Place of sustainable building design

A collaborative effort between Lend Lease and the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) has seen the completion of the $550 million Darling Quarter development in Sydney’s CBD. In the heart of the development is the new Commonwealth Bank flagship campus which has used CSR Gyprock’s EC08 plasterboard.

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Design award for biodegradeable children's stool

A children's stool made from wheat starch, water, vinegar, glycerol, pea straw and grass seeds has won a design discovery award.

Biological brands join recycling program

GROLogic and Roots Shoots and Fruits are the latest brands to join the Agrecovery Container Recycling program in New Zealand.

New playful App encourages recycling

The Bin It! App aims to encourage 'players' to toss plastic packaging into virtual - and real world - recycling bins.

‘Fuel’ from paint sludge

In an attempt to halve the amount of paint sludge disposed of in landfill, Ford Australia is using the sludge as an alternative source of fuel in the cement-making process.

New guidelines on petroleum hydrocarbon contamination

New guidelines have been released in Australia on health screening levels for petroleum hydrocarbons in soil, soil vapour and groundwater.

Leichhardt residents’ recycling skills acknowledged

The good recycling skills of residents in Leichhardt have been identified in a recent LGA audit of recycling bins.

Onset weather sensors integrated into Upward Innovation’s DataGarrison satellite station

OneTemp, the Australian agent for Onset (HOBO data loggers), has announced that Upward Innovations, a manufacturer of remote data retrieval systems, has integrated Onset’s plug-and-play weather sensors into its DataGarrison satellite station.

dataTaker DT80M Intelligent Data Logger

Available to rent, the dataTaker DT80M Intelligent Data Logger is a low-power, stand-alone unit with extensive communication capabilities.

Hart 1523 NATA Precision Handheld Thermometer

Available to rent, the Hart 1523 NATA Precision Handheld Thermometer measures, graphs and records PRTs, thermocouples and thermistors, using a wide measurement range.

Crazy for coconuts

Ford and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company are researching the use of coconut fibre reinforcement for moulded plastic parts to reduce the use of petroleum and make the parts lighter and more natural looking.

Tyre-recycling process launched in Victoria

An environmentallly sustainable tyre-recycling process developed in Victoria has been launched.

Market failure in tyre recycling

Silvio de Denaro* explains why and how the tyre industry is working hard to turn around the current ‘market failure’ in the resource recovery of end-of-life tyres.

Responsible recycling of automotive and industrial batteries

The Australian Battery Recycling Initiative (ABRI) has initiated an industry awareness program to ensure that all organisations involved in the recovery of automotive and industrial batteries are aware of their legal, social and environmental obligations.