‘Zombie batteries’ causing hundreds of waste fires, experts warn
Industry urges people not to throw out dead batteries with household rubbish or recycling“Zombie batteries” are causing hundreds of fires a year at waste and recycling sites, industry experts have...
View ArticleCoalition's $100m scheme to fund recycled products has spent no money
Labor and the Greens accuse the Morrison government of failing to deliver on its recycling and waste commitmentsA $100m scheme to fund the manufacturing of products from recycled plastics and paper has...
View ArticleFact check: has the Coalition delivered on its spending promises?
Labor maintains the government is ‘there for the photo op, not for the follow-up’. We examine some of the pledges where the speed of delivery has been questionedJust two weeks after returning from a...
View ArticleVictoria unveils proposed cash for cans scheme ahead of rollout in 2023
Under container deposit scheme, Victorians will receive 10c for every empty can, small bottle and carton they drop off at a collection pointThe Victorian government has called for public comment on a...
View ArticleIncrease in burning of plastic 'driving up emissions from waste disposal'
Expansion of energy-from-waste incineration could stop UK hitting its net zero carbon target, campaigners warnCarbon emissions from waste disposal are increasing because of the expansion of...
View ArticleThe problems of plastic pollution | Letters
The new approach called for on waste incineration (Increase in burning of plastic ‘driving up emissions from waste disposal’, 16 November) is a welcome acknowledgment of a longstanding and growing...
View ArticleGold star for you: New Zealand council puts stickers on bins of best recyclers
Recycling rates soar in Christchurch after council rewards the best households and confiscates bins of laggardsA recycling scheme in New Zealand modelled on rewards familiar to kindergarten children...
View Article'I could make a little difference in the world but it seems like a lot of...
The point of this sort of effort isn’t success, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. It’s to engage with something bigger than ourselvesI’ve found a perfect way to make a little difference in...
View ArticleNestlé joins others to set up first UK-wide coffee pod recycling scheme
Exclusive: Jacobs Douwe Egberts also part of sector’s move to reduce environmental impactThe manufacturers of the UK’s three biggest coffee pod brands have joined forces to set up the sector’s first...
View ArticleBin-shaming: the fine line between recycling education and community alienation
A Sydney council has been criticised for inspecting recycling bins and tagging those that don’t comply with rulesA Sydney council has come under fire for a program in which staff inspect residents’...
View ArticleAmazon and Apple 'not playing their part' in tackling electronic waste
Global retailers should help collect, recycle and repair tech products, say MPsGlobal giants such as Amazon and Apple should be made responsible for helping to collect, recycle and repair their...
View ArticleBags of problems with Dolce Gusto's recycling scheme
I want to use up old pods, not to buy new ones to take partA few years ago, my parents bought me a Dolce Gusto coffee machine which I rarely used because the pods could not be recycled. The company has...
View ArticleCutting waste: how a salon recycles 65 bags of hair
Australia’s hairdressers are getting serious about recycling, using clippings for compost, turning bottles into eyewear, and keeping bleach out of the drain I’m at the salon and the hairdresser is...
View ArticleNew generation of Good Lifers set out to grow their own Christmas
Homegrown veg and even turkeys are on the menu for people converted to self-sufficiency during lockdownIt’s hard to reuse a chocolate advent calendar, but for Maya Levy it’s one of the best parts of...
View ArticleGreen and tonic: gin in paper bottles is the new eco-tipple
Packagers step up production of ‘frugal’ containers as consumers embrace sustainable alternativeThe world’s first gin in a paper-based bottle is set to go on sale in the UK early next year as packaging...
View ArticleWaste not, wontons: innovator recycled 32m restaurant chopsticks
Felix Böck started small but has built up a business that transforms the utensils into everything from new dining tables to staircasesThe idea was born over trays of sushi. Felix Böck, then a PhD...
View ArticleNew-sprung: the project turning PPE offcuts into Covid patient mattresses
Cheap, hygienic and sustainable, the mattresses made by Indian fashion designer Lakshmi Menon also generate income for rural womenCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAt the...
View ArticlePlastic petition by UK nine-year-old gains over 70k signatures in under a week
After studying how microplastics damage the oceans, schoolgirl Lizzie wants the government to stop sending waste to developing countriesA petition by a nine-year-old schoolgirl calling on Boris Johnson...
View ArticleAustralia at risk of losing billions of dollars in revenue without cultural...
An increase of 5% in Australia’s recycling rate would add an estimated $1bn to the country’s GDP, the CSIRO says Australia could see billions of dollars in revenue lost without a profound cultural...
View ArticleReselling, repairing and 'swishing': the rise of sustainable fashion apps
As technology makes secondhand clothes more accessible, more shoppers in the UK are going greenWith wardrobe hoarders taking on a quarantine clear-out, coupled with a new sense of frugality, a new...
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