SHOCKING: 20 | Mind Blowing Facts

Where does the Fogo go? The challenge of recovering Sydney’s green waste – and how you can help

Food and garden rubbish is sorted and then cooked to produce rich compost at this waste management centre

The Guardian - AU · Nov 22, 2024

Rescuing the treasure from the trash: Sanitation workers help save diamond that mistakenly landed in garbage

The owner of the diamond was ‘hoping for a miracle (and a way to open the Big Belly),’ officials said

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024

Bali plastic recycling scheme swamped with garbage

Scheme has collected a fraction of the waste it set out to handle and is struggling with broken machinery and poor finances

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024

Tide’s out, dinner’s up: why Wales is at the forefront of a seaweed revolution

Food, fertiliser, fuel … seaweed has been a life force for centuries. On a coastal foraging trip in Pembrokeshire, we discover it’s now behind a new green initiative, too

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024

Beautiful, eco-friendly and fire resistant: why architects are choosing walls made of hemp

Sumptuously textured, carbon negative and just a bit more expensive, hempcrete is being increasingly used in eco-friendly building

The Guardian - AU · Nov 9, 2024

Deposit return scheme ‘misrepresented’ by ministers, Biffa claims

MINISTERS “negligently misrepresented” a now collapsed drinks container return scheme to a waste management company to persuade it to sign up, a…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 8, 2024

Deposit return scheme ‘misrepresented’ to waste firm by ministers, court told

Biffa is suing the Scottish Government for a sum in the region of £160 million after the scheme collapsed.

Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024

How Newcastle stacks up: benchmark report to compare councils

'It is very much a feather in our cap to be asked.'

Newcastle Herald · Nov 5, 2024

Electric prime movers finally rolling into Australia

More companies are swapping heavy-duty diesel trucks for electric prime movers, but industry experts say regulations still need to change to get more on roads.

AAP · Nov 2, 2024

Can I fix it? Yes you can! Don’t throw away these household items before trying to repair them

From household electrical appliances to timber furniture and a family fairy floss machine – so much can be saved from landfill

The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2024