Everyone is not a stranger to reusing items and things in their home. Reusing items destined to be in the trash is another story. If you’re on your journey to include more reuse to your waste management, then deciding the items that are still acceptable for reuse can be a bit tricky. You’ll need [...]
Personal waste management starts with you. With increasing and more conscious effort to deal with waste, you are already helping the environment from the negative effects of waste. It may take a lot of knowledge and effort to do so, but you can start with segregating with colour-coded bins at home. However, what happens [...]
The amount of rubbish in Sydney is continuously burgeoning, and as the population in the city nears 5.8 million in 2030, waste production is also forecast to grow at a rate six times our population growth. While we have a number of landfills in the city, most of them are nearing their maximum capacity. [...]
Recycling is a potentially huge industry. However, like any other city in Australia, Sydney finds it challenging utilising recyclable rubbish and transition to a circular economy. With a population of almost 5 million people, Sydney also generates millions of tons of rubbish every year. On top of that, we only recycle a portion [...]
A lot of the environmental crises we experience today are mainly because of our inadequate solid waste management practices. Land, water, and air pollution, extensive fish kill, species extinction, frequent flooding, and global warming are on top of the list of environmental problems we are currently faced with. These matters are forecast to worsen [...]
Nowadays, there are many options for garbage disposal. Modern methods and innovations are present to process and deal with garbage. Landfills become one of the most popular options for garbage disposal and Australia is slowly feeling the weight of this method. As landfills are big areas or sites of land made solely for garbage, [...]
When you throw your rubbish, do you ever wonder where they go? From incineration facilities that burn your trash up to recycling that converts your waste into something useful, there are many ways that Australians can dispose of trash. Another method of doing this is through landfills. A landfill is a big site that [...]
Water pollution is the contamination of our water bodies by chemicals and unwanted materials like plastics, cigarette butts, food packaging materials, and other rubbish items. Because they are not supposed to be there, they are altering the conditions and quality of the water, making it unsafe for its intended uses. How Littering and Improper [...]
Hotter and colder days are coming. The continuous rise in global temperature causes climate change. Livestock production, urbanisation, mining, and overlogging of trees are some of the human activities to blame. However, did you know that waste management is also a problem that contributes to climate change? Importance of Waste Management Waste management deals [...]
