Waste Treatment & Environmental Management Feature Articles

Feature of the week: A study by the Monash Centre for Environmental Management found around 10% to 15% of paint bought by householders and trade painters remained unused at the end ...

Feature of the week: Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) is an integral part of the daily consumer cycle.

Feature of the week: Every product used in a building has an impact on the environment. That impact, though, can be mitigated by making wise choices.

Feature of the week: Precast concrete was pioneered in London and first used in the early 1900s. Since then, Australia has adopted the art form in buildings, civil structures and ...

Feature of the week: At an Australian British Chamber of Commerce lunch in Sydney last month, BHP Billiton Chief Executive Marius Kloppers spoke about the need of a carbon pricing ...

The world's rivers - the single largest renewable water resource for humans and a crucible of aquatic biodiversity - are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global ...

Excessive pressure at work is costing Australia's economy $730 million a year due to job-stress related depression, a University of Melbourne and VicHealth report has revealed.

If Sara Spence has her way, you won't be throwing out the plastic bottle she's designed – even though it is compostable.

The idea that greenhouse gas emissions are warming Earth's atmosphere is one of the most certain concepts in natural science yet as the level of scientific certainty has grown, so ...

Curtin University researchers are part of a key group of scientists set to investigate and make recommendations for future successful tight gas exploration in Western Australia.

New talks, to discuss the changes in the planned Australian Mining Tax, will begin soon.

Feature of the week: Keith Monaghan was not impressed. The president of the Plastics Industry Manufacturers of Australia (PIMA) had just picked up the phone. A consultant was on the ...

Feature of the week: Environmental groups are calling for plans for Australia's first large scale nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory to be put on hold, ...

Feature of the week: Protestors recently turned to parliamentary members to help them save the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary from mining purposes.

Feature of the week: All three major political parties have now laid out their environmental credentials for the upcoming election, and although all promise action, there are wide ...

Feature of the week: Leading Australian and International Climate Change experts have come together for a timely workshop, to discuss adaption options for wetlands in the Murray ...

Feature of the week: Australia's primary industries have been snubbed again by the Federal Government's inability to fund any new transport projects in Sydney.

Feature of the week: The national boom in recycling is leading to a renaissance of the waste management industry, as firms open new facilities to deal with new types of material ...

In Australia's first ever climate change adaption conference, scientists and decision makers delivered a clear message: agriculture and farming businesses must cope with the changing ...

Only 38 per cent of Generation X, tertiary qualified women participating in a long-running University of Melbourne study or work full-time, compared to 90 per cent of Generation X, ...