Visy recycling plant still leaves smell over Reservoir after years of complaints
There are days Chris Wilkinson pulls into his Reservoir driveway and immediately shuts himself inside his house. “I’ll…
The specification gap in Australia’s packaging reform
Australia missed every National Packaging Target in 2025. The headline figure, 44% average recycled content against a 50%…
Rising waste costs prompt rethink of rubbish collection around Australia
A waste expert says Australian households are the “piggy in the middle” of a global “cheap” plastics industry…
Portugal has just used up its natural resources for 2026. Is the rest of Europe doing any better?
As of today (7 May), Portugal has exhausted the natural resources it has available for 2026. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…
88% ‘hard-to-recycle’ plastic: PolyCycl’s bet on turning waste into value
As India tightens enforcement of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) norms and grapples with mounting plastic waste, technologies capable…
studio mo man tai reshapes urban leftovers into walk-through color field
studio mo man tai assembles threshold from fragments in milan At the entrance to the Cavallerizze, studio…
Single-use plastic soy sauce fish are an eco-nightmare. A local designer has a solution
Designer Angus Ware was working in Sydney when he came across a problem. Like millions of city workers…
bentu design turns fly ash from power plant into concrete street furniture
fly ash becomes material in bentu design’s second mine project At the confluence of Poyang Lake and…
A Giant Wool Form by Nicola Turner Heaves and Skitters Through an 18th-Century Chapel — Colossal
In a converted 18th-century chapel on the grounds of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, a strange form creeps through openings…
Coca-Cola suggests it could abandon Queensland Containers for Change scheme amid proposed reforms
Beverage giant Coca-Cola has suggested it could pull out of Queensland’s container refund scheme if major reforms are…
Hobart City Mission repairing donated clothing to reduce textile waste
In the warehouse of a Hobart op shop, volunteers are sorting through bags of donated clothing items. Not…
Portugal’s plastic recycling rates lag behind European targets, but a new scheme aims to change that
Until today, when buying a bottled drink or a canned beverage in the supermarket in Portugal, the cost…