The head of Australia's largest plastic packaging company wants the federal government to mandate a percentage of recycled content for plastic products as well as tax manufacturers that fail to meet ...

PIctured from left: Tony Collister, Fibercon; Shi Yin, James Cook Univertity (JCU); Rabin Tuladhar, JCU and Andrew Smith, country chair Shell Research by scientists at Australia's James Cook ...

The Australian Government has granted four exemptions this year that enable companies to circumvent the nation's ban on exporting waste plastics. The most recent was on May 10 to Sydney-based waste ...

We’ve all been told to cut back on waste to help prevent environmental crisis on Earth. Reducing waste helps reduce the need to spend time and energy digging up fresh materials, and helps reduce the ...

A company in Australia wants to make a bed that could be a breeze to assemble. Better yet, the beds are made from 100 percent recycled plastic. John Stehle came up with the idea of making beds using ...

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Milka, one of Mondelez’s European chocolate brands. Credit: Monticello / Shutterstock Mondelez International has invested in a recycling technology business in Australia, alongside packaging ...

Samsara Eco plans to tailor microscopic organisms to retrieve materials from electronic waste.