Researchers at Monash University have demonstrated a way to manufacture bioplastic films with customisable properties, using natural polymers produced by soil-dwelling microbes. According to a statement from the university on Friday, researchers were able to produce films out of the bioplastic PHA “that behave like conventional plastics and can be molded into other shapes or…
Consultation has begun on the federal government’s National Bioenergy Feedstock Strategy, following the announcement last month of $1.1 billion in funding for low-carbon liquid fuels. According to a statement from agriculture minister Julie Collins on Thursday, bioenergy will be “an important part” of decarbonising the economy, and that it requires a consistent supply of feedstocks,…
An event was attended on Thursday inaugurating Melbourne Polytechnic’s Future of Housing Construction Centre of Excellence, which is being built with $50 million of federal and state government support. The site at Heidelberg aims to address Australia’s housing challenges through training that keeps pace with the adoption of new technologies which draw from manufacturing, such…