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Action on ‘mountains’ of furniture waste
The Australian Furnishing Association (AFA) has the support of industry leaders, representing all areas of furnishing, to help tackle the problem of excessive waste, product contamination and unsustainability in the sector. The Australian Furnishing Industry Product Stewardship Taskforce was convened earlier this year, in support of Australian Government initiatives aimed [...]
Engineers devise new method to remove harmful E. coli from water
Engineers at Monash University have come up with an improved method to remove potentially deadly bacteria, such as E. coli, from water using graphitic carbon nitride and sunlight. The international team, led by Professor Xiwang Zhang in Monash University’s Department of Chemical Engineering, combined graphitic carbon nitride with polyethylenimine [...]
World bushfire breakthrough as Adelaide company launches new pre-emptive fuel load technology
Adelaide aerial mapping specialist, Aerometrex, has developed what is believed to be a world-breakthrough in new technology able to determine, in three dimensions, the exact fuel load densities in any bushfire prone region. The move is expected to bring a critical new pre-emptive fire-fighting tool in time for emergency and [...]