The Victorian government’s circular economy discussion paper rings alarm bells that a major opportunity to redesign our economy will be missed.

In Sweden you get a tax deduction for fixing the TV instead of throwing it out and Victoria now has 25 repair cafes and there are more springing up around the country. Beware this subversive movement is sweeping Australia too, fighting waste, excess consumerism and built-in obsolescence.

The staggering amounts of waste generated by food courts and other shopping centres tenants is no longer going unnoticed. One shopping centre operator in Sydney thinks it’s now got the answer. How about a machine that weighs your waste?

The University of Technology Sydney’s newest food court has opened for business without a single piece of plastic on the menu.

Organic Recycling Group has become the first waste service provider to be certified under GECA’s new Waste Collection Standard.

Targets for procurement of products with recycled content by governments could be the game-changer the Australian recycling sector desperately needs.

A group of 13 councils in Western Australia’s south west have joined forces to accelerate their transitions to a circular economy. 

There’s a new match-making service that started in Victoria that pairs up waste generators with remanufacturers, purchasers or recyclers that can repurpose the waste, and it’s got national ambitions.

As much as 95 per cent of food waste in South Korea is now recycled thanks to government legislation that charges citizens for the amount they throw out. Is this the sort of innovative policy we should be considering in Australia?

Queensland’s overhaul of its waste management is not overlooking the vast potential for jobs creation and economic growth in its plans.

A hotel in Sydney’s inner-city suburb Surry Hills has managed to eradicate its waste footprint altogether, diverting 53,000 tonnes of food waste each year and saving $30,240 on waste collection fees annually.

Imagine a technology that could soon make Timor-Leste the first plastic neutral economy in the world.

Better Building Partnership Sustainable Destination Partnership and CitySwitch and their allies packed into the Marconi Room at Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday morning to launch a new program to reduce single use plastics in the city’s destinations hot spots, organised by the City of Sydney.

Many Australians might agree: there’s certainly a lot of rubbish in this Federal election.