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When governments want people to do less of something, one way to make that happen is to charge them for doing it. That’s the idea behind pay-as-you-throw waste policies.
Construction and demolition creates more waste than any other sector, but much of it can be recycled. However, public resistance to setting up new plants stands in the way of a sustainable market.
Plastic products that claim to be ‘compostable’ aren’t great either.
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Senior Research Officer, BehaviourWorks Australia (Monash Sustainable Development Institute), Monash University
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Associate Professor and Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business, Law and Art, Southern Cross University
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Research Fellow at BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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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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