Land Pollution

The juvenile cassowary was spotted with a fishing line hanging from its mouth in Far North Queensland and later died. 

Authorities have spent more than $100,000 and delayed bushfire safety work to remove hundreds of tyres illegally ditched in one of Queensland's most pristine national parks.

Regional fashion designers who source their fabrics from op shops, dead stock, and even off the sheep's back say they offer a more sustainable alternative to fast fashion. 

Beaches at a popular New South Wales Far South Coast tourist town have become littered with debris after a commercial fishing vessel ran aground this week.

The hearing in Western Sydney saw governments again accused of endangering communities by failing to act on warnings about PFAS chemicals.

The canister, which likely fell from a passing ship, was suspected to contain a chemical commonly used in pesticides and fumigants.

Feeling hopeless when it comes to saving the planet? A new study finds picking up litter can boost your mental health.

Friends and tour guides on Kangaroo Island Nikki Redman and Mia Bertetto are on a mission to rid their beautiful beaches of as much rubbish and plastic as possible and to encourage tourists and other locals to do the same. This video shows the results of one day's collection from beaches on the island's south east coast.

An ABC investigation has found the 180-hectare property on the Fraser Coast, marketed as part of an "eco-development", has become an alleged pollution time bomb, after being used to illegally dump more than 35,000 tonnes of waste.

A vacant copper smelter site at Port Kembla is up for sale but the operator says at least 300 homes nearby still have heavy metal contamination.

A Central Coast landowner is awarded significant damages after petroleum and diesel from a neighbouring service station contaminates his property.

Environment groups cleaning and re-cleaning remote northern Australian beaches of rubbish are calling on the federal government to do more to stop plastic being produced.

People living in parts of Mullumbimby in the Byron Shire hinterland are being warned to avoid using groundwater or harvesting homegrown fruit and veggies after PFAS chemicals were detected near their fire station.

Residents in Melbourne's north say council ignored their concerns about potentially contaminated soil when redeveloping a local park, which has now cost hundreds of thousands to clean-up.

Popular with manufacturers and consumers across South-East Asia, single-use sachets are a nightmare for recyclers and the environment. 

Locals encouraged to participate in clean-up Australia day to protect wildlife from harmful pollution.

The oily substance that washed ashore in northern New South Wales has people asking if it is the highly sought-after substance from a sperm whale's digestive system, or pollution from ship deck getting washed down.

A 'dead pit' on Yeeda Station with exposed piles of abattoir blood and bone waste, unfenced from roaming cattle.

Many items used in Australia's health and medicine industry are single-use by necessity, but how can that waste avoid landfill? 

A multi-agency clean up is underway after about 40,000 tiny pieces of plastic were released into the ocean with some washing up onto beaches on Queensland's Bribie Island.