Are wine drinkers too snobbish to drink wine from cans instead of glass?

Are wine drinkers too snobbish to drink wine from cans instead of glass?

Winemakers spruik the environmental credentials of canned wine,but retail sales suggest drinkers are yet to be convinced to give up the bottle.

  • byAndrew Taylor

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Asbestos contamination found in two more suburban Melbourne parks

Asbestos contamination found in two more suburban Melbourne parks

The deadly material has now been discovered in at least 11 parks across Melbourne and more are being tested as 100 EPA officers track the source of contamination.

  • byRachael Dexter
Tonnes and tonnes of old solar panels with nowhere to go

Tonnes and tonnes of old solar panels with nowhere to go

The volume of solar waste in Victoria is expected to nearly double by 2030,prompting calls to boost the nation’s limited recycling sectors.

  • byKieran Rooney
The fire that exposed a Melbourne recycling chief’s big dirty secret

The fire that exposed a Melbourne recycling chief’s big dirty secret

The case points to the nightmare that regulators face in trying to contain risks within the rubbish and waste industry.

  • byBianca Hall
Test results are in on asbestos in parks as reports continue to rise

Test results are in on asbestos in parks as reports continue to rise

The environmental regulator has revealed more reports of potential asbestos,this time in Williamstown,Altona and Sunshine West,with priority testing under way.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Council ordered to hand over records,test parks as more potential asbestos found

Council ordered to hand over records,test parks as more potential asbestos found

Victoria’s environmental regulator has slapped notices on a local council to hand over records and bring in experts to test more parks after asbestos was found in mulch at several sites.

  • bySherryn Groch
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The clandestine exploits of Melbourne’s tyre dumpers – and the squad hunting them down

The clandestine exploits of Melbourne’s tyre dumpers – and the squad hunting them down

Illegal tyre dumping is soaring in the city’s outer suburbs following a ban on exporting waste tyres,and regulators are scrambling to catch the perpetrators.

  • byAdam Carey
Is cotton always best? What to know when buying ‘sustainable’ fashion

Is cotton always best? What to know when buying ‘sustainable’ fashion

Are natural fibres always superior to synthetic ones when it comes to sustainability? It’s complicated.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
There’s been a lot of trash talk this election,but all I got was a free food-waste bin of shame
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There’s been a lot of trash talk this election,but all I got was a free food-waste bin of shame

Taking out the trash is not a fun chore,but Labor and the LNP have been spending an inordinate amount of time rubbishing each other’s garbage-collection policies.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Residents rubbish plan for tip where they were pledged a park

Residents rubbish plan for tip where they were pledged a park

A community in Melbourne’s south-east that was told for years that the smelly landfill site near their homes would be turned into parkland once it closed is fighting plans to build a waste station.

  • byAdam Carey
The big change coming to your morning coffee as WA plastics ban ramps up

The big change coming to your morning coffee as WA plastics ban ramps up

Single-use plastic coffee cups and lids that cannot be composted are banned from today and all non-compostable plastic takeaway food trays.

  • byHamish Hastie