ANZBP News
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Australian & NZ News media
2023
- 06/2023 – Turning poo into produce: Canberra’s plan for a green wastewater plant recycling sewage into fertiliser.
- 06/2023 – The Number 2 Solution
- 06/2023 – Engineers create novel method to eliminate heavy metals from biosolids
- 06/2023 – Standardising analysis of microplastics in biosolids
- 03/2023 – PFAS for dinner? Study of ‘forever chemicals’ build-up in cattle points to ways to reduce risks
- 03/2023 – PFAS might be everywhere – including toilet paper – but let’s keep the health risks in context
- 03/2023 – Champions of Sustainability – ANZBP National Conference 2023
- 01/2023 – What a waste: getting our poop sludge out of landfill
2022
- 11/2022 – Emerge Fertiliser by Watercare was selected as a finalist at the 2022 Fieldays Innovation Awards
- 10/2022 – How the Australian government plans to deal with potentially deadly ‘forever chemicals’
- 09/2022 – New push to limit PFAS farm contamination
- 09/2022 – Australia’s innovative biosolids gasification facility is operational
- 09/2022 – Bold plan to manage ‘forever chemicals’
- 07/2022 – Business case approved for Wellington’s new sludge minimisation facility
- 06/2022 – Aucklanders’ poo to be turned into fertiliser at Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant
- 05/2022 – Soil health in focus as fertiliser prices soar and farmers look for alternatives
- 04/2022 – Sewage solution lights up Logan’s carbon ambitions
- 04/2022 – Human waste turned into renewable energy at Australia’s first biosolids gasification plant
- 03/2022 – Farmers fertilising ‘exceptional’ cotton crops with treated human sewage
- 03/2022 – VIDEO: Smells Like Money: Treated sewage turbo charging crops
2021
- 11/2021 – Utilities on pathway to carbon neutrality
- 11/2021 – Circular economy move boosted by UN
- 11/2021 – Aries Linden Biosolids Gasification Plant Achieves Mechanical Completion
- 10/2021 – Reusing biosolids in the wastewater sector
- 07/2021 – Biosolids to Biochar: new recycled waste technology for farmers
- 06/2021 – Realising the economic value of renewable energy from biosolids
- 05/2021 – Biosolids waste reduction and reuse
- 04/2021 – The circular economy for organics – are we there yet?
- 03/2021 – PFAS in biosolids: A review of international regulations
2020
- 11/2020 – ARENA and Sydney Water partner for biomethane to grid trial
- 10/2020 – Logan City turning human waste into energy in move to go carbon neutral within two years
- 10/2020 – Government News gives an update on the Logan Treatment Plant
- 08/2020 – Kawerau worm farm expands thanks to Provincial Growth Fund loan (NZ)
- 07/2020 – Standards Australia works on new flushability standard
- 06/2020 – Whitsunday waste will work wonders
- 05/2020 – Community consultation key to new northern Tasmania biosolids facility
- 05/2020 – Sydney Water treatment program tops sustainability ratings
- 01/2020 – Melbourne Water’s landfill rehabilitation project a success
2019
- 12/2019 – Realising the Economic Value of Renewable Energy from Biosolids
- 11/2019 – Showcasing Sustainability at one of Australia’s largest sewage treatment plants
- 10/2019 – ARC Funding for Advanced Biosolids Transformation Training Centre
- 10/2019 – Current Magazine Feature on Waste as a Resource
- 07/2019 – NSW Council slashes sewage costs with plant upgrade
- 06/2019 – Could liquid biosolids help grow Australia’s agricultural industry?
