Truly green plastic requires more than sustainable raw materials.
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Plant-based, sustainable plastics may hold many of the answers to our plastic problems.
Magnets, air blowers, centrifuges, crushers: your recyclables go through a lot before they get turned into something else.
The science is clear but to improve plastic literacy, we need the arts. Here’s why.
China is no longer importing the world’s recyclable plastic – so what should we do instead?
Canadians are a wasteful bunch, especially during the holidays. Redesign your holidays this year to cut back on garbage and food waste.
China, which recycles much of the world’s waste material, is slashing its scrap imports. This move could force the United States and Europe to boost recycling instead of shipping trash overseas.
With an ever-increasing cost to extract dwindling raw materials, it’s time to look at cities as urban mines. We’re developing the tools to do that.
Everyone knows that plastic waste is an environmental problem. So let’s get creative with it.
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.
The world’s largest recyclable materials importer will leave other countries searching for alternative waste management solutions.
The Victorian government is auditing every recycling facility in the state after a disastrous fire at Coolaroo. It raises a bigger issue: we don’t know how many plants Australia has or where they are.
Banning single-use plastic bags makes sense, as long as it doesn’t usher in behaviours that are just as bad, or worse – like over-using heavier bags made of even more plastic.
New research shows most people try to shop and cook carefully – the real problem with food waste is infrastructure.
The plastic bag ban doesn’t consider the impact it will have on Kenya’s economy or consider other environmental alternatives.
In the rush to increase recycling, we should remember that reducing waste in the first place is a much a higher priority.
Despite being outcasts in Moroccan society, waste collectors defend their profession as protectors of the environment.
Many people are confused about what they can and can’t recycle, and whether they need to clean everything before it goes in the bin. The best plan is to check the details with your local council.
It’s thanks to decomposition brought about by beetles and fungi that we’re not all buried under dead organic matter.
Plastics pose a major threat to seabirds and other animals, and most don’t ever break down - they just break up. Every piece of petrochemical-derived plastic ever made still exists on the planet.
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Senior Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Associate Professor and Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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