Mars bars,Snickers gets paper makeover amid soft plastic recycling crisis

Mars bars,Snickers gets paper makeover amid soft plastic recycling crisis

The new-look Mars,Snickers and Milky Way bars are expected to hit shelves by April 2023.

  • byJessica Yun

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‘Not what was advertised’:Supermarket plastic bag recycling program began to fail in 2018
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‘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
Is recycling the problem,not the solution?
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Analysis

Is recycling the problem,not the solution?

Recycling does not work as an industry - and evidence suggests it just makes us consume more.

  • byLiam Mannix
Recycling soft plastic is notoriously tricky,but these companies are looking for answers

Recycling soft plastic is notoriously tricky,but these companies are looking for answers

Is there an answer for preventing soft plastic from ending up in the bin? Several projects are trying to deal with the problem in Victoria.

  • byTom Cowie
Recycling goodwill of Australians cannot be eroded
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Recycling

Recycling goodwill of Australians cannot be eroded

Australian voters are already doing what they can,in their own daily lives,to protect the environment. Governments and companies must read the room and do their part too.

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We can still act on plastic:18 tips and tricks to use right now
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Plastic

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
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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
Sydney council blames narrow streets for mixing garbage with recycling
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Sydney council blames narrow streets for mixing garbage with recycling

Canterbury-Bankstown council has been dumping the refuse from yellow and red bins into the same truck,earning the ire of residents and the recycling council.

Council food waste plan hits a snag – the state’s bin is full

Council food waste plan hits a snag – the state’s bin is full

Local councils say they are unable to introduce food waste collection because processing facilities for food and garden organics are at capacity.

  • byCara Waters
Councils’ rubbish deal crumbles over 25-year trash commitment

Councils’ rubbish deal crumbles over 25-year trash commitment

An agreement between 15 Melbourne councils to process household rubbish is in jeopardy,as several reject the deal that would lock them into producing a set volume of rubbish for 25 years.

  • byCara Waters
A big blue in a small Southern Highlands town over a giant plastics plant
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A big blue in a small Southern Highlands town over a giant plastics plant

​​​​A proposal to build Australia’s largest plastic recycling plant on the fringes of the Southern Highlands township of Moss Vale has prompted a storm of local protest.

  • byDeb Richards