The three types of illegal rubbish dumpers,and the squad trying to catch them

The three types of illegal rubbish dumpers,and the squad trying to catch them

Hume has a $4.7 million issue with people dumping rubbish on average 33 times a day. A new patrol unit aims to re-educate them.

  • byAdam Carey

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One man’s trash is another’s new,slightly stained sofa

One man’s trash is another’s new,slightly stained sofa

There is no more glorious sight than seeing the streets full of happy faces – kids,families,strange men with trucks – all of them sifting through kerbside trash.

  • byThomas Mitchell
The push to revive soft plastic recycling in Australia is quietly under way

The push to revive soft plastic recycling in Australia is quietly under way

Two years after REDCycle’s collapse,a pilot program is operating in 12 supermarkets – but one recycling executive says the big chains need to own their waste.

  • byAdam Carey
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
A love letter to Brisbane’s Tour de Trash aka kerbside collection
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A love letter to Brisbane’s Tour de Trash aka kerbside collection

Billions tune in to watch the Tour de France,but Brisbane has a trashier version – and cyclists here will get a front-row view while inner-city roads are closed to cars.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Interview starts a chain reaction
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Interview starts a chain reaction

And are Finnish grizzlies gristly?

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It’s in the male
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It’s in the male

Part and parcel of the delivery game.

Taking the wheel and talking trash
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Taking the wheel and talking trash

While big water turns on the taps.

Inside the bunker under Melbourne Park where waste cops a serve

Inside the bunker under Melbourne Park where waste cops a serve

Every patron through the gates at the Australian Open produces about 750 grams of waste,but a huge effort is underway to sort through the mess.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
Aunty fails the bleep test
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Aunty fails the bleep test

Andrew passes the taste test.

Hungry insect army to chomp through food waste at Howard Smith Wharves

Hungry insect army to chomp through food waste at Howard Smith Wharves

A new trial at the restaurant precinct will see fly larvae convert up to 1.7 tonnes of food scraps daily into fertiliser and chook food.

  • byTony Moore