Australians dump around 800 million kilograms of unwanted clothing into landfill each year, most of which consist of man-made fibres that are incredibly difficult to break down naturally, all in the name...
New research shows that the average Australian owns five pairs of shoes they don’t use, an equivalent of a 100 million national shoe stockpile that could end up in landfill.
Given that over...
Is your suburb affected this week by industrial action disrupting rubbish and recycling wheelie bin collections? Read on to find out.
Household waste and recycling kerbside collections in more Canberra suburbs will be...
Bin collections will be disrupted for some Canberra suburbs on Monday 2 November.
Due to industrial action by drivers employed by collection contractor Suez, household waste and recycling kerbside bin collections will be...
The founder of grassroots organisation Lids4Kids is calling for a permanent home for the facility in the ACT – a one-stop recycling drop-off centre for Canberrans.
Lids4Kids currently operates out of founder Tim...
Residents of Belconnen Town Centre will be the first to trial the food recycling scheme under a re-elected Labor Government, City Services spokesperson Chris Steel announced yesterday (7 September).
Around 5,000 households in...
A new ACT Government initiative will encourage Canberrans to reduce their food waste and help decrease the 26,000 tonnes of organic scraps going into ACT landfill each year.
A new collaboration between Icon Water, the ACT Government and sustainable infrastructure company Re-Group, will turn recycled glass products into sand for local infrastructure projects.
