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Craig Reucassel: We did some tests to find out how many microplastics I have inside me

Craig Reucassel: We did some tests to find out how many microplastics I have inside me

Comedian and Chaser satirist Craig Reucassel is hardly an evangelist for responsible behaviour. But when it comes to saving the planet, he’s happy to champion uncomfortable truths.

  • by Peter FitzSimons

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Of all the things I never learnt to do, this one skill still needles
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Of all the things I never learnt to do, this one skill still needles

The French government is offering its citizenry money to repair their own clothes. Should we follow suit? Darn right

  • by Jenna Price
Why your plastic cup may soon have a passport to show where it’s been

Why your plastic cup may soon have a passport to show where it’s been

The federal government is developing a scheme to track recyclable waste material through its full life cycle.

  • by Ben Cubby and Anthony Segaert
Go classic, check the care label: How to build a more responsible wardrobe

Go classic, check the care label: How to build a more responsible wardrobe

Let’s return to the pre-social media time when we wore our favourite pieces again and again and each item hung like an album of memories in our wardrobes.

  • by Nadia Barbaro
Bottling success: How cult favourite coffee cup company Frank Green went viral

Bottling success: How cult favourite coffee cup company Frank Green went viral

Reusable cup company Frank Green has built a social media following that businesses usually only dream about. It came about almost by accident.

  • by Jessica Yun
Pact takes on Qube as tit-for-tat at the docks lands in court

Pact takes on Qube as tit-for-tat at the docks lands in court

Logistics giant Qube will be forced to return nearly a tonne of material to Pact Group after the packaging house was able to convince a court the viability of its business was under threat.

  • by Sarah Danckert
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Dramatic vision captures moment one of Melbourne’s worst industrial fires erupted
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Dramatic vision captures moment one of Melbourne’s worst industrial fires erupted

The security footage shows a factory worker catch alight and run from the scene as the toxic chemical fire erupts. The four-day fire was one of Victoria’s worst industrial blazes and left a huge clean-up bill, which is yet to be paid.

  • by Chris Vedelago
Brisbane food waste mounts – as do calls for recycling scheme

Brisbane food waste mounts – as do calls for recycling scheme

The city council is being challenged to recycle household food waste, which rose by 20,000 tonnes in just two years.

  • by Tony Moore
Australia steps in to stop countries watering down plastics pact
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Australia steps in to stop countries watering down plastics pact

The Environment Minister has flown to Paris for critical talks on the proposed global treaty, saying she is concerned other countries are trying to make the targets voluntary instead of legally binding.

  • by Anthony Galloway
How to get rid of your old devices in an environmentally friendly way

How to get rid of your old devices in an environmentally friendly way

Almost all e-waste ends up in landfill, but there are plenty of options for recycling as we wait for more sustainable technology.

  • by Tim Biggs
At ‘breaking point’, the Australian fashion industry is looking to change

At ‘breaking point’, the Australian fashion industry is looking to change

The federal government has given the fashion industry a $1 million grant to develop a circularity scheme which could change our relationship with clothing forever.

  • by Mary Ward