Biotechnology combats offending odours
24 April, 2009
A combination of engineering and modern biotechnology has been harnessed to combat offending odours produced by many industries including wastewater treatment and secondary waste processing.
Macarthur recycling facility reaches quarter of a million tonnes
22 April, 2009
Sydney recycler WSN Environmental Solutions has processed a quarter of a million tonnes of resources in its materials recycling facility (MRF) at Macarthur Resource Recovery Park at Narellan.
Brady spill containment solutions
07 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Brady Australia Pty Ltd
Brady has released its latest Spill Containment product range.
TEOM series 1405 for particulate monitoring
07 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Lear Siegler Australasia Pty Ltd
Lear Siegler, in conjunction with Thermo Fisher Scientific, has released the TEOM series 1405 for ambient particulate monitoring, featuring modernised electronics and a touch-screen user interface packaged in a single cabinet.
Multiwaste shredder
02 April, 2009 | Supplied by: ITs Green
The Evashred EV65E Multiwaste Shredder is a strong, durable machine which has the ability to shred high-throughput volume. Suitable for document destruction, paper and plastic shredding, its design is based on two previous models: EV45E and EV60E.
Cane toads to return to canefields as mulch
26 March, 2009
One of Australia’s greatest pests, the cane toad, is about to serve a useful purpose as mulch in the sugar cane crops it has traditionally multiplied in.
Advanced waste treatment plant opened in Western Sydney
26 March, 2009
A $50 million advanced waste treatment plant will establish Western Sydney residents as the most effective recyclers in NSW.
48 tonnes of waste saved from going to landfill
17 March, 2009
Over the last week, New Zealanders saved 48 tonnes of waste from going to landfill as part of this year’s Fisher & Paykel Appliances’ recycling days.
Council streamlines waste workflows
12 March, 2009
Following an influx of close to 12,000 customer service requests last year, primarily for missed bins, Hume City Council in NSW has implemented a Spatial Waste Collection & Incident Recording System to streamline workflows for its waste services crew.
Metropolitan Waste and Resource Strategic Plan released
03 March, 2009
The Brumby government has released the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Strategic Plan, setting the future direction for Melbourne’s waste management.
DUMP award winners for bad packaging announced
03 March, 2009
Everyday supermarket items including Coles pre-packed lemons, Kids Care fruit snacks and Dynamo laundry refill packs have been exposed for their use of damaging and useless packaging in Environment Victoria’s 2009 National DUMP Awards.
Container deposit systems will cost consumers more
02 March, 2009
Australian Food and Grocery Council Chief Executive Kate Carnell said that it was disappointing that high-profile members of the community were still calling for costly, outdated 1970s solutions to 2009 challenges.
Unit pricing of household garbage
22 January, 2009
An alternative to a flat-rate waste collection service is one in which households are charged per unit of waste they produce. This technical paper, written by Dr Joe Pickin of Hyder Consulting, discusses a case study in Melbourne that studied the effect of unit pricing of household garbage. Did it improve welfare, reduce garbage, or neither?
European Parliament bans 22 toxic substances
22 January, 2009
The European Parliament (EU) has adopted legislation that bans the use of 22 toxic substances, including carcinogenic, reprotoxic, genotoxic, endocrine-disrupting and immunotoxic chemicals.
Cleansing leaks from toxic tips
21 January, 2009
Across Australia, tens of thousands of garbage tips are leaking a toxic brew of old, and sometimes deadly, chemicals into the water ingested or used about the home by up to 4 million people.
