WA’s 10-cent container recycling refunds to expand under new proposal

WA’s 10-cent container recycling refunds to expand under new proposal

What should be included in the 10-cent refund program? The community can now have their say on a system that has doubled WA’s beverage container recycling rate.

  • byHolly Thompson

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‘Not what was advertised’:Supermarket plastic bag recycling program began to fail in 2018

‘Not what was advertised’:Supermarket plastic bag recycling program began to fail in 2018

Plastic bags dropped off at Coles and Woolworths for recycling have been sitting in storage for at least four years.

  • byChris Vedelago
How Nestle is changing the way KitKats,Nespresso and Milo are made
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How Nestle is changing the way KitKats,Nespresso and Milo are made

The world’s biggest food and beverages giant will plant 10 million trees in Australia to reduce carbon emissions as it re-examines its production operations.

  • byJessica Yun
Australia joins call for global treaty to end plastic pollution

Australia joins call for global treaty to end plastic pollution

Tanya Plibersek has signed Australia up to a coalition pushing for an international pollution treaty with an ambitious timeline,avoiding calls from the US for voluntary targets.

  • byMike Foley
We can still act on plastic:18 tips and tricks to use right now
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We can still act on plastic:18 tips and tricks to use right now

We can’t afford to bury our heads in the sand. Here are some easy,cheap and practical ways you can curb even the most rampant plastic consumption habit.

  • byEmma Young
Planet Ark walks back printer cartridge recycling claim
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Planet Ark walks back printer cartridge recycling claim

The used printer cartridges are collected for recycling by a program managed in part by environmental charity Planet Ark,which relied on Melbourne’s fire-damaged Close the Loop facility.

  • byLaura Chung
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Recycling plastics requires changes that are drastic
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Recycling

Recycling plastics requires changes that are drastic

Just as Australia can be a clean energy superpower,we can be one of the few countries with a highly circular plastics economy.

  • byHelen Millicer
The fire that sparked the end of Coles and Woolies plastic recycling program
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The fire that sparked the end of Coles and Woolies plastic recycling program

The collapse of the popular nationwide plastic bag recycling program was set in train nearly five months ago when a suburban factory caught fire.

  • byChris Vedelago
With no recycling,what should you do with your plastic bags and pasta packets?
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Recycling

With no recycling,what should you do with your plastic bags and pasta packets?

After the collapse of Australia’s biggest plastic bag recycling program,hundreds of millions of soft plastic items are being stockpiled in warehouses instead. So what should you do with yours?

  • byLaura Chung
Coles,Woolworths recycling scheme collapses after secret stockpiles revealed
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Coles,Woolworths recycling scheme collapses after secret stockpiles revealed

The company behind soft plastic collection points at Coles and Woolworths supermarkets has admitted it has not been recycling the items.

  • byChris Vedelago andJames Dowling
Australia is a global offender when it comes to single-use plastic waste. Will new bans make a difference?

Australia is a global offender when it comes to single-use plastic waste. Will new bans make a difference?

It took a hatchling turtle six days to poop out all the plastic it had consumed along Australia’s coastline.

  • byMiki Perkins