Recycling
The science stacks up for recycled roads. Why aren’t they everywhere?
Pete Shmigel is beyond frustrated. The former head of the Australian Council of Recycling has been campaigning for the rollout of recycled roads for more than half a decade now.
- by Liam Mannix
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Five Minutes with Fitz
Craig Reucassel: We did some tests to find out how many microplastics I have inside me
Comedian and Chaser satirist Craig Reucassel is hardly an evangelist for responsible behaviour. But when it comes to saving the planet, he’s happy to champion uncomfortable truths.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Opinion
Of all the things I never learnt to do, this one skill still needles
The French government is offering its citizenry money to repair their own clothes. Should we follow suit? Darn right
- by Jenna Price
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Ethical living
Why your plastic cup may soon have a passport to show where it’s been
The federal government is developing a scheme to track recyclable waste material through its full life cycle.
- by Ben Cubby and Anthony Segaert
Go classic, check the care label: How to build a more responsible wardrobe
Let’s return to the pre-social media time when we wore our favourite pieces again and again and each item hung like an album of memories in our wardrobes.
- by Nadia Barbaro
Bottling success: How cult favourite coffee cup company Frank Green went viral
Reusable cup company Frank Green has built a social media following that businesses usually only dream about. It came about almost by accident.
- by Jessica Yun
Pact takes on Qube as tit-for-tat at the docks lands in court
Logistics giant Qube will be forced to return nearly a tonne of material to Pact Group after the packaging house was able to convince a court the viability of its business was under threat.
- by Sarah Danckert
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Waste
Dramatic vision captures moment one of Melbourne’s worst industrial fires erupted
The security footage shows a factory worker catch alight and run from the scene as the toxic chemical fire erupts. The four-day fire was one of Victoria’s worst industrial blazes and left a huge clean-up bill, which is yet to be paid.
- by Chris Vedelago
Brisbane food waste mounts – as do calls for recycling scheme
The city council is being challenged to recycle household food waste, which rose by 20,000 tonnes in just two years.
- by Tony Moore
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Plastic
Australia steps in to stop countries watering down plastics pact
The Environment Minister has flown to Paris for critical talks on the proposed global treaty, saying she is concerned other countries are trying to make the targets voluntary instead of legally binding.
- by Anthony Galloway
How to get rid of your old devices in an environmentally friendly way
Almost all e-waste ends up in landfill, but there are plenty of options for recycling as we wait for more sustainable technology.
- by Tim Biggs