How microplastics are making their way into farmland
Microplastics are readily found in treated wastewater sludge — also known as municipal biosolids — that eventually make their way to our agricultural soils.
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Turning the housing crisis around: how a circular economy can give us affordable, sustainable homes
In social housing, tenant preferences are rarely considered in sustainable retrofits.
Australia’s EV fleet doubled last year. Can the power grid handle the strain?
We estimate each vehicle uses just under 10 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day. That’s about 40 per cent of the daily use of a four-person house in Queensland.
We can’t keep putting apartment residents’ waste in the ‘too-hard basket’
The growth in apartment living in Australia threatens to add to the growing challenge of apartment waste – a worldwide problem.
Households find low waste living challenging. Here’s what needs to change
If the transition to a circular economy is to be successful, it needs to be planned from the perspective of everyday life within households.
Here’s how your cup of coffee contributes to climate change
Global coffee consumption has been increasing steadily for almost 30 years. It is estimated that around 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed daily worldwide.
Coffin? Casket? Cremation? How to make your death more environmentally friendly
The global population is close to 8 billion, and the amount of land available for human burial is running out…
Already, more adult incontinence products go to landfill than baby nappies in Australia. By 2030, it could be 10 times higher
Why we all need to get much better at dealing with the waste issues associated with adult incontinence products.
How the climate crisis is threatening the lucrative Australian cotton farming industry
Since the 1990s, average April-May rainfall in the northern basin has decreased significantly, coinciding with accelerated climate change.
Every year, 740,000km of fishing line and 14 billion hooks are lost at sea
New research findings help highlight where to focus efforts to stem the tide of fishing pollution.
Australia’s climate policy is paying people to grow trees that already existed
The vast majority of carbon storage credited under the government’s carbon credits scheme has either not occurred, or would have occurred anyway.
Local efforts have cut plastic waste on Australia’s beaches by almost 30 per cent in six years
To keep reducing waste around Australia, we need to transform our relationship with plastic.
Climate change is triggering a global collapse in insect numbers
Insects are critical to the future of our planet. They help to keep pest species under control and break down dead material to release nutrients into the soil.
To make our wardrobes sustainable, we must cut how many new clothes we buy by 75 per cent
In the EU, falling prices have seen people buying more clothing than ever before while spending less money in the process.
Guilt-free Easter chocolate: ‘good eggs’ that score best for the environment and child labour
Beyond Good, Alter Eco, Tony’s Chocolonely and Whittaker’s all produce delicious chocolate, they are the “good eggs” this Easter.