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How businesses can embed more sustainable waste management practices beyond National Recycling Week

John Conomos, Executive Director Strategic Partnerships at SKG Services, a family-owned Australian company with a 50-year history delivering cleaning, maintenance and security services across the country with a 50-year history Most workplaces have recycling bins. That part’s done. What’s usually missing is any real understanding of what’s going into them, and that’s where things fall […]

Green waste comes full circle with free compost giveaway

What began as food and organic waste from your green bin is now compost you can collect to fill your garden beds. REMONDIS Australia and Lake Macquarie City Council are giving away compost processed from kerbside food and garden waste collections on 21 November at the Organic Resource Recovery Facility (ORRF) within the Awaba Waste […]

Honeywell Technologies unveils new EBI, fire and life safety and security innovations that bring more intelligent, autonomous operations to buildings

Accelerate 2026 showcases new AI-powered building intelligence via EBI One, as well as the expansion of Honeywell Technologies’ fire and life safety product capabilities for early detection, nuisance alarm reduction and smarter responses. Additional innovations set to be introduced throughout 2027 include a new LenelS2 Adaptive Intelligence Suite for building security and a next-generation Niagara […]

SSFA Launches Second Edition of the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance and an Addendum on Enabling Activities that Support Green and Transition Activities

The Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA), supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), today launched the second edition of the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (SAT). The revision updates technical screening criteria across four sectors: Energy, Maritime, Iron and Steel, and Data Centres. Alongside the SAT revision, an addendum to the Guidance for Leveraging […]

95% of new city climate targets set in the last decade found to exceed prevailing national ambition, new GCoM report finds

Launched at COP31, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy’s 10-year Impact Report reveals that cities and local governments continue to move further and faster – despite the strongest national climate commitments to date Cities and local governments are leading global climate ambition, with 58% of Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & […]

Judges blown away by Melbourne students’ energy generator design

Credit: Justine Underhill Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Melbourne The team packed up their clever design and transported it to France for the international Floating Wind Challenge, held in France. They were the first team from the southern hemisphere to participate in the competition, which aims to stimulate and inspire the next generation […]

Brazilian cities accelerate urban climate action as COP30 implementation legacy consolidates at the local level

One year after COP30, in Belém, cities across Brazil have already begun turning climate commitments into action. Across different regions of the country, mayors are turning targets into projects, transforming transport, waste management, and the use of public funds and preparedness for the impacts of climate change, in a year marked by a super El […]

Battery boom: Western Sydney demand triples ahead of January rebate cut

VoltX Energy Chief Operating Officer David Sedighi Western Sydney has become one of the fastest-growing markets for home batteries in the country, as households look for ways to reduce soaring energy bills ahead of a looming deadline. VoltX Energy Chief Operating Officer David Sedighi said households were becoming increasingly focused on controlling recurring household expenses […]

30 years of recycling progress, but Australians still aren’t sure they are getting it right

New research for Planet Ark’s National Recycling Week reveals a confidence gap, with fewer than one in six Australians very confident they recycle correctly. Australians believe recycling has become easier over the past 30 years, but new research reveals many remain unsure whether they’re getting it right. The Pollinate Pulse survey, commissioned by Planet Ark, […]

New research hub to advance renewable energy and resource recovery

Professor Kalpit Shah demonstrating pyrolysis. RMIT will lead the RENEW Organics Hub, bringing together academic, industry partners and government to support Australia’s energy transition. RMIT University RENEW has received almost $5 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) as part of the latest round of the Industrial Transformation Research Hubs initiative. This investment will fund […]

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First published in 2003, Eco Voice is your go-to publication for sustainability news in Australia. Eco Voice prides itself as an independent news platform with a clear focus on sustainability, with articles coming from a diverse range of contributors – all levels of government, corporations, not-for-profits, community groups, small to medium sized businesses, universities, research organisations, together with input from international sources. Eco Voice values community, conservation and commerce. Eco Voice is a media partner of the prestigious Australian Banksia Sustainability Awards – The Peak Sustainability Awards.
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