What does EBCRC do?  
  What is environmental biotechnology?  
  Industries that benefit  
  Cooperative Research Centres  
     
  What does EBCRC do?  
       
 
Many industry processes are based around biological systems. Environmental Biotechnology Cooperative Research Centre (EBCRC) uses advanced biotechnology to make natural systems work harder to benefit industry, the environment as well as human and animal health.
    
     
 
The new technologies can be applied to many areas of industrial processes such as management of waste materials, recycling waste into useful products and cleaner production methods. EBCRC is helping industry work smarter to reduce operational costs, improve efficiency and reduce the ecological footprint. Improvements in environmental management can be leveraged from advances in biotechnology that have benefited medical science and the pharmaceutical industry.
   
     
 
Only 4.5% of Australia's biotech research is in environmental work. Australia has a strong research base in biotechnology, but is yet to realise its potential for the development of new industries producing new products in the environment sector.
   
     
 
Through its strong industry focus, EBCRC will harness these skills for the benefit of the economy and the environment. R&D projects are selected to meet the criteria of needs-based research, and having significant potential for investment return.
    
     
 

Our goal is to transform low value by-products into high valued products. Outputs include:

   
 
  • green energy from waste
  • improvements in the efficiency of waste treatment
  • control of biofilms in water supply, wastewater and industrial processes
  • diagnostic devices
  • odour control and bioremediation technologies.
 
       
  What is environmental biotechnology?    
       
 
Environmental Biotechnology is the use of living organisms or biological processes in a wide variety of applications across many industries. Technologies can be applied to industrial processes to improve them and to sustain and manage the environment as well as solve environmental problems.
    
       
  Industries that benefit    
       
   
  • Agriculture and intensive livestock production
  • Aquaculture and other marine industries
  • Water supply and wastewater treatment
  • Oil and chemical waste management
  • Food processing industries
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    For more information on biotechnology and its applications, please visit Biotechnology Australia's website.
    		    
           
      Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs)    
           
     
    The CRC programme is an initiative of the Australian Commonwealth Government. The program was launched in 1990 to strengthen collaborative research between industry, research organisations, education and relevant government agencies.
    		    
           
     
    There are currently 56 cooperative research centres around Australia. They cover various industries including manufacturing technology, information and communication technology, mining and energy, agriculture and rural based manufacturing, environment and medical science and technology. For more information, please visit CRC Association's website
    		    
         
             
     
    		 
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