The Environment Group aims to support the development of production sectors while at the same time minimising current and potential adverse environmental impacts.
In a first for Australia, carbon dioxide (CO2) has been captured from power station flue gases in a post-combustion-capture (PCC) pilot plant at Loy Yang Power Station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.
A series of equipment upgrades undertaken over the past five years at CSIRO Livestock Industries’ Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong has resulted in a 25 per cent reduction in the facility’s water usage.
Research into the use of natural and synthetic enzymes may assist manufacturing industries, agricultural and environmental biotechnologies and biosecurity.
CSIRO’s Water Resources Protection team can conduct research into water quality, contaminant dynamics, microbial processes and industrial biotechnology to assist in the management and protection of urban and industrial water resources.
Future generations of Australians will wonder how we managed to live in the world’s driest inhabited continent for so long, before realising that water is a precious resource that should be conserved, recycled and reused.
New plastics developed by CSIRO, Hanyang University Korea and the University of Texas have the potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and help purify water and CSIRO research leader Dr Anita Hill discusses this research in this vodcast. (2:20)
The Shale Research Centre facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and technologies to conduct experimental and theoretical research on shale properties and problems.
This report outlines the management actions required to achieve set targets for water quality improvement in the Tully-Murray catchment of Northern Queensland, Australia. (136 pages)
This fact sheet outlines bioindustries research in CSIRO Entomology, which is helping Australian industry by developing new industrial and environmental biotechnologies. (2 pages)
