Waste Treatment & Environmental Management Feature Articles

Scientists have unveiled a new method for extracting metallic iron from its ore while curbing Earth-warming carbon dioxide emissions.

A low-cost wastewater treatment system built entirely with recycled materials and parts from hardware shops will help transfer Australian expertise to classrooms in Tunisia.

Australian and French scientists say they have manufactured a lightweight and reusable material that can absorb up to 33 times its weight in certain chemicals — a possible new tool ...

Ditching petrol for a clean-tech electric car sounds like an earth-saving move in theory. But if your charge is going to run out half way through your journey, it's not very practical ...

Conservatism not charisma is the vital ingredient for a successful business leader, a new study claims.

Australian scientists have devised a way to model polluted groundwater with computer simulation — and better protect the Earth's main fresh water supply.

Flights will become bumpier as global warming destabilises air currents at altitudes used by commercial airliners, climate scientists warn.

A QUT post-graduate team has taken out first prize against teams from across the globe in Asia's largest business planning competition with a plan that could help mining companies ...

From major retailers to trucking and shipping, US companies are making major strides in emissions control, reduced energy consumption and cost savings.

Murdoch University researchers are touting biogas from small-scale food waste digesters as a source of renewable energy for rural and regional communities.

Public concern about new technology infrastructure like mobile phone masts has been shown to trigger reports of ill health, and recently even the new 'green' technology of wind ...

China now earns as much from selling solar panels as it does from shoes, as Asia's emerging economies prepare to prosper in a future that limits carbon emissions, a report says.

In the past year, there has been significant progress made on some reforms to support Australia's manufacturing sector, notably in the anti-dumping area.

Research into sustainable automotive technologies will be boosted with the launch of RMIT University's $10 million Green Engines Research Facility in Bundoora, the first of its kind ...

A new version of lithium-sulphur battery that can run electric vehicles is being developed at the Baosteel-Australia Joint Research and Development Centre based at The University of ...

Research into a decade of development in China provides little support for the so-called 'pollution haven' hypothesis.

A newly established joint research centre at Curtin University will help secure future energy supplies and reduce CO2 emissions from both Australia and China.

Pig farmer Edwina Beveridge still gets excited every time she receives a power bill and sees the savings.

The important role of farmers in tackling climate change was in the spotlight when some of Australia’s leading science and agriculture minds analysed the Federal Government’s Carbon ...

Bringing down the cost of hybrid electric vehicles and making it easier to integrate more renewable energy into the grid are just some of the achievements of CSIRO’s UltraBattery.