Unilever will phase out plastic microbeads found in its facial scrubs, amid fears they are polluting Australian warterways.
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Toyota to release car that runs on hydrogen in Japan
Toyota will release its first hydrogen fuelled car, the Mirai in Japan in December and then in the United States and Europe in mid-2015.
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US and China secure climate change deal, Aus urged to follow
The agreement between the United States and China to further limit carbon emissions up to 2030 has prompted calls for the Australia to follow suit.
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Kimberly-Clark Australia wins environmental award
Kimberly-Clark Australia won the Environment Minister’s Award for a Cleaner Environment at the Banksia Awards, held in Sydney yesterday.
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Climate lobby urges govt to look past 2020 carbon target
Australia should reduce net carbon emissions by 40 per cent of 2020 levels by 2025 and decarbonise the economy between 2040 and 2050, a report says.
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Polluters ready to sign up for Direct Action plan: govt
The federal government says its controversial Direct Action scheme will begin in 2015 and businesses are ready to sign up to it.
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Understanding environmental sustainability in manufacturing
Australian manufacturers planning a long term future must go down the sustainable manufacturing path, if they are going to survive. Alan Johnson reports.
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Carbon tax axing – what’s the result?
The repeal of the carbon tax has stolen plenty of headlines recently. Mike Lorge looks at what is it likely to mean for the nation’s manufacturers.
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Direct Action climate policy receives PUP backing
The government’s $2.55 billion Direct Action climate change policy has received the support of Clive Palmer and is now likely to pass through the senate.
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Kimberly-Clark upgrades Millicent factory
Kimberly-Clark has announced that it will invest $20 million to upgrade its 50-plus-year-old Millicent plant.
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Auto sector represented in Premier’s Sustainability Awards
ZF Boge Elastmetall Australia and Toyota Australia have been named as finalists in Victoria’s 2014 Premier's Sustainability Awards.
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Brisbane manufacturer EGR investigated over environmental issue
EGR, a plastics and manufacturing company based in Brisbane, is being investigated in relation to a ‘chemical’ smell affecting local residents.
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Business welcomes carbon tax repeal
Business groups have welcomed the scrapping of the carbon tax, however the effects of the decision which finally passed the senate yesterday will be mixed.
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Call for environmental review of Adelaide Brighton Cement
The Greens have called for an early review of the emissions license for Adelaide Brighton Cement’s Birkenhead plant because its emissions are on the rise.
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Tartaric acid factory saves on energy bills through bio-reactor
Australia’s biggest manufacturer of natural tartaric acid has seen significant energy savings since installing a biomass reactor.
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Endeangered honeyeater cited by opponents to Hunter steel workshop
An endangered bird has been cited by environmentalists opposed to a planned steel fabrication workshop in the Hunter Economic Zone.
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Greening Australia and the Alcoa Foundation to plant one million trees
Greening Australia and Alcoa of Australia have launched the One Million Trees Project. It will involve the planting of more than one million trees.
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Longwarry Food Park wins for eco friendly project
Longwarry Food Park won Environmental Solution of the Year at the recently-held Endeavour Awards.
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Cutting renewable energy target could cost jobs and investment: report
Scrapping Australia’s renewable energy target could cost billions in potential investment and cost thousands of jobs, according to a report.
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Cut the red tape, cut the green tape
The big three areas of regulation are labour, taxation and green tape. If we can reduce the burden of these, the whole economy stands to reap the benefits.
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