How councils collect rubbish is changing as the cost of disposing of waste skyrockets and they scramble to meet environmental targets.

Most of us are familiar with the weekly roadside recycling ritual of placing newspapers, glass bottles and plastics out for collection by the local council. However, when it comes to recycling bigger ...

A new industry-led soft plastics recycling scheme is gearing up to replace Australia’s failed REDcycle programme, aiming to revive collection, reduce waste to landfill and impose a levy on ...

Not only is the program helping save tons of waste from the landfills, but the position has also changed one "Garbage Butler’s" life and helped him to find purpose and direction. You might be familiar ...

Kerbside wheelie bins have been used in Australia since the 1980s but the recycling rate is stuck at 44%. Will another recycling bin make a difference? Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam ...

An Australia-wide recycling company has been forced to stop collecting post-consumer plastic film because of a lack of facilities to recycle it. Melbourne-based RG Programs & Services Pty Ltd, which ...

Mayor Nick Dametto said the introduction of the new trucks and the innovative AI technology showed council’s commitment to ...