As municipalities push for more recycling, one study of Japan found that low rates deliver the most benefits and that certain materials, notably aluminum and paper, are most valuable.
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The ‘linear economy’ that drove 20th-century leaps in wealth is no longer sustainable, and our standard of living will not survive without a dramatic redesign.
Dumpster diving: a way to recycle and reduce food waste.
Australia’s relative share of global economic opportunity derived from smarter use of materials, energy and water could be $26 billion each year by 2025. Here are four ways Australia could make the most of the circular economy boom.
Australia has a bright future in advanced manufacturing, but it will be a turbulent transition that we need to manage carefully.
Four decades after South Australia’s container deposit scheme began, New South Wales has finally overcome industry resistance and launched its own. Could the rest of the country now follow suit?
Every year massive amounts of valuable resources are deemed “waste” and consigned to landfill. Take the UK – around 540 million tonnes of products and materials enter the country annually, but only 117…
It’s been suggested that a recent fall in recycling rates is due to green fatigue, caused by the confusing number of recycling bins presented to householders for different materials. Recycling rates would…
The amount of water at the Earth’s surface is pretty constant, but in many parts of the developed world we are running out of the right sort of water, and our ability to access it. The severe water shortages…
Imagine your smartphone’s screen gets smashed, or your bike wheel gets buckled, or your favourite boots get a hole in them. What do you do? You could buy a replacement. Or you could join the worldwide…
Plastics comprise around 10% of solid waste in Australia. And while we can recycle certain types, there is a group of particularly stable plastics called thermosets, common in electronic devices, which…
When the who’s who of business and world leaders met at last month’s World Economic Forum in Davos a different industrial model was on the agenda: the circular economy. It’s a term the average person may…
Reducing waste should be uncontroversial. While the government’s newly published waste prevention programme represents an improvement on previous strategies, it could have been – should have been – far…
Popular conceptions of government tend to derive from media representations of politicians in action, political speeches, yesterday in parliament, elections, scandal, controversy and so on. And the politics…
The ability to overcome self-doubt plays a critical role in how successfully individuals act in support of environmental…
Our awareness of food waste is increasing all the time, yet we continue to throw away vast amounts of produce even when we don’t need to. We are getting tired of being lectured on our habits so its time…
The manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, fuelled by increased consumption and by the equipment’s relatively short lifespan. As a result…
Researchers have found a way to turn non-biodegradable plastic bags into a high-tech material made of carbon nanotube membranes…
People are psychologically hard wired to believe damaged products such as ripped paper or dented cans are useless, resulting…
We have a major problem with beverage containers in Australia. Between 7-8 billion are land-filled or littered every year. Nationally, less than half are recycled, and drink containers continue to pollute…
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Senior Research Officer, BehaviourWorks Australia (Monash Sustainable Development Institute), Monash University
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Associate Professor and Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley
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Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
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Research Chair, Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Management, Keele University
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Professor of Resource Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Associate Dean and Head of Project Management, RMIT University
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Research associate, Loughborough University
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Professor of Sustainable Development, Keele University
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PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Environment, CSIRO
