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'Crucial' research funding to end plastics, cut methane

'Crucial' research funding to end plastics, cut methane

Almost $130 million in federal grants to end widespread use of plastics and cut methane emissions in farming are part of a push for a less harmful economy.

Riches or rubbish: firms prepare for EV battery surge

Riches or rubbish: firms prepare for EV battery surge

Riches or rubbish: firms prepare for EV battery surge

Riches or rubbish: firms prepare for EV battery surge

The question of what to do with electric car batteries when they reach the end of their useful lives is being discussed in Australia as a deadline looms.

Scepticism over 'missing piece' of sustainable future

Scepticism over 'missing piece' of sustainable future

Scepticism over 'missing piece' of sustainable future

Scepticism over 'missing piece' of sustainable future

As waste-to-energy leaders meet in Sydney, a chemical engineer has warned of ultra-fine pollutants being spread to communities near incinerators.

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Australia props up nuclear agency amid Pacific concern

Australia props up nuclear agency amid Pacific concern

Australia announced more funding for the international nuclear watchdog as China seized on division in the Pacific over Japan's release of nuclear wastewater.

Fewer pizza boxes in landfill thanks to recycling boost

Fewer pizza boxes in landfill thanks to recycling boost

More grubby pizza boxes and other contaminated paper will get a second life courtesy of a nation-first recycling system in Melbourne's north.

Call for national rules to sort out plastic recycling

Call for national rules to sort out plastic recycling

Australians continue to incorrectly recycle plastic waste, with calls for the federal government to implement consistent guidelines nationwide.

Company behind chemical warehouse inferno fined $3m

Company behind chemical warehouse inferno fined $3m

A defunct chemical waste recycling company has been hit with $2.98 million in fines after a warehouse fire burned a worker and forced schools to close.

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Ex-CEO behind waste cartel still working for firm

Ex-CEO behind waste cartel still working for firm

Ex-CEO behind waste cartel still working for firm

Ex-CEO behind waste cartel still working for firm

The former CEO of a Sydney waste firm caught fixing prices in a criminal cartel still advises the company's management team as a "consultant".

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