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Grow your own – 2024
The Australia Institute partnered with Grow It Local to conduct a national survey on food growing habits, attitudes towards food waste and concerns about food security. The Australia Institute surveyed…
Research Reveals $1.2 Billion Profit from Food Waste
…and ‘use by’ date labelling, as recommended in the National Food Waste Strategy Feasibility Study Australia Institute polling shows strong support for policies that would reduce food waste, including labelling…
Food Waste in Australia
…food waste, such as reform of best-before labels. Opinion polling for this report shows that a clear majority of Australians support various regulatory reforms to reduce food waste—including, notably, overwhelming…
South Australians remain opposed to nuclear waste dump: Poll
A ReachTEL poll of 1077 South Australian’s shows opposition to a nuclear waste dump at 48.5% and support at 37.2%. (Full results below) Final submissions to South Australia’s Nuclear Fuel…
Submission on the treatment of new waste coal mine gas power generation in the RET
…their waste methane rather than use it to generate electricity, but that is precisely what is being proposed. This problem can be simply fixed by ensuring that existing and newly…
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…
Fashion, circularity and the North Star
…waste reduction. She is an impact consultant and guest contributor on ABC TV’s award-winning environmental tv show, War On Waste. Nina founded Clothes Swap & Style, a clothing exchange platform…
Polling - Presents, Wasteful Consumption and Repairs
…family or friend recommendations. Support for measures to reduce waste Most people support measures to reduce waste and encourage repairs, with support in each case unusually strong. This included: Taking…
The circular economy and decarbonisation
Join Planet Ark’s Head of Circular Economy Development, Nicole Garofano, and the Australia Institute’s Circular Economy & Waste Director, Nina Gbor, in conversation about how different sectors and products can…