Waste
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Planet Ark was unable to stay afloat in a harsh environment
The organisation, which has been at the forefront of working toward a sustainable future for Australia, has unexpectedly collapsed.
- The Herald's View
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Hulking machine built to fight climate change is sitting silent
In a warehouse near the border of Victoria and NSW is a decommissioned machine that sums up how hard it is to find solutions to the climate crisis.
- Liam Mannix
- Updated
- How To Poison a Planet
State must crack down on Chevron’s toxic soil use in WA, say advocates
The US oil and gas giant is “privileged” to operate its export plant in a biodiversity haven off the WA coast. But the pollution of the site has become a concern.
- Emma Young
Victoria wants to burn more waste for energy – in someone else’s electorate
While the government has sought another lift to the cap on how much rubbish can be burned each year, proposed waste-to-energy projects are meeting community backlash and regulatory barriers.
- Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
‘Risk to human health’: EPA knocks back giant waste transfer station
Communities in Melbourne’s southeast are celebrating the refusal to allow Veolia to build a waste transfer station, in a blow to council waste disposal plans.
- Adam Carey
Garbage trucks are catching fire. Your battery could be to blame
Victoria’s fire service has been responding to almost one fire each day caused by lithium-ion batteries. Firefighters fear the trend will worsen.
- Lachlan Abbott
- Opinion
- Farming
Planning tonight’s dinner? Don’t eat Atlantic salmon before reading this
Some people are under the illusion that farmed salmon is a sustainable industry. But if you’re feeling hungry, read this first.
- Peter Singer
- Perspective
- City council
How Brisbane’s kerbside collection sent me back nearly four decades
Few council services generate as much excitement as the kerbside pick-up, and none more so than this year’s, which turned up a bona fide treasure.
- Cameron Atfield
This wind farm is retiring, so what happens to its tonnes of steel?
Wind and solar power is cutting emissions, but millions of disused panels and tonnes of turbine waste raise questions about how green clean energy really is.
- Mike Foley and Bianca Hall
- Opinion
- Recycling crisis
Red, yellow or green? The stress of putting the wrong thing in the wrong bin
I am stuck in a vicious cycle of attempting to recycle, and no number of colour-coded bins can save me.
- Thomas Mitchell
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