Murdoch University and CSIRO launched the Bioplastics Innovation Hub on 2 September, an $8 million collaboration that will work with industry to develop a new generation of 100 per cent compostable plastic.
The SW WA Hub is working closely with the Bioplastics Innovation Hub on the SMART SPRAYS project, which is testing the use of biodegradable polymer sprays to improve water harvesting and water retention in cropping systems.
This project is part of the Hub’s Transformational program. It receives funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund, Murdoch University and the WA Agricultural Research Collaboration.
Find out more about how this project will help increase productivity in broadacre cropping.
L-R: Professor Andrew J Deeks (Vice Chancellor and President, Vice Chancellery, Murdoch University), Mr Sam Lim MP (Federal Member of Tangney, Parliament of Australia), Hon. Ed Husic (Minister for Industry and Science, Parliament of Australia), Dr Wilson Ling (co-founder and CEO of ECOPHA), Dr Peter Mayfield (Executive Director – Environment, Energy and Resources, CSIRO), and Dr Jo Wisdom (Acting Director, South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub).
PhD student Samantha Viljoen doing a demonstration of the SMART SPRAYS technology.
PhD student Harrison O'Sullivan explaining research priorities to Hon. Ed Husic, Minister for Industry and Science.
