Recycling and Waste Management

Data from floating rubbish bins near the Sydney CBD suggests there are higher levels of rubbish entering the water when major events such as Vivid are on.

The soft plastic recycling industry wants more waste to stay here, saying too much material is being sent overseas. 

While Queensland councils cleaned up enough illegally dumped waste to fill more than 1,200 garbage trucks, investigators say they are getting better at catching those doing the wrong thing.

High-volume salmon mortalities last year swamped Tasmania's waste streams as companies scrambled to find somewhere to accept them, documents show. There are now concerns the state remains unprepared for future mass deaths.

Queensland cotton farmer and entrepreneur Sam Coulton has spent decades diversifying beyond agriculture, building a fashion brand and tourism business in Goondiwindi while creating jobs and investing in the future of his rural town.

A parliamentary hearing into a proposed $600 million waste-to-energy plant at Tarago has heard widespread opposition and condemnation from the community.

Ellena Savage's debut essay collection, Blueberries, was a surprise hit. In her new novel, The Ruiners, she takes on Charles Dickens and the illegal waste trade.

How councils collect rubbish is changing as the cost of disposing of waste skyrockets and they scramble to meet environmental targets.

Waste recycling company NuGrow will fight 11 environmental nuisance charges relating to its Swanbank food recycling plant in a two-week trial later this year.

Shoyu-tai, the single-use plastic soy sauce fish that accompany takeaway sushi, are an eco-nightmare — but a local designer has a solution.

A proposed waste-to-energy incinerator near Beaudesert divides the Scenic Rim community. Supporters say it could ease Queensland's landfill crisis, while opponents fear health and environmental risks.

At the Waubra Wind Farm near Ballarat, 40-metre turbine blades that once helped power the state are given a second life.

A family has spent the last ten months cleaning litter along a 43-kilometre stretch of highway on WA's south coast. Today they finally reached their destination — a country bakery where they enjoyed their just desserts.

The Upper Lachlan Shire Council says it cannot afford to be caught off-guard if a diesel shipment does not arrive, and must reserve fuel for essential services like road grading or red bin collections.

The controversial project would see waste burned to create energy in Fiji to reduce the country's reliance on fossil fuels, but locals and environmentalists are not happy.

More than 1,000 workers across seven local councils in Melbourne are set to walk off the job next month on the same day the Victorian government releases its budget, with garbage collection to be impacted by the strike.

Tonnes of organic waste from the National Folk Festival are being turned into fertiliser on a farm outside Canberra in a circular economy project delivering more benefits than just waste reduction.

The Queensland government recently introduced proposed laws to overhaul the governance of the scheme, while also ruling out an increase to the 10-cent refund amount.

A newly formed West Australian wine group warns that bottles of wine produced in the state could increase by $1.25 if the expansion of the Containers for Change scheme goes ahead.

A Southern Highlands developer facing harassment allegations says legal action is politically motivated, while police allege a pattern of emails and conduct targeting senior council officials.