Coalition votes with Greens to ditch Morrison-era fee on rubbish shipped overseas

Coalition votes with Greens to ditch Morrison-era fee on rubbish shipped overseas

The removal of the levy could force taxpayers to foot the bill for the cost of administering waste export licences.

  • byMike Foley

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Buying fruit and veg without plastic wrapping? You’re paying extra for it

Buying fruit and veg without plastic wrapping? You’re paying extra for it

Supermarkets are charging shoppers more for loose produce than the same items covered in plastic.

  • byMike Foley
Rubbish rebels:Labor MPs,ministers blast waste incinerator plans in their seats

Rubbish rebels:Labor MPs,ministers blast waste incinerator plans in their seats

The minister who first introduced Victoria’s waste-to-energy policy is opposing an incinerator,as the Allan government takes friendly fire from Labor MPs.

  • byBianca Hall andKieran Rooney
Sydney’s running out of rubbish space. Is this the end of your red bin?

Sydney’s running out of rubbish space. Is this the end of your red bin?

Sydney’s available landfill space is vanishing as NSW falls well behind its recycling targets.

  • byAlexandra Smith
We surveyed your local election candidates. See what they really think

We surveyed your local election candidates. See what they really think

Use our interactive to find out which key issues candidates across 31 councils in Greater Melbourne say they will back if elected.

  • byCara Waters,Rachael Dexter andNathanael Scott
This is the key to happiness and economic prosperity

This is the key to happiness and economic prosperity

Since the industrial revolution,we’ve fattened up our economy by pumping out products and consuming more. But there’s a way to grow outside the box.

  • byMillie Muroi
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Council accused of negligence over major West Footscray chemical blaze

Council accused of negligence over major West Footscray chemical blaze

Maribyrnong council and gas giant BOC are accused of failing to take action on stockpiling of gas cylinders at a factory that burned for nearly two weeks in 2018.

  • byChris Vedelago
The secret facility extracting gold from electronic waste
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The secret facility extracting gold from electronic waste

Metallurgists are extracting gold,silver and copper as they hunt through your e-waste for precious metals.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Hampton Park landfill site accused of breaching safe methane gas levels

Hampton Park landfill site accused of breaching safe methane gas levels

Victoria’s environmental watchdog is pursuing global waste giant Veolia in the Supreme Court over alleged failures to safely manage the landfill site near several hundred homes.

  • byAdam Carey
‘We can no longer limp along’:Plans for plastic packaging shakeup

‘We can no longer limp along’:Plans for plastic packaging shakeup

More than a year after the collapse of REDcycle,Australian industry and government can’t agree on how to collect our sea of soft plastics,let alone what to do with it.

  • byBianca Hall andCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Big business calls on government to police tide of plastic packaging
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Big business calls on government to police tide of plastic packaging

The companies behind Australia’s biggest consumer brands are calling for regulation of recycling and packaging to ensure consistency between the states and territories,and ensure laggards don’t benefit from cheaper costs.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons