As concern about plastic pollution mounts, the federal government is revising its standards for calling products recyclable. A recent fine against Keurig could be a sign of things to come.
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A proposed chemical recycling plant in western Michigan may provide a handful of jobs but little environmental benefit.
We all say we like recycling. But contamination rates are high. Victoria’s government hopes a new bin for glass and recycling soft plastic can help.
Australian consumers deserve a legal right to repair beyond the warranty. If we fail to keep up with the UK and EU, we risk becoming a dumping ground for cheap and nasty appliances.
The most common vapes on the market are single-use, disposable ones. They contain valuable resources, yet aren’t designed to be recycled.
Some littering is conscious, some is created unintentionally. Tackling the reason it was created could make clean-up tactics more effective.
The more plastic, the more waste we produce. It sounds simple, but this discovery could help us find ways of ending plastic pollution.
An essential part of managing a growing global waste problem is sorting, recovering and recycling it. But you won’t see this on children’s shows that feature waste collection.
It’s often challenging to live up to your new year’s resolutions – but becoming greener is surprisingly easy.
Understanding the success of the ABC’s War on Waste is a lesson in behavioural psychology. Research reveals five ways to guide other entertainment-education interventions to similar success.
Brands like Zara and H&M are teaming up with recycled textile producers but more collaboration is needed.
Pulverised fuel ash can be recycled and used to manufacture concrete as well as other products.
Sydney’s 14 wastewater treatment plants could be modified to also accept food waste, research shows. The ‘anaerobic digestion’ process would produce energy as well as nutrients for reuse.
New research shows that Americans may have absorbed public messaging about the importance of recycling too well.
Returns cost companies billions of dollars in lost sales. They also generate emissions and packaging waste. Two logistics experts offer some tips from psychology for more sustainable returns.
The overarching goal of Indigenous cultural practices is to prevent the overconsumption of resources that underpins society’s throwaway culture.
The UK needs to fix its recycling system for a more sustainable future.
Confusion about what should and shouldn’t be recycled? You’re not alone – and it’s causing some people to ignore recycling altogether.
Companies like it when your phone breaks and you have to buy another. But we’d all save a lot of money if we could actually repair the things we purchased.
While recuperating heat from data centres to ease greenhouse energy demands is better than letting it go to waste, we must not overlook the complex implications of these two newly merging industries.
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Senior Research Officer, BehaviourWorks Australia (Monash Sustainable Development Institute), Monash University
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Professor of Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley
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Research associate, Loughborough University
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
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Professor and Principal Scientist, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Professor of Law, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Environment, CSIRO
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Associate Professor and Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Dean and Head of Project Management, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Waste Management, The University of Queensland
