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Consumerism & Waste
Plastic waste in Australia
In recent years the Australian Government has released several plans aimed at reducing the amount of plastic waste. These plans include the 2018 National Waste Policy, the 2019 National Waste…
Textiles waste in Australia
Every year, over 300,000 tonnes of clothing is either sent to landfill or exported from Australia. To respond to the growing textiles waste problem, the Commonwealth has proposed policies intended…
Christmas Waste 2023
The estimated value of this waste is $921 million. Unwanted and unused Christmas gifts and food ultimately end up in landfill, increasing the greenhouse gas emissions that drive the climate…
What a waste: An analysis of household expenditure on food
…Army. In addition to the direct financial costs of this waste, the environmental impact associated with excessive greenhouse gas emissions and water use is substantial. This paper examines who is…
The decision to scrap the levy on waste exports means more plastics will end up in landfill
…shipped its plastics waste overseas, but many of the nations that Australia once relied on to take it have now introduced laws that ban the importation of waste plastics. This…
Plastic packaging waste tax could raise billions
…a growing tsunami of plastic waste and is expected to miss every recycling target it has set,” the Australia Institute’s Circular Economy & Waste Program Director Nina Gbor said. “We’re…
The War On Waste with Craig Reucassel | Summer Series
…quo with Australia’s waste crisis. Join Craig Reucassel, host and producer of ABC TV’s War On Waste and Nina Gbor, Director Circular Economy & Waste Program at the Australia Institute,…
Wasteful Consumption in Australia
This report estimates that Australians spend more than $10.5 billion each year on goods and services from which they derive no benefit. The paper examines the phenomenon of wasteful consumption…
Australians revealed as world’s biggest fashion consumers, fuelling waste crisis
…($16). More than 200,000 tonnes of clothing end up in landfill each year, the equivalent weight of almost four Sydney Harbour Bridges. Fast fashion waste could be curbed through policies…