Browsing: Resource efficiency, waste

Ecodollars or dollars? EPHC seeks help with impacts of waste and e-waste * Pilot carbon storage project shows regulatory challenges * Woolies sets out sustainability targets * Property group halves water use in two city buildings, beats 2007-08 water target ahead of schedule

SA Greens win Upper House solar bill changes but knocked back on national electricity bills* WA waste bill passes Lower House * Environment group urges refundable deposit scheme for car batteries * Power generation largely behind 22% rise in NOx * NSW looks for 2008 Green Globe award winners

EPA Victoria has piqued interest worldwide – including from the Clinton Foundation – with its pioneering mandate for companies to implement energy, water and waste projects with a payback of three years or less. CE Daily talks to EPA sustainable development director Terry A'Hearn about its scheme, which will take effect next year. (plus audio)

Timber industry commits to doubling waste recovery * 'Most firms ill-prepared to mitigate carbon risks' * ACT moves on solar PV feed-in tariff * Report give mixed social assessment of water trading * Victoria establishes climate change advisory council

Qld businesses told to do more as 'level 6' water restrictions loom * Labor promises $100 million 'coast care' program * EPA Victoria finalises soil sampling guideline * Greenpeace slams sustainable palm oil roundtable * WBCSD plans business summit at Bali * Pew Centre chief welcomes business sea-change

Court orders Abigroup to pay $20,000 to NSW department * WWF sets out 2008 agenda * OneSteel set to sub-licence waste plastic technology * Major carbon capture cost reductions on the horizon * Melbourne Water sets out drought impacts and climate risks

Abating greenhouse gases over the five years from 2008 to 2012 will cost the Commonwealth about $5.60 per tonne, according to the federal environment department annual report for 2006-07.

Queensland has flagged the prospect of a “performance-based” landfill levy and raised the possibility of container deposit legislation and a new waste statute in a paper discussing possibilities for a revamped state waste strategy.

Gore and IPCC share Nobel Peace Prize (with video); Turnbull names Gunns mill expert panel; Woodside gets clearance for Pluto LNG plant on Burrup; NSW seeks comment on Gosford alternative waste treatment plan.

EPA Victoria issues draft guidance on preparing mandatory efficiency plans; Inquiry into environmental impact reporting seeks submissions; Queensland biodiesel signs in-principle agreement for Australia's largest biodiesel plant