by Dr Georgina Davis | Aug 2, 2018 | Future Waste Management, Waste Management Policy and Regulation
Thanks to the Sustainable Engineering Society (SENG), Engineers Australia, for inviting me to speak at their War on Waste session on 3 July 2018. At the event held at Engineering House, located in Brisbane City, I had the privilege to present alongside three amazing...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Feb 4, 2018 | Future Waste Management, Professionalism, Human Resources and People Management
November 2017 saw the release of the 2016-2017 data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Despite the headlines, which highlighted that the full-time gender pay gap in Australia was trending down, men still take home $26,527 a year more than women, and...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Jan 26, 2018 | E-waste, Future Waste Management, Waste Management Policy and Regulation
Lithium is running hot and getting hotter. The rise of lithium-ion batteries in everything from headphones, smartphones, electric cars to industrial energy-storage, has compounded the demand for this vital element with prices soaring around 65% this year. The annual...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Jan 15, 2018 | Future Waste Management, Waste Management Policy and Regulation
By the end of 2017, global solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity will rival nuclear, and by 2022 it could more than double nuclear capacity. There is an urgent need in Australia for both a product stewardship scheme for PV cells and a robust framework for rehabilitation of...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Jan 11, 2018 | Future Waste Management, Waste Management Policy and Regulation
In January 2015, Queensland began exporting Coal Seam Gas (CSG, otherwise known as coal bed methane) to Asian markets. The volumes expected with these exports are expected to realise 1400BCF in 2017 alone and combined with gas (including off-shore conventional gas)...
by Dr Georgina Davis | Jan 2, 2018 | Future Waste Management, Professionalism, Human Resources and People Management
Over recent years, media research and social outrage have levied close scrutiny on the supply chain ethics of the textile industry which has been marred by modern slavery allegations. Shockingly, the International Labour Organisation estimated that almost 21 million...
