Plus, in Australia, at least, there simply hasn’t been enough industrial demand for the waste plastic to keep up with what’s being collected. Recycling has had long-standing problems in Australia.

A trial of wheelie bins with extra wheels has begun in an attempt to improve recycling rates for people living in flats. It is one of several measures being introduced by Stevenage Borough Council.

The report found Australia last year generated 447 tonnes of e-waste compared with Japan (2,122 tonnes), Germany (1,402 tonnes) and Finland (106 tonnes). There were 19.71 kilograms of e-waste ...

Reporters placed plastic cold drink cups, embedded with trackers, into 57 labeled recycling bins at Starbucks locations across the country to see where the cups went. Only 36 provided reliable data.

Almelo, Netherlands-based Despray B.V. has announced JDM Aust Pty Ltd. as its exclusive sales and service representative in that nation. Despray markets what it calls patented aerosol recycling ...

Australia-based plastics recycler Replas has commissioned a new plastics recycling facility in Queensland, Australia. The company says the facility will reprocess plastic scrap collected locally and ...