamination and land degradation, and restore fertility without destructive agrochemicals.
Campaign launched to Do the Right Thing on the Hume
03 July, 2008A major educational anti-litter campaign has begun, targeting those travelling along the Hume Highway between Melbourne and Sydney.
Councils reduce carbon footprint
20 June, 2008Residents across the Macarthur and Southern Highlands regions in NSW will collectively take a step to reduce their carbon footprint, when WSN Environmental Solutions’ leading-edge waste processing plant at Macarthur Resource Recovery Park starts commissioning in July.
SA to ban plastic bags
19 June, 2008TEC welcomes the introduction of legislation to the SA government tomorrow that seeks to ban single-use lightweight plastic bags in the state.
Cleaning up pollution - naturally
12 May, 2008When it comes to cleaning up pollution left by old oil spills, natural ways may be the best, according to research by scientists at the CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment.
End of traditional landfill operation announced
21 April, 2008Sydney recycler WSN Environmental Solutions will cease landfilling household waste at the WSN Macarthur Resource Recovery Park in July, signalling the start of a new era in waste management.
Butts are litter too
16 August, 2006Increasing butt litter poses a growing environmental threat to our natural habitats, says the Butt Littering Trust in response to a recent national litter survey.
Smokers kick the littering habit
31 July, 2006Seven cities are creating a Butt Free Australia by reducing cigarette butt littering in their CBDs by an average of almost 18%.
Pollutant Inventory released
16 February, 2006The amount of phosphorus entering the Murray Darling Basin from sewerage and water treatment plants fell 31 per cent during 2004-05, the reduction reported in the annual National Pollutant Inventory which was released recently.
Mass bleaching tipped for Keppel region
17 January, 2006Central Queensland University's coral obervers are tipping a possible mass bleaching of the Keppel region for the first time since 2002.
Electronic nose puts end to landfill smell
12 January, 2006Scientists at the University of Manchester have invented a device which remotely monitors bad odours and methane gases at waste landfill and water treatment sites.
'Phytocap' landfill research receives $734,000 grant
16 October, 2005Researchers at Melbourne University have been awarded a $734,000 grant from the Australian Research Council to evaluate and develop a new planted-soil capping technology for landfills known as phytocapping ('phyto' = plant).
Coal tar contaminated soil at site in NSW
03 October, 2005Innova Soil Technology has developed a thermal desorption process (DFTD) for the remediation of contaminated sites. The process is fully mobile and can process up to 1000 tonnes of soil per day
