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Architect Alexander Symes.

Why even takeaway coffee cups will be used to rebuild this Sydney home

Architect Alexander Symes is trying to build a new home for his family where everything is used and nothing leaves the site. And he means everything.

  • Julie Power

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CCTV images of a couple allegedly dumping a fridge in Brisbane.

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
Hutcheon said single-use plastics used outside the home lead to the most litter.

‘Nothing seems to be happening’: Is Queensland falling behind on plastic bans?

Queensland paused its single-use plastics road map two years ago and is yet to decide a new direction.

  • Julius Dennis
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Curb your art

Annual tradition didn’t jog the memory.

Troy Rowe at the ReSource e-waste facility.

The cylinders being dumped across the city despite the risks they pose

While smaller silver “nang” chargers are better recognised, three-kilogram nitrous oxide canisters are becoming more common. They come with higher environmental and health risks.

  • Gemma Grant
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Back lane bazaar gets bizarre

And ANZAC day takes the biscuit.

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Jacky Stibilj inspects full bins in her neighbourhood which have not been collected.

Russian roulette for rubbish: Collectors randomly skipping streets in industrial action

Garbage collectors are picking “random” streets to miss each morning as part of their campaign for a pay rise, leaving fed-up locals stressed about where to put mounting waste.

  • Rachael Ward
Stock image of skip bin in front of house in Australian suburb. Picture: Adobe Stock

Perth council says no to public skip bins despite ‘dumping galore’

A community-led request to place skip bins on public verges to fight “dumping galore” has been binned by City of Canning councillors, despite a massive spike in illegal littering.

  • Indigo Lemay-Conway
Merri-bek resident Joe Perri is unhappy with the council’s prposals to change rubbish collection to fortnightly.

Fortnightly rubbish collection ‘inevitable’ as waste costs mount

Daniel Andrews vowed it would never happen under Labor. But one in three councils have ditched weekly pick-ups, and a big inner-city council plans to follow suit.

  • Rachael Ward
The Lord Mayor said Brisbane City Council would push its contractor to improve collection rates.

Have your bins gone uncollected? Lord mayor says he’s ‘not happy’ with contractor

A 16-year collection contract worth almost $1 billion was issued in 2017. Now, Adrian Schrinner says the waste company is falling short of expectations.

  • William Davis