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From The New Daily (9/11/23)… Unwrapping plastic use in Australian supermarkets Australians supermarkets are not doing enough to reduce their reliance on harmful plastics, according to a landmark, independent audit. The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and Boomerang Alliance have conducted the first independent audit…
From Cosmos (14/9/2023), more to think about… Choose green and fragrance-free cleaning products to avoid harmful VOCs Common cleaning products can release hundreds of harmful chemicals according to a new study published in Chemosphere. Environmental Working Group scientists analysed 30 common cleaning products – including…
From Cosmos magazine, August 22… Time to board the hydrogen bus, says CSIRO Australia needs to embrace hydrogen transport infrastructure, according to a new report by the CSIRO. The report claims that hydrogen fuel will play a key role in the future of transport, and…
From the New Daily, July 12… Councils turn to start-up for soft plastic recycling Councils are turning to a Sydney-based start-up to handle hard to recycle materials, like soft plastic, after the collapse of collection service REDcycle. Residents in Melbourne, Bayside, Boroondara, City of Yarra,…
From New Scientist, July 2023 … You’ve heard of microplastics, now get ready for nanoplastics They seem to be everywhere, and yet scientists are still struggling to understand microplastics: plastic fragments between a micrometre and a few millimetres in size. But plastic can break up into…