Waste Treatment & Environmental Management Feature Articles

In an Australian first, researchers have observed the generation of internal waves flowing hundreds of metres beneath the ocean surface on the North West Shelf.

Beef produced in feedlots has a smaller carbon footprint than meat raised exclusively on pastures, according to the surprise results of a UNSW study of the environmental impacts of ...

GM foods engineered to contain high levels of nutrients could be a neat solution to micronutrient deficiencies in poor countries, but there are many scientific, social and political ...

A hole in the ground is no longer seen as a fitting or final resting place for Australia’s rubbish. Recycling, reuse and production of energy from waste is increasing. For the $8.9 ...

CSIRO and Chinese scientists have developed a new climatic index which provides an answer to a riddle that has puzzled researchers for decades: 'Why has south-west Western Australia ...

Rio Tinto has increased its iron ore footprint in Western Australia after the company late last month started producing from the US$901 million Mesa A / Warramboo mine in the Pilbara ...

As part of an international consortium, CSIRO scientists have played an important role in uncovering groundbreaking new information about Fusarium – a fungus capable of devastating ...

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) will support conditional increases of between $10.50 and $12.50 per week to award wages in the Annual Minimum Wage Review.

CSIRO and Bayer CropScience are embarking on a new two-year research program designed to assess the sustainability of new generation crops.

New Curtin University of Technology research has shown that it may be possible for business to save the environment and money at the same time by remanufacturing compressors for ...

Health-conscious consumers are behind two industries identified by IBISWorld as among the fastest growing over the past decade.

More extremely hot days, fewer cold ones wetter in the north and drier in the south: this is not a forecast for Australia's climate but a snapshot of our climate now.

Rio Tinto has announced plans to expand its Mine of the Future program in Western Australia, which will see the company develop new equipment and systems for deep underground mines. ...

Innovative technology has made recycling and the reuse of wastewater a possibility at a new development project on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

Australia needs to stem the flow of apprentices not completing their apprenticeships if we are to meet future skills needs, according to research currently being conducted by the ...

Our shift towards more diverse energy sources, such as wind and solar, creates new challenges for the supply of power to our workplaces and homes - especially when you consider that ...

Decades of industrial logging in Australia's wet forests have made them more fire prone, raising urgent fire management issues, according to an ANU academic.

Minister for Finance Michael Daley and Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources Ian Macdonald have announced the next step in a joint campaign to improve safety in the forestry ...

Scientists may have made the breakthrough of a lifetime, turning discarded fruit peels and other throwaways into cheap, clean fuel to power the world's vehicles.

In a recent speech to the Australia–Israel Chamber of Commerce, BCA President Graham Bradley outlined the priorities for Australia to meet its complex mix of long-term challenges, ...