Apr 11, 2023 | Latest News, Take action, Waste
The REDcycle soft plastics story keeps getting worse, with stockpiles now found in 44 locations around the country and the major supermarkets now considering exporting it due to lack of domestic recycling capacity, with the recycling industry apparently no closer to...
Dec 2, 2022 | Climate, Latest News, Waste
Lurching forwards on climate action in 2022 In a year of more record floods and mild temperatures driven by an unusual concurrence in Australia’s three major climate systems (a strong negative Indian Ocean Dipole, a positive Southern Annular Mode and a triple La Niña...
Nov 17, 2022 | Past Events, Waste
The Conservation Council ACT Region invites stakeholders to contribute their comments on the draft ACT Circular Economy Strategy. This short online workshop is designed to gather your feedback about the draft Strategy to inform our submission to the ACT Government. A...
Nov 9, 2022 | Latest News, Waste
It’s National Recycling Week, so what better way to highlight the topic than to witness the “collapse” of the REDcycle soft plastics recycling service?! Media outlets are running with sensational headlines about “secret stockpiling” of soft plastics, but they are...
Oct 6, 2022 | Latest News, Past Events, Waste
The CBR360 Symposium was a great success, inspiring the audience about why we need to transition to a circular economy and how we can go about it. Led by a diverse array of expert and passionate speakers, the symposium stimulated conversations such as what initiatives...
Jul 2, 2022 | Latest News, Waste
Clothing hauls are something all too familiar for Canberrans. Our ice-cold winters often lead us on the hunt to find clothing that can keep us warm even on the worst of winter days. In the last fifteen years, the clothing we buy has doubled, yet we wear clothes half...
