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ACT's ban on plastic bags starts today
Date: 01-Nov-11
Author: Zhi Yan
After a 4-month roll-out period, the ACT's ban on plastic bags is now in effect.
This Pen Used to be an Inkjet
Date: 26-Oct-11
Author: Lucy Band
90% of the new Enviroliner pen - including the ink - is made from used Inkjet cartridges. This new pen is turning waste materials into a valuable resource.
Queensland Businesses Urged to Recycle For Bottom Line and Environment
Date: 24-Oct-11
Author: Lucy Band
With the introduction of a $35 a ton landfill levy on the 1st of December, Queensland businesses are being urged to revise their recycling initiatives and to reduce their waste management costs.
Resource Recovery Entrepreneur Recognised
Date: 17-Oct-11
Author: Steve Morriss, the founder and Executive Director of Close the Loop, the 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' resource recovery partner, has been recognised in the 2011 Ernst & Young.
Wood - A Growing Answer to Climate Change
Date: 17-Oct-11
Author: Lucy Band
A new consumer awareness campaign by Planet Ark is encouraging people to see wood for its environmental benefits.
Office Flings Are Good For The Environment & Improve Staff Engagement
Date: 13-Oct-11
Author: Lucy Band
Join Planet this National Recycling Week (7-13 Nov) for a Friday File Fling. It's an easy to organise sustainability and recycling initiative for any sized office. Register Now.
GS Yuasa EV Battery Joint Venture To Hike Output
Date: 07-Oct-11
Author: A joint venture between Japan's GS Yuasa Corp, Mitsubishi Corp and Mitsubishi Motors Corp will boost the world's production of lithium ion batteries, used in electric cars.
Planet Ark gives thumbs up to new Carbon Trust carbon footprinting options for Australian companies
Date: 07-Oct-11
Author: Lucy Band
Planet Ark welcomes an announcement from the UK Carbon Trust that it is the first organisation to offer certification to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Product Lifecycle Standard for product carbon footprints.
Planet Ark gives thumbs up to new Carbon Trust carbon footprinting options for Australian companies
Date: 07-Oct-11
Author: Lucy Band
Planet Ark welcomes an announcement from the UK Carbon Trust that it is the first organisation to offer certification to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Product Lifecycle Standard for product carbon footprints.
National Recycling Week 2011
Date: 06-Oct-11
Author: Lucy Band
There's no better reminder than National Recycling Week (November 7-13) to inspire us to do something with all the disused items around our homes and offices that can be recycled or given a new lease of life.
More Training For NSW Facility Workers
Date: 30-Sep-11
Author: WCRA is pleased to deliver the next workshop to introduce a Waste & Resource Recovery Facility Workers Manual to benefit waste management facility workers, waste and resource recovery educators and managers.
Passionate? Then Get Published
Date: 26-Sep-11
Author: Lucy Band
If you're passionate about an environmental issue, here is your chance to be heard. Enter our World Environment News 'Letter to the Editor' competition and your story could be viewed by thousands of people from across the globe. Find out more and enter.