- 05/2019 – Sacred site to be rebuilt in landmark project (NZ)
- 05/2019 – Soil-injected liquid biosolids trial in Victoria
- 05/2019 – Biosolids featured in The Australian Farmer eBook
- 01/2019 – Recycling biosolids to make sustainable bricks
- 01/2019 – From biosolids, big things grow for utilities
2018
- 11/2018 – The case for thermal hydrolysis
- 10/2018 – Increasing carbon in Australian soil
- 09/2018 – Research by the ANZBP’s Kelly Hopewell and Paul Darvodelsky featured in the Australian Water eJournal
- 08/2018 – ARC awards Uni of Newcastle $1.5m to develop PFAS remediation solutions
- 08/2018 – Biosolids application on rehabilitated gold mine
- 07/2018 – Pilot project to turn biosolids into crude oil
- 07/2018 – Sydney Water biosolids assist in drought effort
- 06/2018 – Biosolids from TasWater’s decommissioned sewage lagoons in Dru Point re-used as pasture fertilizer
- 06/2018 – Researchers look at ways to turn poo into power and profit
- 03/2018 – Queensland Urban Utilities sets up world first ‘Looseum’
2017
- 11/2017 – Sydney Water to spend $62m to fix sewage problem at North Head
- 11/2017 – How carbon farming can help solve climate change
- 10/2017 – Whitianga Bio-solid composter unit closed (NZ)
- 10/2017 – The chemicals in firefighting foam aren’t the new asbestos
- 10/2017 – Australian government to take step towards ratifying listing of PFOS on Stockholm Convention
- 09/2017 – How human waste is helping Aussie farmers get the best out of their land
- 09/2017 – Sydney Water doing a solid for farmers
- 08/2017 – Utility capturing biogas to improve energy efficiency
- 07/2017 – Want to reach zero-emissions? The answer might lie in biosolids
- 06/2017 – No joyride for trespassers at Bendigo Water Reclamation Plant in Epsom
- 06/2017 – Collaboration and Connection in the Biosolids Industry (ANZBP Article)
- 05/2017 – Australia’s first poo-powered car unveiled at Queensland Urban Utilities
- 03/2017 – Get some free mulch (NZ)
- 03/2017 – Lockyer Valley couple recycle a better future with biosolids
- 03/2017 – Has the solution for filtering out microplastics been hiding in plain sight
- 03/2017 – Need help grading your biosolids? This new method can help
- 03/2017 – Innovation in Sludge Management at TasWater
Archive – Australia
2016
- 11/2016 – The moment that dropped a truckie in the s**t
- 11/2016 – World first study quantifies utility’s value to community
- 09/2016 – WaterRA project update – mechanisms of spontaneous combustion in biosolids stockpiles
- 08/2016 – Coliban wastewater sludge from Heathcote turned into biosolids in Bendigo
- 08/2016 – Reuse program aids farms
- 07/2016 – Soil increasingly at risk from household products
- 05/2016 – Mining the Waters
- 04/2016 – Treated sewage product biosolids gives Darling Downs cropping land valuable boost
- 04/2016 – Western Treatment Plant defies old stereotypes
- 03/2016 – From beetroot tops to toilet waste, a community’s biomass plan to convert its waste to energy
2015
- 11/08/2015 – Kamloops and Nicola Valley Unite in Fight Against Biosolids08/2015
- 31/05/2015 – When the *%#^ hits the fan!
- 06/04/2015 – Treated sewage product biosolids gives Darling Downs cropping land valuable boost
2014
2013
- 06/12/2013 – It’s a #@$% of a job
- 15/09/2013 – Tasmanian breaking ground in biosolids farm fertilising / Audio
- 12/08/2013 – Biosolids good for soils, company (ANZBP Member – Transpacific Industries Group)
- 08/08/2013 – Galong concern on biosolids waste storage
- 01/08/2013 – Waste turns barren paddocks into a success
- 01/08/2013 – A view from the air leads to gains on the ground
- 01/07/2013 – Human waste is a safe fertiliser: expert
- 01/07/2013 – The bouquet of Bondi farmer’s chosen waste
- 08/02/2013 – Growth Industry – Barwon Water biosolids pellets / PDF Version
2012
- 27/06/2012 – Deep in it: the national biosolids snapshot
- 26/06/2012 – Turning green waste into great mulch
- 12/06/2012 – Locals say Bagshot compost plans are really on the nose Save
- 08/05/2012 – Yuck factor of recycled sewage may not be such a big obstacle
- 02/05/2012 – ANZBP Member challenge – report in Transport Workers Union Magazine
- 19/03/2012 – Human sewage sludge used as fertiliser in Hunter (also note editorial)
- 12/03/2012 – Take a tougher stand on the stockpiling of ‘biosolids’, urges expert
- 06/01/2012 – Biosolids trial delivers valuable findings
2011
- 02/12/2011 – Water treatment turns common chemicals toxic, says report
- 17/11/2011 – Johnson & Johnson removing toxins from baby products
- 07/11/2011 – Green or Obscene
- 04/09/2011 – Minister orders fresh biosolids inquiry
- 04/08/2011 – Biosolids use cause concern
- 07/06/2011 – The global resurgence of infectious disease
- 14/06/2011 – Nitrogen levels drive high yield
- 15/05/2011 – Biosolids – cause for concern? (opinion)
- 08/05/2011 – Biosolids program could be a sick practice
- 08/05/2011 – Parasites linked to sewage fertiliser
Archive – New Zealand
2016
- 12/2016 – Composter in Whitianga is hungry for green waste
- 12/2016 – Fragrant oil source not to be sniffed at
- 10/2016 – Centre for Integrated Biowaste Research Newsletter #13
- 04/2016 – Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant opens to visitors
2013
- 12/2013 – Sludge attitudes hard to budge
- 07/2013 – Environmental award for Coast miner, F&B unimpressed
- 07/2013 – Project that uses municipal biosolid waste wins award
- 05/2013 – Treated sewage could cover city land
- 05/2013 – ‘Good stuff’ compost to help Thames-Coromandel district grow
- 04/2013 – Biosolid Compost Project Heating Up
- 01/2013 – Worms the ultimate workforce?