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From Jiangsu to Geelong: The Chinese state connections behind Lara's waste incinerator
By Harrison Tippet

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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-23/victoria-waste-to-energy-project-lara-chinese-government-links/105442594

#EnergyIndustry #RecyclingandWasteManagement #StateandTerritoryGovernment #HarrisonTippet

Anger, costly cleanup after 200 tyres dumped in national park gorge
By Ellie Willcox

Authorities have spent more than $100,000 and delayed bushfire safety work to remove hundreds of tyres illegally ditched in one of Queensland's most pristine national parks.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-20/tyres-illegally-dumped-isla-gorge-national-park/105437990

#LandPollution #LawCrimeandJustice #RecyclingandWasteManagement #NationalParks #EllieWillcox

Sewage-flooded park in Perth's south to remain shut for months
By Lily Kristanto and Phoebe Pin

Authorities say parkland contaminated by human waste could be out of action for months, as the fallout from a number of sewage spills in Perth's south continue.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-17/perth-park-sewage-repairs-to-take-months/105424172

#Water #RecyclingandWasteManagement #LilyKristanto #PhoebePin

Dumped face masks upcycled into valuable tech tool
By Molly Slattery and Emma Johnson

Billions of face masks are dumped into landfill every year and can take hundreds of years to decompose. New research has found a way to upcycle the waste into a high value tech tool.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-15/researchers-upcycle-face-masks-to-make-tech-cooling-components/105397918

#RecyclingandWasteManagement #MollySlattery #EmmaJohnson

Australia is set to embrace energy from waste, but should it?
By Norman Hermant

Energy from waste is common around the world, and there are almost a dozen plants now in operation or being proposed across Australia — but with the opportunity comes other problems.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-15/australia-energy-from-waste-plants-landfill-sustainable/105395550

#AlternativeEnergy #RecyclingandWasteManagement #Environment #EnvironmentalImpact #Utilities #EnvironmentalManagement #Pollution #NormanHermant

Farm plastic recycling to deal with thousands of tonnes of waste
By Jane McNaughton

Recycling agricultural bags could divert up to 45,000 tonnes of single-use soft plastics from landfill, burning or burying on-farm each year, making new products instead.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-06-13/farm-plastic-waste-recycling-repurpose-bags-twine/105035950

#RecyclingandWasteManagement #GrainGrowing #Seeds #JaneMcNaughton

Solar waste problem looms following rooftop panel boom
By Rhiana Whitson

More than 8 million solar panels will be decommissioned annually in the coming years, as batteries drive the next solar wave. With only about 10 per cent of panels recycled, waste is a major issue, with many stockpiled, sent overseas or ending up in landfill.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-12/solar-waste-problem-looms-after-rooftop-panel-boom/105402628

#RecyclingandWasteManagement #SolarEnergy #EnergyIndustry #RhianaWhitson

Small designers struggle to compete in flooded fast-fashion market
By Jodie Hamilton

Regional fashion designers who source their fabrics from op shops, dead stock, and even off the sheep's back say they offer a more sustainable alternative to fast fashion.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-11/small-regional-fashion-designers-compete-with-fast-fashion/105356822

#Fashion #FashionBrands #WomensFashion #EnvironmentalImpact #LandPollution #TextileArts #RegionalCommunities #RecyclingandWasteManagement #Hobbies #JodieHamilton

Talking about recent technology advances for catching and recycling plastic.
https://youtu.be/OA0Hk4FOchs?si=uubkVBfY4zjcRLKi
#recycling #plastic #recyclingandwastemanagement #recyclinginnovation

#Albertapolitics #recyclingandwastemanagement #NeverPoilievre

Shows aman from Ontario putting a bag labelled Pierre Poillievre in the trash, and an Alberta man taking it back out again.

“Recycling campaigns and greenwashing help plastic producers hide these facts from consumers. They make it harder for buyers to make smart and eco-friendly choices and for lawmakers to create fair and informed regulations.”
#RecyclingAndWasteManagement #PlasticPollution #PlasticBan #SingleUsePlastic #recycling #PlasticsIndustry #PlasticWaste #BanSingleUsePlastic

Explosive new report accuses major corporations of lying for decades: 'It's clearly fraud they're engaged in' https://flip.it/HpTLdg

@agreencow The rubbish trucks cracked the sides of our 240L recycling wheelie. Council have replaced it but only with a 120L wheelie.

Said we are "welcome to order another recycling 120L if we need greater capacity to recycle" but we'll have to pay double the charge for having two wheelies instead of the one THEY CRACKED APART.

WTF??? They should be encouraging us to recycle. NOT penalising us bc they broke our bin.
#Whitehorsecouncil #recycling #recyclingandwastemanagement #rubbishbin