Recycling and Waste Management

When anti-dumping activist Dave Dudley goes bush he often stumbles across dumped tyres. It's an environmental risk he says the government needs to address.  

Authorities say crews responded to 260 lithium-ion battery fires in Queensland last year. A new waste collection program in the state's north aims to prevent them.

The federal government provides $2 million towards developing low-emissions alternatives to glass wine bottles using materials like seaweed and plant sugar. 

Queensland is generating waste at a faster rate than its population growth, with hundreds of thousands of extra tonnes of rubbish added in the past year as the state government vows to boost recycling.

Australia is on the brink of a solar panel waste crisis. Experts say there's much to do before a national recycling program can stand on its own two feet.

A not-for-profit environmental group put GPS devices in 35 e-waste items and dropped them off at recycling locations in four Australian capital cities. Here's what they found.

A proposal to build an incinerator in the regional town of Parkes could see 700,000 tonnes of Sydney's red bin rubbish transported there every year.

The ACT will expand its 10-cent container deposit scheme, with the changes expected to result in an additional 8 million containers being recycled in the first year.

Volunteers say they are tired of "lazy" residents dumping their unwanted goods outside op shops to avoid paying tip fees.

The storage of the waste is the latest in a series of similar events for Ipswich, the city which some now call "Australia's waste capital".

Roads buckle under the pressure of the Northern Territory's harsh climate, but a group of researchers think repurposing discarded materials may be the solution — not only helping the environment, but government budgets too.

People are being urged to dispose of their batteries properly, after a series of fires at landfills across New South Wales.  

About 150 jobs will be created by a new "green cement" project at a power station site which has sat vacant for nearly a decade, the SA government says.

With campsite trash accounting for more than half of the rubbish accumulated at music festivals, there are calls for a "cultural shift" in the behaviour of those attending.

Between 10 and 20 per cent of the 3 million coffee pods Australians consume daily are actually recycled. Here's what's being done to change that.

Australia's first large-scale soft plastics recycling facility is processing huge loads each day, turning waste into a useful raw material.

Australia's first large-scale soft plastics recycling facility is processing huge loads each day, turning waste into a useful raw material.

Armed with gloves, bags, buckets and tongs, a trio of passionate rubbish removalists has picked up an award in this regional Western Australia town. 

Ever been about to pour rancid milk down the sink and thought, "Hmm, maybe I shouldn't…"? What about the tomato passata that's gone off? Or the water you washed the paint in? Or that pungent oil from a tuna can?

Mark Mitchell is known for bringing the fun to rubbish collection, donning different outfits and inspiring youngsters to follow in his footsteps. But this week is his final run.