Recycling and Waste Management

There isn't a whole lot of consistency in Australia around what single-use plastics are being phased out and when. See what's happening in your state.

There are calls for more education on contamination from plastics and other rubbish as households remain confused about how the FOGO system works.

There are fears for the lasting success of the household food and garden waste program due to widespread contamination, but there are solutions being trialled.

Victoria's environment watchdog has dropped allegations against a soft plastics recycling company, but says more serious charges could be coming.

A Queensland prison that was sending 16,000 empty milk bottles to landfill each month has launched a recycling program so successful it has caught the eyes of other jail program managers.

Do you know your PP from your HDPE, and your PVC from your soft plastics? Plastic recycling is a minefield, so here's how to tell what you're dealing with and which bin you should put it in.

Liz Kasell, who founded the REDcycle soft plastic recycling scheme which collapsed with thousands of tonnes of plastic stockpiled in warehouses across the country, insists she believed materials being collected by the company would be saved from landfill.

Coles and Woolworths took responsibility for the piles of plastics in February. Now they say there's not enough capacity locally to recycle it all so samples are now being sent to other countries.

A question about how the impact of plastic waste on the ocean

Australia's two major supermarkets are moving to take responsibility for massive stockpiles of soft plastics, following the collapse of recycling company REDcycle.

Ahead of tonight's premiere of War On Waste, host Craig Reucassel, eco stylist Nina Gbor and scientist Veena Sahajwalla answer your recycling questions, bust myths, and provide the inspiration to take action.

The major supermarkets have started sending samples of soft plastics overseas to be recycled, as they deal with the legacy of thousands of tonnes of stockpiled plastics from the collapsed REDcycle scheme.

A festival-goer asks how Australia compares to other countries when it comes to our recycling options. 

A festival-goer asking what we can do to be a more sustainable society. 

A vox pop of someone asking if it's better to donate items than throw them away. 

New research reveals the extent of Australia's single-use plastic waste, as global leaders "negotiate" over a plastics treaty.

From how clean your recycling needs to be to how many donated clothes are actually resold — can you sort your waste facts from fiction.

Australia, we're still in a war with waste, and while not all of the solutions rest with households, there’s still plenty we can do at home to reduce our waste footprint.

Hospitals rely on many single use sterile tools to provide medical care but much of this is sent to landfill. A Tasmanian company is working to create a closed-loop recycling system to give medical plastic a new life.

Brenton Lovering and Mat Usher were shocked by the amount of plastic thrown out in health care. Their Tasmanian pilot program is aiming to change that.

This week the federal court ruled in favour of traditional owners who have been fighting against the development of a nuclear waste facility. Here’s what we know so far. 

Ian Lowe, who was on the expert advisory committee for the SA Royal Commission on the nuclear industry, says a court ruling blocking the proposal wasn't unexpected.

In this clip from the third series of War on Waste Craig Reucassel is on a mission to return medicine blister packs to the pharmaceutical companies they came from.

The host of War on Waste takes us behind the scenes of the latest series and discusses what derailed national momentum to reduce waste and how we can get back on track.

Ever needed a pasta maker for a homemade dinner or a karaoke machine for a children's party but cannot justify the cost of buying a new one? The Library of Things wants to share.