Recycling

Aerial drone view of extensive landfill dump

Environment

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Opinion

Are cheap plastics the new tobacco?

Understanding ‘tobacco tactics’ can help fight the global plastic waste crisis, because the reality is plastic production is growing faster than we can recycle it

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Environment

Reduce, reuse and recycle for a circular economy

Using a university campus as a ‘living laboratory’, a new study evaluates what materials universities use, their associated environmental effects and how to curb them

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Sciences & Technology

Turning old tyres into new roads

With millions of tyres dumped in Australia, a new innovation could turn used tyres into permeable surfaces - helping the environment and our future infrastructure

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