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Viva La Body Sourced, Australian environmental news
Why Plastic Recycling Plants Are So Hard to Build in Australia
A proposed plastics recycling plant in the NSW Southern Highlands has been stuck in planning knockbacks and court appeals for six years, with hundreds of locals turning out to have... Read more...
Viva La Body Sourced, Australian environmental news
Library of Things: Why Aussies Are Borrowing Instead of Buying
Clean Up Australia just put a number on tool libraries and 'libraries of things.' Turns out half of Australia owns a fondue set it has used exactly once. We're into... Read more...
Viva La Body Sourced, Australian environmental news
Repair Cafés in Australia: Why Fixing Is Having a Moment
Somewhere in Sydney right now someone is bringing a sandwich press back from the dead using a cord salvaged from a dead iron. Repair cafes are booming across Australia and... Read more...
Viva La Body Sourced, Australian environmental news
How Australian Landfills Actually Work, and Why Sydney Is Running Out of Room by 2030
Sydney's landfills could be full by 2030. Turns out a landfill is basically a small chemical plant dressed up as a hole in the ground, and Clean Up Australia just... Read more...
Why a Plastic Packaging Levy Is Back on the Table in Australia
Why a Plastic Packaging Levy Is Back on the Table in Australia
An oil crisis has revived talk of a levy on plastic packaging in Australia. Here's what the numbers actually say about our plastic recycling problem. Read more...
Viva La Body Sourced, Australian environmental news
Australia's Plastic Use Just Hit a Record 4.2 Million Tonnes a Year
4.2 million tonnes of plastic in one year. Australia just set a record nobody was trying to break. Read more...
REDcycle's Legacy Plastic Backlog Is Finally Cleared, So Why Isn't Soft Plastics Recycling Fixed?
REDcycle's Legacy Plastic Backlog Is Finally Cleared, So Why Isn't Soft Plastics Recycling Fixed?
Every tonne of plastic stockpiled since REDcycle's 2022 collapse has now been processed. The real problem was never capacity. Read more...
Viva La Body Sourced, Australian environmental news
Home Composting Is Booming, But Most Aussie Councils Still Won't Give You a Green Bin
Home composting is booming across Australia, just not evenly. Only 11 of Queensland's 77 councils offer a green bin for food scraps. Read more...
France Cracks Down on Shein and Temu: Why That's Important for Overconsumption
France Cracks Down on Shein and Temu: Why That's Important for Overconsumption
France made ultra-fast fashion more expensive to sell. Australia still relies on a voluntary scheme most brands ignore. Read more...
Viva La Body Sourced, Australian environmental news
Aussies Know Fast Fashion Is Bad for the Planet. New Research Shows Why We Keep Buying Anyway
New research on Shein and Temu shoppers found awareness doesn't equal action. The psychology behind fast fashion overconsumption, explained. Read more...
The Unpackit Awards: Australia's Best and Worst Packaging, Named
The Unpackit Awards: Australia's Best and Worst Packaging, Named
The inaugural Unpackit Awards named Australia's worst packaging offenders and its genuine innovators. I was one of the judges. Read more...
This Hobart Op Shop Is Repairing Clothes Instead of Landfilling Them
This Hobart Op Shop Is Repairing Clothes Instead of Landfilling Them
Only 20 per cent of clothing donated to one Hobart op shop is sale-ready. A repair pilot is trying to save the rest from landfill. Read more...