Recycling
Opinion
Opinion
Recycle like our planet depends on it
Australians have 4.2 million broken mobile phones lying around in homes and businesses across the country, which make up a treasure trove of valuable resources.
- by Alan Duffy
Latest
Perth council helps pay for period cups to urge women to ditch tampons
For decades disposable sanitary products have dominated the supermarket shelves, but a Perth council is offering a financial incentive for women to ditch single use period products in favour of reusable ones.
- by Sarah Brookes
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Waste
‘Bucks for booze bottles’: Business wants recycling schemes expanded
Big beverage manufacturers are calling for container deposit schemes to be extended to wine and spirit bottles to encourage recycling.
- by Nick O'Malley
Calls for national ‘bin harmonisation’ to make recycling easier
Recycling bins across the country would be “harmonised” to have standard rules about what can and cannot be included under a push by federal environment minister Sussan Ley, who has secured agreement from state ministers to address the issue.
- by Laura Chung
Fringe World’s nifty cup scheme saves staggering load from landfill
If you head to Fringe World this weekend and get a beer you’ll be asked for $2 extra. But don’t get mad, you’ll get it back – or something even better.
- by Emma Young
Stink over long-delayed energy plant as company threatens to dump Qld
A flagship waste-to-energy project is still in limbo after three years, while Freedom of Information shows cancer-causing toxins would end up in its incinerator ash.
- by Tony Moore
Opinion
Christmas
How we landfill our Christmas stockings in this nation of wasters
How did the Australian Christmas take on such a huge environmental footprint?
- by Pete Shmigel
Where does your iPhone go to die?
Care about climate change? You have to care about where exactly your e-waste is going.
- by Jessica Yun
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Photography
Marina DeBris a trashionista campaigning against single use plastics
Sydney environmental artist Marina DeBris’ latest work is being used to raise awareness of the threat of medical waste and single-use plastics to the environment.
- by Julie Power
Waste research scientist named 2022 NSW Australian of the Year
Sustainability professor Veena Sahajwalla launched the world’s first e-waste microfactory in 2018 and then a plastics microfactory the following year.
- by Sarah McPhee