There are grand plans in place which could change the way we dispose of soft plastics nationwide. The collapse of the REDcycle recycling scheme in November 2022, which used to allow people to take their soft plastics to supermarkets to be recycled, has seen a big hole appear in Australia’sContinue Reading
Biscuit wrappers, chip packets, garbage bags, post sacks. There’s soft plastic everywhere and, for those who collected it and took it to their local supermarket for REDcycle recycling, the program’s collapse in November 2022 was devastating. Melbourne-based REDcycle owes $5 million to creditors and it’s been revealed that tonnes ofContinue Reading
Bin night is pretty simple here in Australia with two, three or maybe four bins to separate rubbish into. Spare a thought then for the people living in Germany where rubbish has to be sorted into up to 20 different bins. And with hundreds of humorous skits posted online byContinue Reading
A morning coffee is an Australian institution. But there is a catch: The single-use takeaway coffee cup is a massive problem to get rid of. Usually lined with plastic that’s bonded with cardboard, they can’t be put in the recycling bin. Now, Western Australia has become the first state toContinue Reading
There are a raft of recyclable items that can’t go in the kerbside yellow recycling bin. But it doesn’t mean they have to go to landfill. Homewares store Sheridan Australia accepts quilt covers, sheets and towels via in-store recycling bins and H&M does the same with clothes. Cloud Nine runsContinue Reading