Thinking big.
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Old buildings aren’t just waste – the materials can be reused to create the cities of the future.
More of this, please.
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Americans recycle only about one-third of the solid waste we generate. A behavioral scientist argues that with the right motivators, we could do more.
Plenty of ink has been spilled over Australia’s recycling and waste problem, but real action remains frustratingly out of reach.
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An inconclusive COAG meeting comes after years of inquiries, announcements, initiatives, investigations and reviews. Australia is no closer to actually tackling our waste problems.
Endless growth is not a sustainable option for fast-growing Australian cities like Melbourne.
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The demands on land and resources from our fast-growing cities are unsustainable, as are the wastes they produce. Yet still our leaders act as if unlimited growth is possible.
Nairobi River flows through a low-income settlement.
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There are huge holes in the governance of Nairobi river and city’s waste which means the river’s condition has deteriorated.
Americans are not good recyclers.
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Consumers are much more likely to recycle their waste after viewing messages showing the products it might turn into.
Our consumption is not without impacts.
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Putting all of our eggs in the net zero basket is merely kicking the can down the road.
Even remote beaches are often strewn with plastic debris.
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Plastic washed ashore from the ocean is hard to recycle. What else can we do with it?
As recycling gets more complicated, Australia’s sorting plants are getting left behind.
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Australia needs a viable domestic recycling industry – here’s the current state of play.
Consumers want to embrace sustainability, but still need some guidance.
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There’s a buzz around sustainability, but consumers still struggle to develop new habits. Here’s how to change that.
Recycling is a communal problem.
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Australia’s recycling woes belong to everyone, from households to government to business. It’s time to stop pointing fingers and get to work on a solution.
Enough of this rubbish.
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From Orwell to Trump, the wealthy have a long tradition of stereotyping working-class communities as “dirty” – that has to stop.
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Satellites monitor climate change, guide people with GPS and keep us connected through texts and social media, but they’re under threat.
Building construction and demolition create enormous amounts of waste and much of it goes into landfill.
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China has put the onus back on Australia to take responsibility for our waste, and Germany has shown us the way with extended producer responsibility for construction and demolition waste.
Abandoned tents after a festival: definitely not going to charity.
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Festival-goers increasingly treat tents as disposable, imagining they are put to good use when discarded. They’re wrong.
Indonesia is not the only country to turn back contaminated waste.
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Australia doesn’t want to deal with its own recycling waste, so why do we think other countries should do it for us?
The act of repairing material objects generates a deep sense of care, pride, belonging and civic participation.
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A throwaway economy harms more than the natural environment. It also harms our mental environment.
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Recycling is a messy system at the moment. Here’s how we can clean up our act.
Plastic waste from Australia in Port Klang, Malaysia. Malaysia says it will send back some 3,300 tons of nonrecyclable plastic waste to countries including the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia.
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A year after China stopped accepting most scrap material exports, other Asian countries are following Beijing’s lead, forcing wealthy nations to find domestic solutions for managing their wastes.
A woman collects plastic bags bound for recycling in Yopougon, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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Poorer countries can now refuse shipments of plastic waste and slow the build-up of pollution on their shores.