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The Government Promised Mandatory Recycled Packaging. It Just Quietly Dropped It
The Government Promised Mandatory Recycled Packaging. It Just Quietly Dropped It
The federal government has quietly dropped its own 2023 promise to mandate recycled content in packaging, citing cost-of-living pressures. Read more...
A Sunscreen Brand Promised SPF50+. Independent Testing Found as Low as SPF 2.9
A Sunscreen Brand Promised SPF50+. Independent Testing Found as Low as SPF 2.9
A sunscreen brand's SPF50+ claim tested as low as SPF 2.9, and now two brands are suing the manufacturer behind it. Read more...
Earth Had Its Hottest August on Record, and Aussie Sweat Season Is Starting Early
Earth Had Its Hottest August on Record, and Aussie Sweat Season Is Starting Early
Welcome to Sourced: Australian environmental news, minus the guilt trip. Today: August 2026 was the hottest on record globally, and Aussie sweat season is starting earlier than usual. Read more...
Victorian Councils Want Out of Their Mandatory Glass Recycling Bins
Victorian Councils Want Out of Their Mandatory Glass Recycling Bins
Victorian councils are fighting their own state government over a mandatory glass bin because recycling infrastructure is expensive and patchy, which is exactly why our packaging never needed a bin... Read more...
Coles Investors Are the Ones Forcing a Plastic Packaging Reckoning
Coles Investors Are the Ones Forcing a Plastic Packaging Reckoning
Nearly 190 Coles shareholders are demanding the retailer disclose its plastic packaging footprint, after Woolworths became the first major supermarket to publish one. Read more...
The Great Barrier Reef's Water Quality Report Card Is In, and Time Is Running Out
The Great Barrier Reef's Water Quality Report Card Is In, and Time Is Running Out
Australia is only halfway to its Reef water pollution targets, and has six years left to hit new 2032 goals it took two decades to approach. Read more...