Plastic waste

Two new projects in regional New South Wales will help transform more than 12,000 tonnes of soft and hard-to-recycle plastics...

The Queensland Government is partnering with Soft Plastics Stewardship Australia Limited to conduct a pilot soft plastics recycling scheme in...

The New South Wales Government is seeking community and industry feedback on new proposals to tackle problematic plastic waste, promote...

It sounds like something straight from the pages of a science-fiction novel – a machine that turns household waste into...

Engineers at University of New South Wales (UNSW) have developed a sustainable and low-energy way of breaking down a wide...

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is calling on industry innovators to help fight plastic pollution by developing bold and...

Australia’s first purpose-built site for processing post-consumer soft plastics has opened on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales....

Plastic waste is a big feature at this year’s Australasian Waste and Recycling Expo (AWRE), presented by Diversified Communications, with speakers from Australian...

Discarded hard plastics are being turned into 3D printer feedstock thanks to a collaboration between UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Sustainable...

A house of brick may outlast a house of straw or sticks, but what about a house of plastic? Southern...