Sunday, June 14, 2026

WA lithium battery recycler wins Supercharge Australia Award

Renewable Metals, a Perth-based lithium battery recycler, has won the inaugural Supercharge Australia Innovation Challenge Award with its technology that converts battery waste into battery metals.

Queensland to house new saveBOARD sustainable building materials facility

Sustainable building materials manufacturer saveBOARD is establishing its first Queensland facility on the Gold Coast after receiving over $1.7 million in grant funding from the state government. 

Researchers test low-carbon fuels on locomotive combustion test engine

The US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Progress Rail, a Caterpillar subsidiary, are working together to develop a variety of biodiesel and renewable diesel fuels with the goal of lowering the carbon intensity of the fuels used in the US freight rail industry.

Siemens SiGreen solution track carbon footprints in SA’s food manufacturing industry

Global technology company Siemens is looking for a South Australia-based food and beverage (F&B) company that will pilot trial SiGreen, an emission-tracking and management solution for product carbon footprints. 

Wide Open Agriculture to identify location for large-scale buntine protein manufacturing facility

Wide Open Agriculture (WOA) announced that it is moving forward in identifying a large-scale manufacturing plant for the production of buntine protein, a key ingredient in a variety of food applications.

IperionX, Canyon team up to manufacture sustainable bicycle components

ASX-listed IperionX Limited has collaborated with Canyon Bicycles to produce bicycle components utilising IperionX's 100 per cent recycled and low-carbon titanium to create a more environmentally friendly titanium supply chain for the cycling industry.

Queensland could become Australia’s new hub for sustainable aviation fuel

Australian petroleum company Ampol has partnered with Japan’s ENEOS to explore advanced biofuel production in Brisbane, bringing Queensland one step closer to becoming Australia’s hub for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). 

SEA Electric inks Zurich collaboration to boost commercial EV uptake

SEA Electric has partnered with Zurich Resilience Solutions (ZRS) to ease the transition of commercial vehicle fleets to sustainable technology. 

Queensland Recycling Modernisation Fund to boost remanufacturing initiatives

Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Meaghan Scanlon announced the first three projects to be funded under the $40 million Queensland Recycling Modernisation Fund (QRMF), which will focus on the remanufacture of waste plastics, glass, paper, cardboard, and tyres into new commercial products.

Melbourne-based Great Wrap launches world’s first compostable pallet wrap

Material science company Great Wrap has unveiled a compostable stretch wrap made from food waste in an effort to combat the world’s reliance on petroleum-based pallet wrap and plastic pollution. 
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