Europe recycles 70% of its steel, but much is exported, turning what should be a circular process into a linear one. Instead, materials need to be circularity-ready the moment they’re manufactured.
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Advertisers that tell a good story can persuade the public of all sorts of things. But some messages are disingenuous and misleading.
The fossil fuel industry plans to compensate for declining demand for gasoline by flooding the world with more plastic.
Proper support for breastfeeding is an environmental imperative.
The Trump administration is supporting new mines in Alaska and Minnesota that many opponents say could devastate sensitive areas around them.
Consumers are much more likely to recycle their waste after viewing messages showing the products it might turn into.
Your fashion choices can help build a sustainable future – here’s how.
Sites like Agbogbloshie provides a valuable service. They offer opportunities for job creation, profit and cleaning up environments littered with waste.
Residents have come up with solutions to make usable products out of organic waste materials.
InterContinental Hotels Group plans to switch miniature toiletries for bulk products, but it isn’t likely to do as much for the environment as activists might think.
Australia needs a viable domestic recycling industry – here’s the current state of play.
There’s a buzz around sustainability, but consumers still struggle to develop new habits. Here’s how to change that.
Disposable coffee cups demonstrate that recycling could be successful – with a bit of joined-up thinking.
Australia’s recycling woes belong to everyone, from households to government to business. It’s time to stop pointing fingers and get to work on a solution.
Satellites monitor climate change, guide people with GPS and keep us connected through texts and social media, but they’re under threat.
China has put the onus back on Australia to take responsibility for our waste, and Germany has shown us the way with extended producer responsibility for construction and demolition waste.
Australia doesn’t want to deal with its own recycling waste, so why do we think other countries should do it for us?
This year’s national conference of the Australian Marine Science Association is a plastic-free zone, as marine scientists aim to reduce the environmental burden of throwaway plastic.
As the population of the world’s cities grows, so too does resource and energy use as well as waste generation. We can combat these issues with a circular economy that uses nature as a template.
Every year the US burns more than 34 million tons of garbage in incinerators. These plants are major pollution sources, and most are clustered in disadvantaged communities.
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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
