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Today’s NSW plastic ban will divert 2.7 billion plastic items from oceans
Ramsay ramps up sustainable healthcare
Protecting Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef
Perfect picnics
Researchers say chemicals could undermine global plastics deal
Chemicals can undermine global plastics agreement
Colac Otway Shire Council clicks over one year of glass recycling
REDcycle’s collapse is more proof that plastic recycling is a broken system
Townsville cafés join fight to reduce organic waste, protect great lifestyle
Shoalhaven food retailers leading way in going plastic free
Closing loop on medical waste
Leached chemicals from plastic pollution kill key marine microbes: study
South Australia announcement provides much needed certainty for phase-out of single-use plastics bans
Lake Mac water station results good enough to bottle
60% of home ‘compostable’ plastic doesn’t fully break down, ending up in our soil
More single-use plastics banned from today
These cellulose nanofibers might be alternative to petroleum-based plastics
Launch of Waste Tyre Reprocessing Grant Program
You can have your say on powering ACT’s circular economy
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1 Nov deadline for single-use plastics phase out in NSW retail, container deposit scheme expanded
Diving against debris ahead of plastic ban
National Environment Ministers Meeting missed opportunity to align nationally on single-use plastics
WA showcases leadership at national environment meeting
UK, D-Cast help students learn how to mitigate plastic pollution
New biomaterial to tackle pollution
Australian beaches going plastic free
Govt failing our oceans
New pollution prevention advice for fishing communities
More single use plastics banned from 1 November
Single-use plastic cups for cold drinks banned from today
More single-use plastics banned from tomorrow
Retailers welcome WA Government plan to phase-out more single-use plastics as product deadlines loom in NSW
Turning tide on plastic packaging pollution
Consultation opens on single-use plastic bans
New campaign launches ahead of plastic ban
Takeaway containers and plastic bags next on list for single use plastic ban
Victoria University takes action to combat waste
Lean green meal machine eliminates single-use plastic
Print, Recycle, Repeat: Scientists Demonstrate Biodegradable Printed Circuit
Plastic Free Champion shows way for Top End foodies
Coles removes single-use plastic fresh produce bags in Australian-first trial
Return to Indigenous-led solutions may be our only hope to reverse plastics pollution
Supporting Canada’s Zero Plastic Waste Agenda
Roadmap to Stop Single-Use Plastic Pollution in Vietnam
Fauna Fair connects Willoughby with nature
Sustainable forestry is part of solution to Australia’s environmental crisis
Unipak unveils world first environmentally friendly net wrap