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Burning non-recyclable waste to generate energy sounds like a great idea – but incineration plants need an ongoing waste stream to be viable, which perpetuates the make-use-dispose mentality.
An inconclusive COAG meeting comes after years of inquiries, announcements, initiatives, investigations and reviews. Australia is no closer to actually tackling our waste problems.
Australia needs a viable domestic recycling industry – here’s the current state of play.
Festival-goers increasingly treat tents as disposable, imagining they are put to good use when discarded. They’re wrong.
Reducing food waste by feeding hungry Canadians is a simplistic solution that is deeply problematic and morally distressing.
Don’t believe what you read on the label: ‘biodegradable’ bags might not break down in landfill.
China’s refusal to take Australia’s rubbish has started to bite, and it’s clear we’re not ready to deal with the consequences.
There are lots of issues with recycling – but it’s still an important part of society’s efforts to live more sustainably.
Academics from different disciplines come Head to Head in this series to tackle topical debates.
Renovations can create more waste than new constructions – but they don’t have to.
In the EU, 31% of plastic products go to landfill: but a process called “cold plasma pyrolysis” could turn them into clean fuels.
Old landfills could be, quite literally, untapped gold mines.
Incineration of household waste has gotten a bad name, argues an economist, who sees today’s recycling crisis as an opportunity to reconsider how the U.S. handles its waste.
Seagulls have no qualms about sifting through dumps for scraps. But this buffet comes at a cost, filling their stomachs with plastic, glass, metal and even building materials.
Big solar has a potentially bright future in cities, but we need to get the planning right first.
Connecting smugglers, disposable workers, garbage pickers and the poorest of consumers, the flip-flop trail is one of globalisation’s darker stories.
We all know that tap water is better than buying bottled water, from an environmental standpoint at least. But what should you drink it out of? A single-use bottle, used multiple times, might be best.
Ipswich Council has stopped recycling and it’s likely that others around Australia will follow suit.
Victoria’s proposed ban on single-use plastic bags is a step forward, but what about all the other unnecessary packaging? A truly effective waste policy should offer a comprehensive plan for packaging.
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor and Director Centre for Agricultural Engineering, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Economics, Bucknell University
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Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Waste Management, The University of Queensland
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Research Chair, Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Management, Keele University
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Senior Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University
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Researcher, Urban Informatics Research Lab, Queensland University of Technology
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Masters student, Carleton University
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Associate Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering & Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University
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Professor of Terrestrial Ecology, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Tropical Environments and Societies, James Cook University
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Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Director, Glowpear, Board member, ISDRS, Vice President, AHA and Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, RMIT University
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Birkbeck, University of London
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Adjunct professor, Department of Biology, Carleton University
