Latest Industry News
- Ricoh partners with PrintReleaf carbon offset platform March 12, 2025Ricoh has announced a new partnership in Australia with PrintReleaf, an industry sustainability solution provider, delivered by wholesale solution supplier Dynamic Software Solutions (DSS). PrintReleaf is a platform that is claimed to automatically convert an organisation’s paper footprint into new trees. As paper is consumed in printers, either an equivalent volume of trees (biomass) is planted in targeted […]
- Melbourne and Bandung join forces to tackle food waste March 12, 2025Innovators from Melbourne and Bandung, Indonesia will join forces to tackle food waste and potentially accelerate the transition to a circular food system. Applications are now open for the Melbourne-Bandung Food Waste Challenge, delivered in partnership between the City of Melbourne, Rocket Seeder and the City of Bandung. “Our partner-city relationships are crucial to help […]
- Unlocking rooftops: a 'game changer' for renewable energy March 12, 2025According to Partners in Performance, a major barrier to renewable energy expansion in Australia is the strong opposition from rural communities who fear the takeover of arable land by solar farms, wind turbines and transmission pylons, all to satisfy the needs of EV-driving city dwellers. Critics also cite infrastructure costs to connect a myriad of […]
- City of Casey announces community climate action initiative March 11, 2025The City of Casey in Victoria has commenced its Climate Action Living Lab, which aims to harness the collective expertise of a range of partners to address climate challenges for a safer, more sustainable future. To address these challenges, organisations operating in the climate-ready space were invited to apply for a Climate Action Living Lab grant […]
- Choosing the best evaporation technique for digestate and sludge March 10, 2025Due to their thick, viscous nature, digestates and sludges are among the most challenging materials to evaporate efficiently and effectively. However, the benefits in terms of handling, disposal and treatment can be significant. While there is considerable interest in using mechanical vapour recompression (MVR) evaporation techniques, the complex nature of digestate means that MVR may […]
- Basketball Vic reduces sports ball waste with TreadLightly March 10, 2025Basketball Victoria has joined the TreadLightly program as its newest partner, to help reduce the millions of sports balls that are discarded into landfill each year. TreadLightly, an industry-led national recycling program powered by the Australian Sporting Goods Association (ASGA), is dedicated to empowering Aussie sports enthusiasts to reduce their environmental footprint by recycling their sports footwear and […]
- EOI released for Sydney circular economy precinct March 10, 2025Sydney Water is creating a 12-hectare circular economy zone (CEZ) in Western Sydney, set to drive economic growth, create new jobs and foster sustainable innovation. The Expression of Interest (EOI) tender is now open for lease options for various land uses focused on the circular economy, such as bioenergy and nutrient recovery, sustainable fuels and organic […]
- Low-carbon liquid fuels industry gets funding boost March 6, 2025The Australian Government is providing $250 million to accelerate the pace of the country’s growing domestic low-carbon liquid fuels (LCLF) industry. This funding, administered by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), is part of the $1.7 billion Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund and will be provided as grants to support pre-commercial innovation, demonstration and deployment. Low-carbon liquid […]
- Japanese investment accelerates Aussie cleantech March 6, 2025Mitsubishi Ube Cement Corporation (MUCC), a joint venture between Mitsubishi Materials and Ube Cement, has announced a US$5 million investment into MCi Carbon (MCi). MCi is an Australian clean technology company currently scaling a mineral carbonation platform to capture and transform carbon dioxide (CO2) into building products and other valuable materials for the circular carbon economy. […]
- Yarra Valley Water nominated for global water award March 5, 2025Yarra Valley Water has been named as one of four finalists shortlisted for the Public Water Agency of the Year title at the Global Water Awards 2025. Presented annually at the Global Water Summit, the prestigious awards celebrate outstanding achievements in the international water industry, recognising innovation and operational excellence. Yarra Valley Water Managing Director Pat […]
- CDS Vic teams up with Carlton FC to reduce landfill March 5, 2025This year’s AFL season is set to become more sustainable, as Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic) has signed on as a gold partner of the Carlton Football Club until at least the end of 2026. The two-year partnership will see CDS Vic branding on AFL match-days including LED, big screen and IPTV signage at home games. It […]
- Officeworks launches all-women-led commercial solar project March 4, 2025Officeworks, Smart Commercial Solar and Australian Women in Solar Energy (AWISE) have partnered to launch an all-women-led commercial solar project. The project will take place at Officeworks Bundoora in Victoria, featuring a 96 kW rooftop solar system — 16 times the size of an average home system. The process of this initiative — from analysis and project […]