Cleaning up legacy contamination at steelworks’ site
14 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Enviropacific Services Pty LtdEnviropacific Services’ (EPS) main role during the BHP Remediation works was the practical implementation of the Material Management Plan (MMP) (Maunsell, 1999). This involved the classification and management of contaminated material identified in preliminary investigations and encountered during earthworks.
Portable device detects soil contamination
14 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Ziltek Pty LtdZiltek and CSIRO have announced the commercialisation of a handheld device for the rapid in-field analysis of petroleum contamination in soil.
Seeing waste as a resource
10 August, 2012A study by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has demonstrated that the re-use of disused resources has the potential to create a new industry sector providing jobs for Australia’s most disadvantaged jobseekers. Australia’s Community Recycling Enterprises (CREs) divert 152,000 tonnes of waste each year, employ 1500 people and contribute over $56 million to the regional economy.
Enviropacific establishes in Western Australia
09 August, 2012Enviropacific is pleased to announce the establishment of its office in Landsdale, Perth.
National waste policy
07 August, 2012The second release of Geoscience Australia’s database and map of waste-related infrastructure is now available.
Ecotech and Ionicon annnounce distribution partnership
07 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Ecotech Pty LtdOnline mass spectrometry specialist Ionicon Analytik and environmental monitoring instruments and services company Ecotech are teaming up in Australia and New Zealand.
Responsible recycling with reverse vending machines
03 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Verde AustraliaIn an effort to increase reycling efforts away from the home, Verde Australia explains why reverse vending machines (RVMs) are a sophisticated and effective method of collecting our country’s containers.
Endress+Hauser Proline Prosonic B 200 ultrasonic biogas flowmeter
02 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Endress+Hauser Australia Pty LtdEndress+Hauser has introduced the Proline Prosonic B 200 ultrasonic flowmeter for measuring the flow rate and methane content of wet biogas, landfill or digester gas, and other types of low-pressure, wet or contaminated gas.
Publication of National Waste Policy Implementation Report 2011
25 July, 2012The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, on behalf of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Standing Council on Environment and Water, has released the National Waste Policy Implementation Report 2011.
Australian Government and telcos encourage mobile phone recycling
25 July, 2012Australia’s telecommunications manufacturers and carriers together with Senator Don Farrell, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, have launched the industry’s online video encouraging mobile phone recycling.
Impact of the carbon price on local council landfills
24 July, 2012A number of local governments from around Australia have asked about how the carbon price will apply to pollution from local landfill sites and the potential impact this might have on rates for local communities. In a number of cases, the potential effect on rates has been overestimated, misrepresented or misreported.
A penny for your thoughts - and your containers
23 July, 2012 by Lauren DavisIn August, the Council of Australian Governments will consider the proposed national container deposit scheme (CDS). The scheme, which would involve consumers paying a 10-cent deposit on beverage containers and claiming it back at recycling depots, has attracted a large amount of support from environmental groups - and opposition from the beverages industry. As the national CDS gains further public and political interest, Sustainability Matters takes a look at both sides of the argument so far.
Sustainable products key to refurbishment project
17 July, 2012 | Supplied by: ResourceCo Pty LtdResourceCo’s recycled cement has been a key component in the refurbishment of the Civil Contractor’s Federation (CCF) head office and training facility redevelopment. The CCF SA’s Centre of Excellence is being showcased as a ‘model’ for best practice environmental and sustainable construction initiatives.
Price hikes on waste levies unrelated to carbon price
16 July, 2012Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet and Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Mark Dreyfus have cautioned businesses not to mislead customers by claiming recent price hikes in state government waste levies are as a result of the carbon price coming into effect.
Improved rates of dairy effluent compliance in 2011-12 season
12 July, 2012Out of 977 dairy farms in Canterbury, New Zealand, 70% achieved full compliance with dairy shed effluent consent conditions in the latest season, up from 65% in the previous season.
