Jack Adams took matters into his own hands after watching rubbish bins at his local Brunswick East park overflow with recyclables on high-traffic days.
Pete Shmigel is beyond frustrated. The former head of the Australian Council of Recycling has been campaigning for the rollout of recycled roads for more than half a decade now.
Climate activists have staged an elaborate hoax that claimed that all Mattel toys,including the iconic Barbie doll,would be plastic free by 2030.
Craig Reucassel returns for series three of the hit ABC show and says it’s now up to governments to make a real difference when it comes to recycling.
Comedian and Chaser satirist Craig Reucassel is hardly an evangelist for responsible behaviour. But when it comes to saving the planet,he’s happy to champion uncomfortable truths.
Australians are heavy plastics users,generating more single-use plastic waste per person than any other country except Singapore.
Amelia Trompf has made it her mission to keep plastics out of landfill,and she has a hit on her hands with a volunteer-run stall that reunites stray pieces of kitchenware.
Young turtles are feasting on delicacies in the city’s waterways and spending a surprising amount of time alongside humans.
The Environment Minister has flown to Paris for critical talks on the proposed global treaty,saying she is concerned other countries are trying to make the targets voluntary instead of legally binding.
Supermarket giant Coles will phase out reusable plastic bags by July,following a similar move by Woolworths in April.
A gigantic belt of seaweed that can be seen from space has bloomed in the Atlantic since 2011. An Australian woman wants to turn it into plastic.