Penrith-based and family-operated soaping mill, Shampoo with a Purpose, today celebrates a company?milestone by selling over 25,000 solid shampoo bars since launch and saving over 150,000 single-use?plastic bottles from ending up in Australian landfill. Launched in 2018 and lead by mother-and-daughter duo, Liz & Geneva Valek, Shampoo With A Purpose?pioneers the green movement in Australian […]
HIGHLIGHTS? Lithium Australia moves to a 73.7% interest in Envirostream, up from 23.9%.? Envirostream is the only Australian company able to recycle all the energy metals from spent lithium ion batteries (“LIB”s).? Envirostream has successfully constructed and is commissioning its expanded Melbourne processing facility (capacity to recycle up to 3,000tpa of batteries).? Shipments of mixed […]
After three years of research, a team of leading marine experts, led by The Nature Conservancy and Deakin University, release today a watershed report describing and mapping the economic value provided, free-of-charge, by the coastal wetlands of south-eastern Australia. “Our research reveals for the first time the often underappreciated economic value provided by our coastal […]
A new campaign is warning NSW residents to be vigilant when renovating or building because asbestos lurks in more places than you’d think, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) announced today ahead of Asbestos Awareness Week (November 25 – December 1). Over 3,000 products containing asbestos were used in Australian homes and workplaces before asbestos […]
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced a funding round of up to $70 million to help fast track the development of renewable hydrogen in Australia. ? ARENA’s hydrogen funding round is expected to play a material role in supporting commercial scale deployments of renewable hydrogen in Australia. […]
After more than a year of careful planning and community consultation, the construction of new oyster reefs in Oyster Harbour, near Albany on WA’s southern coast gets underway next week. “I’m so excited to get construction started,” said Alex Hams, Marine Project Coordinator at The Nature Conservancy. “Rebuilding these locally extinct reefs will bring back […]
Key facts: More than half (59%) always or almost always buy free-range eggs, with over half (52%) saying they never or hardly ever buy caged eggs 30 per cent don’t know or are unsure what caged eggs are Less than a third of consumers (32%) know how little space layer hens have in a cage […]
The Hickory Group continue to be one of the most environmentally friendly construction company in Australia. In recent months Hickory has completed projects such as Market Lane, Nexus Corporate, and Conservatory that have obtained 5-star ratings from either or both NABERS and the Green Building Council of Australia. There has been significant growth in the […]
A Wimmera volunteer protecting rare aquatic praying mantis from drought set to represent VIC on national stage ? As drought and unprecedented bushfire conditions rage across rural Victoria, one Stawell volunteer is dedicated to safeguarding an endangered aquatic praying mantis and other rare species in the Wimmera. ? By coordinating the planting of 1.1 million […]
Researchers at the University of Adelaide found that in many Australian inland waterways, risks to water quality associated with the potential release of the carp virus would be minimal in many areas and manageable in others. “If the carp virus is released to control carp,” explains Principal Investigator Justin Brooks “the ecosystem will need to […]
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