Use our guide below to learn more about hard to recycle items and where to recycle them! Batteries Bedding and Towels Blister Packs Cigarette Butts Clothes and Fabric Coffee Pods Disposable Nappies Ink Cartridges Mattresses Mobile Phones Paint Paper and Take-away Cups Plastic Plant Pots Running Shoes Sporting Equipment How to recycle batteries? Give dead batteries a new life with B-cycle Australia's official battery recycling scheme. Tape up the ends (for safety

A morning coffee is an Australian institution. But there is a catch: The single-use takeaway coffee cup is a massive problem to get rid of.

Have you ever noticed a company promote that their products are recyclable or that they are environmentally friendly but don’t provide any further information? Greenwashing is when companies provide a false or misleading claims on their environmental practices to appear as though they have a more positive environmental impact than they actually do. Have you been greenwashed? Companies may claim their products or services are more environmentally friendly than they actually ar

You have found yourself with a 'compostable' coffee cup ... but how do you compost it? Unfortunately, putting it in general waste doesn’t mean it’ll be composted. Coffee cups cannot be recycled in kerbside, home or office recycling bins, which means that unfortunately, more than 1 billion are sent to landfills each year by Australians. Compostable coffee cups were created to combat this; however, it is not a practical solution. We recommend that you return your coffee cup

Recycled coffee cups have been collected and used to form a new material that is being used to resurface roads in Sydney's West.

As we’re heading back into the office, it’s important (and easy) to remember that every office can make small changes to make a big difference – not just to the environment, but to also save money. Why should you make your office eco-friendly? First and foremost, it’s everyone’s responsibility to take control of their actions to protect our environment. You may not think it’s much, but switching of lights when you’re leaving a room or fixing a dripping tap all adds up to avoi

by Bianca Nogrady and Hannah Ryan The Guardian | Last updated 20th August, 2020 3.30pm An unusual partnership between an asphalt...

The Australasian Recycling Label (ARL) is a recycling label that helps Australians and New Zealanders understand how to recycle packaging.

Australians love their coffee! It can be overwhelming to understand the different types of coffee and hot drinks on offer at your local café, but we want to give you a guide or a list of popular coffee drinks. There are two different categories: black coffee or white coffee. Black coffee refers to coffee that doesn't have any milk. Black coffee can be an espresso shot from a barista machine, hot or cold brew, drip coffee or made from instant powder. White coffee refers to a c

By Lara Pearce Updated Nov 5, 2017 Australians have an insatiable caffeine habit, but with more than one billion takeaway cups ending up...

CHOICE explains the problems with disposable cups and actions you can take to stop the coffee cup pile-up. By Alison Potter -...

May 9th, 2017 Did you know Australians use one billion takeaway coffee cups each year? That's enough to stretch around the world twice....

ABC TV In Part 3, Craig Reucassel explores the impact that coffee cups & fast fashion have on our environment. He examines our obsession...

Sustainability Matters - 26th November, 2016 As Australia’s love affair with coffee hots up, takeaway coffee cups continually stack up in...

Filip Stempien - The Sydney Morning Herald Last Updated November 23, 2016 It would take 213,900 years for the paper coffee cups used by...

Madeline Woolway - Hospitality Magazine Last updated 25th November 2016 A trial aimed at tackling the environmental impact of takeaway...