Many Australians diligently went into Coles and Woolworths to do one thing to help. The opposite was happening behind the scenes. Melbourne-based REDcycle owes $5 million to creditors and it’s been ...

Woolworths and Coles are rushing to meet a deadline set by the environment protection watchdog to get rid of tonnes of “high-risk” waste. The major supermarkets were given a May 12 deadline to ...

An environmentally conscious shopper celebrated the return of a soft plastics recycling bin in Sydney, but there's a major hurdle blocking the rollout more broadly. Source: Facebook/Clare Donovan/ ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. They're soft, they're plastic-y, and they're causing plenty of problems beyond our bins. Yep, soft ...

After the collapse of soft plastic recycling program REDcycle nearly three years ago, it's been almost impossible for individuals to recycle soft plastics in Australia. But supermarkets and councils ...

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Earlier this year, popular soft plastics recycling program REDcycle announced that their program would be suspended indefinitely. The ...

Some councils have already trialled or rolled out all four bins to their residents. Why would more bins help? While recycling and reducing waste enjoy widespread support, there’s often a gap between ...

The signs at Raven ReCentre's recycling drop-off are clear about two things. One: No more soft plastics, such as bags or wrappers. Two: No, Raven ReCentre isn't happy about it either. Whitehorse's ...

Two of Australia's largest supermarkets have been ordered to dump thousands of kilograms of soft plastics in landfill after a failed recycling program. (Nine) Auto ...

Soft plastics such as ice-cream wrappers, pasta packets and plastic bags will now need to be thrown in your rubbish bin. Australia’s largest plastic bag recycling program is unable to process them.