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Plastic Free July: recycling is the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. It’s time to teach kids to demand real change from the...

GettyImages Plastic Free July has rolled around again and we’ll all be hearing about reducing plastic use in our daily lives. Much of the messaging is...

Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It’s creating a huge waste problem for Australia

  Picture: Shuttlestock Installing solar panels is an easy way to lower your carbon footprint and cut electricity bills. But our recent research found there are...

What can go in the compost bin? Some tips to help your garden and keep away the pests

 Picture: Shuttlestock Pretty soon, many more Australians are going to be composting their food waste. The Victorian government kicks off its four-bin system from this year, and...

Think all your plastic is being recycled? New research shows it can end up in the ocean

 Image: Shuttlestock We all know it’s wrong to toss your rubbish into the ocean or another natural place. But it might surprise you to learn...

Millions of face masks are being thrown away during COVID-19. Here’s how to choose the best one for the planet

Image: Shuttlestock Face masks are part of our daily lives during the pandemic. Many are made from plastics and designed to be used just...

For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic ‘missing’ from our oceans – but now it’s been found

Jennifer Lavers/AAP You’ve probably heard that our oceans have become a plastic soup. But in fact, of all the plastic that enters Earth’s oceans each...

How recycling is actually sorted, and why Australia is quite bad at it

As recycling gets more complicated, Australia’s sorting plants are getting left behind. AAP Image/James Ross Recycling in Australia used to be fairly simple. Our older...

5 Smart Ways To Make Your Small Business More Environmentally-Friendly

Before newer generations became more ecologically conscious, it was thought that being an eco-friendly business meant that you would risk being less productive and...

Only half of packaging waste is recycled – here’s how to do better

Not enough packaging is finding its way to recycling centres.  AAP Image/Dan Peled Almost half of Australia’s packaging waste is not being recovered...

The new 100% recyclable packaging target is no use if our waste isn’t actually recycled

These are already 100% recyclable - the trick is to actually recycle them. Srisakorn Wonglakorn Commonwealth, state and territory environment ministers last week agreed on...
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