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GBCA: Green Star buildings more efficient, less wasteful

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... emissions, making significant savings on energy and water consumption and costs, and preventing truckloads of waste to landfill. The savings that Green Star is delivering for the built environment - financial, social and environmental - are just too ...

Companies advised to manage carbon price future uncertainty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... parties on the receiving end to examine the ability of those costs to come back off, whatever the arrangements are." Landfill operators will potentially be most affected by the unwinding of pass-through arrangements, de Wit said. "The most difficult ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... policy approach, but has also said that he would leave the CFI in place. ""The main areas that we're focusing on are landfill gas and waste diversion," de Wit said. "We're doing some work with a forestry client and we're just about to start working with ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... crates and initiatives to get baseline data on packaging, particularly for Woollies' own brand products. Overall waste to landfill fell by 16.7% in the year, after a similar fall the previous year. Instead of highlighting these, though, Woollies chose ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... imagination. I can't do better than quote[1] him. After first reminding us that 99% of everything we buy is obsolescent landfill within 6 months, he gets into gear, like Tim Minchin by the fourteenth verse: "Many of the products we buy, especially for ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Richgro waste-to-energy plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... has the capacity to process 35,000 tonnes a year of commercial and industrial organic waste that could be diverted from landfill, said Geoff Richards, Richgro managing director. "Quality, passion and environmental preservation are our main driving forces ...

CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... protection of Australia's natural environment. Thus far, four methodologies have been approved - capture and combustion of landfill gas, destruction of methane generated from manure in piggeries, environmental plantings, and savanna burning, while other ...

Equinix Sydney facility receives LEED certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... through the capture and reuse of rainwater, the fact that 78% of on-site generated construction waste wasdiverted from landfill, the re-use of up to 98% of the building's existing structural elements (walls, floors, and roofs), and overall energy cost ...

Farming, forestry activities proposed for CFI positive list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... its "positive list", meaning that activities including farm forestry, intensive rotational grazing and aspects of small landfill operation could potentially qualify under the Carbon Farming Initiative. The additions to the department's list covers five ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... protection of Australia's natural environment. Thus far, four methodologies have been approved - capture and combustion of landfill gas, destruction of methane generated from manure in piggeries, environmental plantings, and savanna burning, while other ...