Icon Eyewear is diverting contact lenses from landfill on behalf of the Sydney community, as part of a national recycling program operated by TerraCycle and Bausch + Lomb. [ + ]

When a water treatment facility recently undertook a major refurbishment, routine testing of its filtration system showed cause for concern. [ + ]

Container Deposit Systems Australia (CDSA) recently approached SAGE Automation with an unusual automation challenge. [ + ]

Hydroflux Pacific is helping Fiji treat wastewater from both industry and resorts, all of which potentially makes its way into the country's coral reefs. [ + ]

Australian and US researchers have discovered a way to utilise metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to make sea water suitable for drinking. [ + ]

Following success overseas, smart waste compacting bins and balers that communicate are now saving Australian businesses time, space and money. [ + ]

Logistics company Toll Group has opened a new distribution centre in Western Sydney, helping retailers deliver for their customers faster and more efficiently. [ + ]

Fraunhofer researchers are developing a cost-effective surface coating based on renewable raw materials. The focus of their research? Potato starch. [ + ]

Westpac Group's fit-out in Tower Two of Barangaroo's International Towers Sydney has received the highest number of Green Star points achieved by any office fit-out in Australia. [ + ]

SA Water plans to reduce its demand on the grid and increase its renewable energy generation and storage capacity, in an ambitious plan to achieve zero net electricity costs within the next three years. [ + ]

Bentley software was used in China on water project design and to compile relevant design standards, specifications and technical manuals. As a result, subsequent water projects were developed quicker and at a lower cost. [ + ]

A seawater pump was needed at Daydream Island to pump filtered sea water to the Living Reef on the North Side of the Daydream Island Resort. [ + ]

Sekisui House Australia has partnered with Flow Systems to install one of the largest high-rise rooftop solar panel systems in the world across a masterplanned residential community at its new Norwest development, The Orchards. [ + ]

Australian technology at a soon-to-be-built radioactive waste treatment facility could dramatically reduce the volume of waste compared to other methods. [ + ]

A small business in The Islands of Tahiti is utilising leftover raw materials from the ever-popular fishing industry to reduce wastage by creating fish-skin leather. [ + ]