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The three types of illegal rubbish dumpers, and the squad trying to catch them
Hume has a $4.7 million issue with people dumping rubbish on average 33 times a day. A new patrol unit aims to re-educate them.
- Adam Carey
- Opinion
- Opinion
One man’s trash is another’s new, slightly stained sofa
There is no more glorious sight than seeing the streets full of happy faces – kids, families, strange men with trucks – all of them sifting through kerbside trash.
- Thomas Mitchell
The push to revive soft plastic recycling in Australia is quietly under way
Two years after REDCycle’s collapse, a pilot program is operating in 12 supermarkets – but one recycling executive says the big chains need to own their waste.
- Adam Carey
Tonnes and tonnes of old solar panels with nowhere to go
The volume of solar waste in Victoria is expected to nearly double by 2030, prompting calls to boost the nation’s limited recycling sectors.
- Kieran Rooney
- Perspective
- Perspective
A love letter to Brisbane’s Tour de Trash aka kerbside collection
Billions tune in to watch the Tour de France, but Brisbane has a trashier version – and cyclists here will get a front-row view while inner-city roads are closed to cars.
- Felicity Caldwell
Inside the bunker under Melbourne Park where waste cops a serve
Every patron through the gates at the Australian Open produces about 750 grams of waste, but a huge effort is underway to sort through the mess.
- Madeleine Heffernan
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