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Australia’s rubbish and recycling crisis: A year in review

April 11, 2019

Nearly a year since the crisis in Australia’s recycling industry bubbled to the surface and came to the attention of the population, local councils and private businesses are still searching for solutions to the.

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Australia’s War on Plastic Bags

March 12, 2019

Did you know that on average, each Australian uses 200 plastic bags a year, with 10 million bags being used across Australia each day? Over the course of the year, we go through a.

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How To Know If You Need Site Waste Management Plans

January 05, 2019

Site waste management – not all business owners recognise the need for one. Many times, they even neglect the need to manage the bulk of waste they have in their respective areas. With simple.

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Australia’s Plastic Bag Ban: A cause for cheer

July 17, 2018

If you shop at Woolworths you’ve already been living in a brave new world (of sorts!) for weeks — for Aldi shoppers, this has been the case for many years — and bans had already been.

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Australia’s recycling industry in trouble as rubbish grows

May 15, 2018

You’d think that once you place your recycling in the bin that your job is done, that the correct kind of waste will end up at the recycling plant for processing and reuse. You’d.

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The Strangest Things Ever Found in Skip Bins

October 13, 2017

In the lead up to Halloween, we thought we’d take a slightly different approach to our normal blogs on waste management, and take a dumpster dive into the stranger side of rubbish collection.  .

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What You Should and Shouldn’t Put Into Your Hired Skip Bin

August 18, 2017

Have you ever wondered what you can and can’t put into a skip bin? The last thing anyone wants to worry about when hiring a skip bin is being left with a nasty bill.

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Do You Know Just How Much Food is Actually Wasted in Australia?

July 14, 2017

The figures are astronomical. Don’t believe us? See for yourself!  *Information for this infographics was sourced from Foodwise and data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. And that’s just household food. If you add.

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Australia’s War on Waste

May 30, 2017

Have you been tuning into ABC’s War on Waste? This three-part series, hosted by Craig Reucassel, explores Australia’s need to reduce waste consumption. On average, how much waste do you throw out? In Australia,.

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Has Hoarding Become a ‘National Disorder’?

May 01, 2017

Do you suffer from ‘hoarding disorder’, or do you know someone who does? An estimated 1-3% of Australians suffer from this disorder, which equates to as many as 400,000 people. As the scope of.

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