Tagged With Waste

Bring Me Home, an app which lets you buy surplus food from restaurants at big discounts, launches in Sydney this week. Founder Jane Kou explains how it works.

Sharon Masige

New York's largest sewage plant is apparently the city's hottest Valentine's Day spot

Kelly McLaughlin

A new report says Aussies are wasting more food, and delivery apps could be to blame

Sharon Masige

I toured New York City's largest wastewater-treatment plant, which collects poop from 1 million people. It was stunning.

Aria Bendix

Oil giants are pivoting to plastic, which could backfire amid a growing crackdown

Theron Mohamed

This London handbag company has recycled 175 tons of fire hoses into fashion accessories

Mirianna La Grasta, Claudia Romeo

Students in London developed a way to turn lobster shells into biodegradable packaging and it could help reduce plastic waste

Mirianna La Grasta, David Ibekwe

Bags labelled as 'biodegradable' can actually survive for 3 years after being thrown out

Lindsay Dodgson

Etihad Airways removes 95 plastic items – including cups, cutlery, dishes, headset bags and toothbrushes – from a long-haul flight

David Ross

Staggering photos show one small town covered in 19,000 tons of plastic waste

Aria Bendix

How Singapore solved garbage disposal

Michelle Yan, Jasmine Kim

13 things people say were a huge waste of money

Yvette Manes

How a 14-year-old turned his plastic-free shampoo idea into a waste-free product business

Amanda Villa-Lobos

This Michelin Star restaurant recycles every scrap of food waste — here’s how

Charlie Floyd

There are more cigarette butts in the world's oceans than any other type of garbage

John Walsh

This 'aquadrone' swims through the water to collect waste

Alexandra Appolonia

The most surprising things about America, according to a Silicon Valley engineer who moved from India 7 years ago

Mark Abadi

NSW has moved to increase recycling after china's ban on waste imports

Chris Pash

Tesla's decision to cut 9% of its workforce is a sign the company's cash crunch is getting real

Troy Wolverton

Australian recyclable waste is now going to the tip because of an import ban by China

Chris Pash