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$50 levy for ‘free’ green bins: Brisbane residents slugged in ‘tax-avoidance scheme’

Brisbane residents will be charged a $50 waste levy to cover the cost of rolling out green bins across the city, whether they want one or not.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and Felicity Caldwell

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Watsonia Park in Spearwood, which will be drained after a nearby sewage spill. Picture: 9News Perth

Spearwood sewerage repairs to drag out over weekend

Water Corporation crews will work through the weekend to repair a damage sewerage system that has spilled waste across Perth’s south.

  • Cameron Myles
Perth’s sewage spill has made the river unsafe to swim in.

Spearwood sewage spill clean-up ‘to take weeks’: Water Corporation

A Water Corporation spokesman confirmed there were no further risks of any significant overflow after the spill leaked into the Swan River.

  • Emma Young and Hamish Hastie
Red bin collection fees are set to rise across Sydney from the new financial year

Revealed: The Sydney councils planning massive bin fee hikes

Councils across Greater Sydney are planning significant increases in the amount of money ratepayers have to fork out to have their household waste bins collected.

  • David Barwell
James Dorney, chief executive of Tomra Cleanaway, which manages the NSW container return scheme, at a sorting plant at Eastern Creek.

Australian container return schemes are a booming good news story

Unlike efforts to recycle soft plastics, container deposit schemes have been a success across Australia, with billions of bottles recycled.

  • Nick O'Malley and Bianca Hall
Greater Sydney is on track to run out of landfill by 2030.

Thinking of returning an online purchase? It might end up in landfill

The amount of unsold goods being thrown out has surged since 2021, and a key reason is the growth in returns of online purchases.

  • Frances Howe
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Professor Ian Wright and PhD candidate Katherine Warwick by the Wingecarribee River near Berrima sewage outfall, a known hotspot for platypus.

Revealed: The icky reason behind build-up of forever chemicals in Sydney catchment

NSW has the highest proportion of residents with cancer-causing PFAS chemicals - news which coincides with revelations that wastewater treatment plants are allowed to release treated effluent into rivers and creeks in the Warragamba catchment.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Melton Mayor Steve Abboushi with illegally dumped waste.

Rubbish city: These Melbourne suburbs are done with being dumping grounds

Councils are calling for state-led reform to crack down on a growing scourge of illegal dumping that disproportionately affects outer suburbs.

  • Sophie Aubrey
At this time of year, many deciduous trees put on a spectacular show, transforming neighbourhoods.

How to put fallen leaves to work in your garden

The magic of seasonal foliage lies in the vibrant colours, but also in the decay that comes next.

  • Megan Backhouse
Bianca Sondakh with dogs Hugo and Betsy.

Dog poo bags could soon be free in this Melbourne area. Some fear a costly mistake

A council is considering providing free dog waste bags in its parks – against its own experts’ advice.

  • Gemma Grant

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