Recycling
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- Sustainability
I went looking for a needle in a haystack, and I found so much more
There’s joy and redemption to be found at the local tip.
- Richard Glover
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Long an organic recycling laggard, SEQ gives FOGO another crack
Four councils, including Brisbane, are running food recycling trials for apartments, resorts and retirement homes.
- Julius Dennis
WA is ahead of the pack for solar uptake. But what happens to panels at the end of their lives?
The WA government will tip $17.8 million into a program to recycle solar panels and lithium-ion batteries in a bid to recover valuable materials and reduce the waste being sent to landfill.
- Michael Philipps
Tossers caught out by AI cameras, as Brisbane’s worst illegal dumping hotspots named
More cameras are being rolled out to battle a surge in dumping, with affluent New Farm emerging as a surprise hotbed of complaints.
- William Davis
- Exclusive
- Pollution
Supermarkets seek answers over battery recycling scandal
Residents have reported fumes, fires and unusual activity at a scrapyard at the centre of improper battery recycling claims.
- Ben Cubby
- Editorial
- For subscribers
Battery dumping fails acid test
Doubts surface over the recycling of household batteries.
- The Herald's View
- Exclusive
- Pollution
Hidden AirTags and ‘black mass’: The mystery of Australia’s missing batteries
The nation’s biggest battery recycling company is facing allegations of serious malpractice.
- Ben Cubby and Bianca Hall
Why Containers for Change expansion has WA’s winemakers and distillers in low spirits
Come July 1, wine and spirit bottles will be eligible for 10-cent refunds as part of the Containers for Change program. But the move has left a sour note with the state’s winemakers and distillers.
- Max Veenhuyzen
