There are lots of issues with recycling – but it’s still an important part of society’s efforts to live more sustainably.
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Academics from different disciplines come Head to Head in this series to tackle topical debates.
Renovations can create more waste than new constructions – but they don’t have to.
In the EU, 31% of plastic products go to landfill: but a process called “cold plasma pyrolysis” could turn them into clean fuels.
Old landfills could be, quite literally, untapped gold mines.
Incineration of household waste has gotten a bad name, argues an economist, who sees today’s recycling crisis as an opportunity to reconsider how the U.S. handles its waste.
Seagulls have no qualms about sifting through dumps for scraps. But this buffet comes at a cost, filling their stomachs with plastic, glass, metal and even building materials.
Big solar has a potentially bright future in cities, but we need to get the planning right first.
Connecting smugglers, disposable workers, garbage pickers and the poorest of consumers, the flip-flop trail is one of globalisation’s darker stories.
We all know that tap water is better than buying bottled water, from an environmental standpoint at least. But what should you drink it out of? A single-use bottle, used multiple times, might be best.
Ipswich Council has stopped recycling and it’s likely that others around Australia will follow suit.
Victoria’s proposed ban on single-use plastic bags is a step forward, but what about all the other unnecessary packaging? A truly effective waste policy should offer a comprehensive plan for packaging.
The world’s largest recyclable materials importer will leave other countries searching for alternative waste management solutions.
Landfills produce huge amounts of methane. Many of the bigger operators capture it to turn into energy, but they’re wasting about 80% of what’s available. It’s time Australia stepped up.
The Victorian government is auditing every recycling facility in the state after a disastrous fire at Coolaroo. It raises a bigger issue: we don’t know how many plants Australia has or where they are.
City dwellers are individually starting to do their bit to live sustainably. Now pioneering businesses are aiming to make ecological and social sustainability part of their bottom line.
Australia sends 20 million tonnes of garbage to landfill every year. With thousands of sites across the nation, it’s hard to track exactly how many there are, where they are, and what’s filling them.
A recycling company has received tens of millions from the federal government to develop solid waste fuel. This fuel reduces landfill, shrinks our carbon footprint and protects the environment.
Australia’s recycling rules can seem horrendously complicated. But there a few golden rules to follow.
More Australians are recycling than ever, but let’s not forget that avoiding waste in the first place is the best option.
Top contributors
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor and Principal Scientist, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Economics, Bucknell University
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Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Waste Management, The University of Queensland
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Research Chair, Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Management, Keele University
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Senior Research Officer, BehaviourWorks Australia (Monash Sustainable Development Institute), Monash University
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Researcher, Urban Informatics Research Lab, Queensland University of Technology
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Masters student, Carleton University
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Associate Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering & Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University
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Professor of Terrestrial Ecology, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Tropical Environments and Societies, James Cook University
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Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Director, Glowpear, Board member, ISDRS, Vice President, AHA and Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, RMIT University
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Birkbeck, University of London
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Adjunct professor, Department of Biology, Carleton University
