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Recycling is a messy system at the moment. Here's how we can clean up our act.
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 new clothing recycling process can counter the environmental costs of fast fashion.
Poorer countries can now refuse shipments of plastic waste and slow the build-up of pollution on their shores.
Some circular economy business models are based on case studies, others are more theoretical, yet it's hard to get a comprehensive overview. Why? Simple: Because the opportunities are nearly endless.
The global environmental crisis is overwhelming, but showing children how they can take care of their immediate environment can empower them to feel like they can make a difference.
Currently, all the value in sewage sludge is literally being flushed down the toilet.
In a growing world with an increasing population with ever-greater needs, it is high time to find a balanced solution for our activities. Nature provides us with the template.
More electric vehicles and renewable energy means more mining for resources. Unless industry adopts cleaner habits urgently, the environment faces more damage.
Do we really need to celebrate with boxes and plastic?
Making more sustainable fashion choices doesn't require a massive lifestyle change.
China, which once processed much of the world's scrap, has slashed imports of "foreign garbage." What can the US do to step up recycling at home?
Too much recyclable packaging is still finding its way into landfill - and plastic is the biggest culprit, with two-thirds going unrecovered, according to a new analysis.
China's refusal to take Australia's rubbish has started to bite, and it's clear we're not ready to deal with the consequences.
For as little as $4 a day Indian workers process dangerous, toxic waste by hand. This unregulated, highly polluting industry is hidden away from police eyes.
Since China stopped accepting Australia's recyclable plastic, the majority of exported plastic waste is now going to developing nations in South East Asia.
While the KonMari method will help many people declutter their houses and reassess what they really need, for people with clinical hoarding disorder the process is much more complicated.
Dumping your closet debris on a charity shop just means giving volunteers the cost of sorting out your landfill.
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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Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Resource Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Research associate, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Keele University
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Birkbeck, University of London
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Reader in Geography and Environmental Politics, Keele University
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Kate O'Neill is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley
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Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Personal Chair (Chair Professor), Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University
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Lecturer, Curtin University
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André Stephan is a Friend of The Conversation.
Lecturer in Architectural Engineering, University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT), UNSW
