A Sydney-based company, Packaged Environmental Solutions (PES), has won a contract to provide eco-friendly and sustainable infrastructure facilities for an island resort in Fiji.

Researchers at Melbourne University have been awarded a $734,000 grant from the Australian Research Council to evaluate and develop a new planted-soil capping technology for landfills known as phytocapping ('phyto' = plant).

A senior technical officer from Gosford City Council in NSW has been awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to study alternative and traditional solid waste management technologies and practices overseas.

The Natural Edge Project has won a Banksia Award for Environmental Leadership, Education and Training for a book entitled The Natural Advantage of Nations and an associated training program for engineers called the Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program.

Three innovative Australian technologies have won Global 100 Eco-Tech Awards at the 2005 World Expo currently being held in Aichi, Japan.

The Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT) and the Australian Wind Energy Association (AusWEA) have released a collaborative report on the visual impacts of wind farms.

The Victorian government has announced its partnership in the Enviro 06 Convention & Exhibition, which will be held in Melbourne from 7-10 May next year.

Hundreds of tonnes of ferrous metals are being diverted from landfill by a giant magnet at the Jacks Gully Waste and Recycling Centre operated by WSN Environmental Solutions at Narellan, NSW.

Outback Australia will be an additional focus for Clean Up Australia's activities next year.

Australian designer and manufacturer of water pump and pressure systems, Davey Products has acquired the New Zealand-based water treatment company, Contamination Control.

A wave energy generator has been positioned on the sea floor off Fremantle, Western Australia to start trial production of electricity and fresh water with no fossil fuel input.

During March, the Steel Can Recycling Council and Coles Supermarkets ran a promotional campaign to boost the levels of awareness among consumers of the recyclability of steel packaging.

New figures released in a Planet Ark report commissioned by the Australian government have revealed that Australians have cut their plastic bag habit by 1.34 billion bags a year. However, they are still using 5.58 billion plastic checkout bags a year.

A seven-metre tall figure composed of three tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has been installed at South Bank, London.

The first national 'Butt Free City - Please Butt It, Then Bin It' campaign is asking smokers to help reduce the seven billion littered butts that hit Australian footpaths, gutters and waterways every year.