Recycling and Waste Management

Dutch team Brunel has been crowned the winners of the 2025 World Solar Challenge after a five-day marathon race across the Australian outback.

A new large-scale recycling facility has already processed thousands of tonnes of soft plastic left over from the collapse of REDcycle.   

Solar-powered vehicles designed by university students from around the world have descended on the Northern Territory's remote outback, bringing a sense of science fiction to the sparse landscape as they race from Darwin to Adelaide.

Consumers are increasingly turning to op shops amid the cost-of-living crisis, but a researcher warns the sustainable practice is having little impact due to fast fashion giants.

One of Australia's leading biomedical centres says a proposed plastics recycling plant south of Sydney could endanger the breeding of genetically modified mice used in life-saving research.

Recycling is important to reduce materials that go into landfill, but how can you do it in Alice Springs?

Two Darwin businesses have been left with tonnes of tyres and a massive clean-up bill after falling victim to a tyre dumping scheme that has impacted people across Australia.

From early colonial settlers to the post-war construction boom, prefabricated and modular housing has a long history in Australia. Can factory-built homes fix our housing woes and help the climate?

Footage captures how a battery disposed of in a bin ignites in seconds, forcing a Dubbo garbage truck to dump 15 tonnes of rubbish on a suburban street. Supplied: Dubbo Regional Council

A battery embedded in a device thrown out with household rubbish took just seconds to spark a multi-agency emergency when a garbage truck's load burst into flames.

An Adelaide demolition company and its director are found guilty of illegally dumping thousands of tonnes of asbestos-contaminated waste.

A German chef works with farmers in South West WA to give second-grade produce and food waste a second chance.

A WA resident who was lucky to escape an electrical blaze is building his new home with a fireproof space dedicated to charging devices, amid debate about safe battery storage and disposal.

A study finds water pollution from sewage discharge is up to 40 times above guidelines in some areas of Greater Sydney's drinking water catchment.

A furious Victorian mayor says it is "disgraceful" that the EPA monitored toxic waste being dumped on council land for years only to leave ratepayers to foot the $500,000 clean-up bill.

A rebranded Plasrefine launched an appeal in the Land and Environment Court this week, opposing the decision not to allow its 120,000-tonne recycling facility to be built in Moss Vale.

The innovative project using algae and sunlight to purify wastewater is set to save a north Queensland council millions.

Technology using macroalgae and the sun's rays to purify wastewater saves a council in Queensland's north millions, while providing fertiliser for farmers and reducing nitrogen runoff to the Great Barrier Reef.

As green-lidded food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bins roll out across NSW, confusion about what should and shouldn't go in them means 45 per cent of what's collected across Australia still ends up in landfill.

A waste incinerator designed to burn 400,000 tonnes of rubbish a year is proposed for Lara, an area in the outskirts of Geelong. Locals vehemently oppose the project on environmental grounds and because of a lack of information about who will build it.