Waste
Exclusive
Victorian environment
Rubbish rebels: Labor MPs, ministers blast waste incinerator plans in their seats
The minister who first introduced Victoria’s waste-to-energy policy is opposing an incinerator, as the Allan government takes friendly fire from Labor MPs.
- by Bianca Hall and Kieran Rooney
Latest
Exclusive
State Parliament
Sydney’s running out of rubbish space. Is this the end of your red bin?
Sydney’s available landfill space is vanishing as NSW falls well behind its recycling targets.
- by Alexandra Smith
We surveyed your local election candidates. See what they really think
Use our interactive to find out which key issues candidates across 31 councils in Greater Melbourne say they will back if elected.
- by Cara Waters, Rachael Dexter and Nathanael Scott
Opinion
Australian economy
This is the key to happiness and economic prosperity
Since the industrial revolution, we’ve fattened up our economy by pumping out products and consuming more. But there’s a way to grow outside the box.
- by Millie Muroi
Council accused of negligence over major West Footscray chemical blaze
Maribyrnong council and gas giant BOC are accused of failing to take action on stockpiling of gas cylinders at a factory that burned for nearly two weeks in 2018.
- by Chris Vedelago
Exclusive
Recycling
The secret facility extracting gold from electronic waste
Metallurgists are extracting gold, silver and copper as they hunt through your e-waste for precious metals.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Hampton Park landfill site accused of breaching safe methane gas levels
Victoria’s environmental watchdog is pursuing global waste giant Veolia in the Supreme Court over alleged failures to safely manage the landfill site near several hundred homes.
- by Adam Carey
‘We can no longer limp along’: Plans for plastic packaging shakeup
More than a year after the collapse of REDcycle, Australian industry and government can’t agree on how to collect our sea of soft plastics, let alone what to do with it.
- by Bianca Hall and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Exclusive
Recycling
Big business calls on government to police tide of plastic packaging
The companies behind Australia’s biggest consumer brands are calling for regulation of recycling and packaging to ensure consistency between the states and territories, and ensure laggards don’t benefit from cheaper costs.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Exclusive
Inventors
These plastics were ‘unrecyclable’. An Australian invention is changing that
Groundbreaking technology developed by University of NSW researchers transforms hard plastics from old office equipment into 3D printer feedstock.
- by Andrew Taylor
Australian invention turns trash into treasure
New technology designed by University of NSW researchers is turning hard plastics that would otherwise be destined for landfill into feedstock for 3D printers.
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/waste-hup