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New alliance powering a greener future

Jacquelene 5 June 2025

EcoPHA, in partnership with award-winning Australian design company Terra Sol, is connecting biofuel and bioplastics in a unique circular model using pongamia trees, a native species now being embraced by major industry players including Rio Tinto. As global industry races to decarbonise, an unlikely hero is emerging from the Australian landscape: […]

A step towards better battery recycling

Jacquelene 5 June 2025

A battery stewardship scheme aimed to increase battery collection and recycling in Australia has received interim and conditional authorisation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The ACCC has granted interim authorisation until 26 September 2025 to allow the Battery Stewardship Scheme to continue with a limited levy and […]

EPA investigates bee poisoning

Jacquelene 18 April 2025

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is investigating potential pesticide misuse in Corowa after samples taken from local hives and deceased bees tested positive to pesticides. On 12 March 2025, local beekeepers alerted the EPA to an unusually high number of dead bees across at least three different hive locations. […]

UK Defence Ministry examines AUKUS

Jacquelene 11 April 2025

It has taken some time for Australia’s mainstream corporate media to pick up on this news piece from the UK but, on April 2, the UK Parliament’s Defence Committee launched an inquiry into AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership between the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Australia. By Jacquelene […]

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