When it comes to carbon pricing from waste, you would be excused if you find it hard to tell the truth from the erroneous. It is pretty easy to miss the big picture behind the headline-grabbing estimate or to just feel lost because you went away for a few days! [ + ]

Representing the first public private partnership (PPP) for the West Australian water industry, the $300 million Mundaring Water Treatment Plant is designed to provide a secure and exclusive source of potable water for around 100,000 rural and town services in West Australia's Wheatbelt and Goldfields regions. [ + ]

By some estimates, Australia has as many as 160,000 contaminated sites. In this article, Professor Ravi Naidu, Managing Director and CEO, CRC CARE, provides his insights on how CRC is  helping to establish Australia as a world leader in the science of contamination assessment and remediation. [ + ]

The removal of sludge is one of the most critical challenges in creation of good-quality effluent from wastewater treatment plants. In this article, Ben Metman from Control Components explains why, and how it can be measured and monitored for optimum efficiency. [ + ]

While the politics of climate change still remains a contentious issue in Australia, with the axing of the carbon tax by the Abbott government, there still remains a significant business risk associated with climate change that cannot be ignored. [ + ]

Food manufacturing specialist Wiley has designed and constructed an innovative biogas and water treatment plant for JBS Australia. The innovation has resulted in improved sustainability and a reduced carbon footprint for the meat processing company. [ + ]

Solar PV manufacturer Yingli Green Energy Australia, known as Yingli Solar, has supplied Australia Post with a 284 kWp solar PV system through provider Photon Energy Australia. [ + ]

Degrémont, a subsidiary of water and waste management company Suez Environnement, has just signed a contract with Delta Electricity to operate and maintain the water reclamation plant at Vales Point Power Station in New South Wales. Sustainability Matters talks to Stuart Gowans, General Manager - Business Development at Degrémont, to find out more about the company's expansion into the industrial sector in Australia. [ + ]

One of the United States' newest dairy processing plants features wastewater treatment technology that not only improves biomass recovery and effluent quality, but also harnesses green energy from waste streams. [ + ]

Yarra Valley Water is investing $11 million to improve the sewerage system in Croydon and Chirnside Park, Melbourne, as well as providing recycled water to new developments in the area. [ + ]

Rotork Australia's CVA electric control valve actuators are enabling Sydney Water to control the pressure in the city's water supply network with greatly increased response and accuracy. [ + ]

Food manufacturing specialist Wiley has designed and constructed an innovative biogas and water treatment plant for meat processing company JBS Australia. [ + ]

City dwellers make up more than 50% of the world's population. Current urbanisation trends show that in the next 40 years, 70% of all people on the planet will be living in cities. [ + ]

​Brewer SABMiller is scaling up its sustainable development programs with a set of ambitious new targets to achieve by 2020. Sustainable development is a key element of the company's business strategy. [ + ]

​When Canon Australia made the decision to relocate from its 25-year-old headquarters to a brand new building in Sydney's Macquarie Park, it was always known that sustainability would play a key role in the transition. [ + ]