Environment
Sustainability
'Wasted opportunity': Industry, states seek federal recycling funding
Major states and the recycling industry say the Morrison government must allocate funding if it's serious about implementing a much-needed nationwide waste strategy to address mounting piles of refuge.
- by Peter Hannam
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Ethical living
Who is better at recycling, Queanbeyan or Canberra?
Astonishing figures for the "reverse vending machine" in Queanbeyan show 24,000 cans and bottles a day are being returned for recycling.
- by Steve Evans
Local council
Melbourne Council unveils plans for new CBD 'landmark'
Lord mayor Sally Capp plugged the project’s potential to reinvigorate retail and commercial opportunities in the CBD.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Plastic
1.5 billion fewer plastic bags in environment since ban, retailers say
The decision by Coles and Woolworths to stop offering single-use disposable plastic bags has led to an 80 per cent drop in their consumption nationwide.
Opinion
Renewables
Green is the new black: how renewables and storage will replace coal
What the community really needs is for government and industry to get on with building Australia’s future energy system.
- by Lachlan Blackhall
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Biodiversity
New Perth study urges gardeners to pass on the grass
Maintenance of lawns negates any environmental positives they have according to a new study but the turf industry says the authors didn't consider the wider benefits enough.
- by Hamish Hastie
Water
Condemnation for cotton farmer after guilty plea to water theft
A major irrigator on the Barwon-Darling has pleaded guilty to three charges involving water misuse, including pumping during an embargo, following a lengthy investigation.
- by Peter Hannam
Pollution
'Scandal': NSW coal power plants will kill thousands before they close
Air pollution from NSW's five coal-fired power stations carry a "substantial health burden", including leading to an estimated 279 deaths a year with thousands more to come before they close.
- by Peter Hannam
Animals
Dead whale had 115 plastic cups, 2 flip-flops in its stomach
Researchers found 115 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, 2 flip-flops, a nylon sack and more than 1000 other assorted pieces of plastic in the stomach of a whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia.
Waste
Saving food from deep burial
Katy Barfield once rescued 27 tonnes of yellowfin tuna from deep burial.
- by Jewel Topsfield
Waste
‘Impending plasticide’: Emergency tax tipped as waste crisis deepens
Australia’s waste crisis is tipped to deepen, with global wealth manager Credit Suisse predicting the federal government will intervene within two years.
- by Jewel Topsfield