Researchers mapping the submerged continent of Zealandia found something unexpected 3500 metres under the waves.
Australia’s first-ever ‘circular’ soft plastics recycling plant is set to be built in Victoria,with a consortium of high-profile companies preparing to kickstart the project.
Queensland’s LNP has put out the call for entrepreneurs to come up with another option after plastic straws were outlawed.
Tougher plastic packaging controls are on the agenda for the federal government’s plastic packaging plan to be unveiled in Brisbane on Thursday.
Plastic drinking straws,cutlery and plates are set to be outlawed in the state this year.
The state already had plans to ban plastic straws,stirrers and cutlery in 2021.
The Prime Minister has told world leaders that countries need to join together to"safeguard the planet"in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic,saying Australia was on track to beat its Paris climate agreement targets.
Under legislation set to be debated next month,businesses caught selling plastic straws and cutlery after July 2021 would be fined.
A national audit finds different recycling logos and incorrect or non-existent labelling are confusing consumers.
Kate Nelson has spent 10 years avoiding plastic,but even she has found her fiercely sustainable lifestyle confronted by the pandemic.
Byll and Beth Stephen have pulled off that tricky feat of making music that small people love and adults don’t want to throw out the window.