Plastic
Life without plastic is possible - it's just very hard
Like many who aim to live plastic free, Dianna Cohen, a founder of California advocacy group Plastic Pollution Coalition, never leaves home without her eco-survival kit.
- by Steven Kurutz
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Plastic
Single use plastics could be banned in the ACT in coming years
The ACT government will consider a potential ban on single-use plastics including straws and cutlery in coming years.
- by Daniel Burdon
Plastic
Container list reveals sunken treasures off NSW coast
Two utes worth a combined $300,000 were among the items lost when a cargo ship lost 83 containers overboard last June.
- by Max McKinney
Ethical living
The young woman and her mum waging war on plastics
After living plastic-free for 10 years, a mother and daughter have written a book to help others reduce their use of this environmental menace.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Recycling
Coca-Cola Amatil joins the plastic straw ban
Soft drink giant Coca-Cola Amatil is cashing in on the paper straw craze, announcing it would no longer distribute plastic drinking straws or stirrers in Australia this year.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Plastic
'A fine stream' to a waste dump: Can Cooks River be revived?
Things are looking up for the Cooks, thanks to a new push to have it treated as a living river rather than a stormwater drain.
- by Jordan Baker
Ethical living
Banning plastic? Be careful what you wish for!
There's a move to ban single-use plastic. There are cafes which only use steel "straws" and won't serve coffee in disposable cups. But do plastic bans add up?
- by Steve Evans
Animals
'Extremely disappointed': Australia lashes Japan's decision to restart commercial whaling
Tokyo has withdrawn from the International Whaling Commission on the basis that it could not resume the commercial hunt while bound by global rules.
- by Fergus Hunter & Steve Jacobs
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Animals
Japan to withdraw from IWC to resume commercial whaling: reports
Japan is unlikely to catch whales in the Antarctic Ocean after its withdrawal, Kyodo quotes a government source as saying.
- by Steve Jacobs
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Marine life
No-guilt fishing is here: WA company invents plastic-free bait system
A local company has developed a new system for fishers and crayfishers to go plastic-free, paving the way for cleaner fishing in a plastic-filled world.
- by Emma Young
Local government
National waste audit nod for WA's new ways with bins, bags and bottles
Western Australia, while sticking firmly to its comfort zone in the middle of the states, is making big strides towards cleaning up its act.
- by Emma Young