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How to safely deal with an industrial workplace spill
No matter your place of work, there is always the risk of being involved in an accident.
What is a spill kit used for?
If you work in an industry that regularly uses hazardous chemicals, oils, fuels and other hydrocarbons you must be prepared should one of those materials spill or leak.
What are the three main types of spill kits?
Spills can happen at any workplace, it’s how you prepare for them that counts.
China’s ban on waste imports set to affect the waste management sector
The Australian waste management sector has benefited from growing volumes of waste over the past five years.
Telemetry cuts the cost of leak detection
Albstadtwerke are a utility network distribution provider in southwest Germany supplying potable water, natural gas and electricity
Recycling plastics, the end product and what else can we do?
We all know the phrase Reduce, Re-use, Recycle - but what are the everyday practicalities of this in Australia? What are the final outcomes of recycling plastics? And then what else ...
Magnet solution helps council keep our beaches clean!
Recently, we were contacted by a City Council who needed a solution to help keep their beaches clean.
NSW significantly contaminated sites land management & assessment
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has reinforced recently that protection of human health and the environment are the priority on any decision to declare a site as significantly ...
Caltex Australia Petroleum receives record $400K fine for petrol spill
Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd has been convicted and ordered to pay $850,000 by the Land and Environment Court for a 2013 incident where 150,000 litres of unleaded petrol gushed ...
Welcome improvement to NSW Deposit Scheme rollout
Industry and environment groups have welcomed the change to the start date of the NSW Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) as good policy and congratulated the government on listening to ...
We are wasting our industrial waste, says university
We are wasting our waste, particularly our industrial waste, University of Sydney chemical engineering experts advise.
EPA pilot program calls for reuse of construction & demolition waste
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is searching for organisations that can find new ways to make use of someone else's construction and demolition waste.
Essential Energy fined $300,000 over worker death
Essential Energy has been convicted and fined $300,000 following the death of an electrical worker at Bulahdelah in September 2013.
Engineers challenge Minister over Skilled Occupation listing
The Government continues to allow companies to source engineers from overseas when thousands of Australian based engineers struggle to find work.
New gas pipeline project in Qld offers jobs
A new $80 million gas pipeline project in southern Queensland would offer 170 jobs, State Development Minister Anthony Lynham said 7 September 2016.
ACCC takes action against Volkswagen over diesel emission claims
The ACCC allege Volkswagen engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct, made false or misleading representations and engaged in conduct liable to mislead the public in relation to ...
6 Great Podcasts for Manufacturing Professionals
If you’re not up to speed with podcasts, they’re a great way to stay up to speed with anything and everything while, well, operating at speed.
Tax & workplace relations in building industry warrant early attention
Improving Australia's tax system and changing the toxic culture in the building and construction industry need to be key priorities for the new Parliament, the Australian Chamber of ...
Manufacturing people power: full time or labour hire?
With eCommerce and an ever-growing market of impatient customers expecting everything yesterday, manufacturing has never faced more challenges.
FIFO workmates urged to ask R U OK?
WITH up to 1 in 3 fly-in fly-out workers reportedly experiencing mental health difficulties[1], suicide prevention organisation R U OK? is urging workmates to support one another ...
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