The Latest Breaking News on Recycling

The company behind Australia's failed REDcycle recycling scheme will be wound up after it left stockpiles of soft plastics across the country.

It helped almost 9 in 10 reduced their use of single use period products like pads and tampons

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

"I would be concerned that there may be someone getting the wrong shade of green and we could have complaints being made."

Preventing heat waste largely being ignored as solution to energy crisis, say environmental campaigners

The supermarket chains say they will take responsibility for the 12,000 tonnes of waste stockpiled after the collapse of the REDcycle recycling scheme

Australian households produce about 12 million tonnes of waste every year. That puts the sector almost on par with manufacturing or construction.

The supermarket says the new packaging, which will be used across all its beef mince products, will save an estimated 450 tonnes of plastic across its 600 supermarkets and 800 Local shops

If you venture out to the countryside, the chances are you’ve probably seen piles of rubbish, anything from fridges to frying pans, rubble to refuse sacks dumped at the side of the road or in laybys. Waste crime is serious, hazardous and on the increase. Often referred to as “fly-tipping”…