Posted December 08, 2019 08:15:56 Photo: Sonny Willett helps feed the cattle food scraps each day. (ABC News: Penny Travers) Sonny Willett loves living on the farm. He loves the view, the animals and riding…
Posted December 05, 2019 18:15:22 Photo: The study looked at the Cocos (Keeling) islands and Henderson island in the South Pacific. (Supplied: Silke Stuckenbrock) Dr Jennifer Lavers first visited Henderson Island in 2015 to study…
Posted November 27, 2019 16:46:35 Photo: The 10-year-old deer was found dead in a national park in northern Thailand. (AFP via Thai Office of Protected Area Region 13) A wild deer has been found dead…
Updated November 25, 2019 17:19:13 South Australia’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has discovered and shut down an illegal waste dump in the state’s southern Murraylands. Key points: About 50,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste is…
Posted November 25, 2019 16:03:22 A large factory fire in South Guildford has sent fireballs and a plume of thick black smoke into the air from an industrial area in Perth’s east. More than 130…
Posted November 24, 2019 08:05:28 Photo: Chamila Hettiargchchige is changing the way she thinks about her rubbish. (ABC News: Margaret Paul) When Chamila Hettiargchchige moved to Melbourne from rural Sri Lanka 17 years ago, recycling…
Updated November 23, 2019 08:26:14 Photo: Much of the processed recycling left in this warehouse will need to be sent to landfill. (ABC News: James Oaten) Another Melbourne warehouse has been left with huge stockpiles…
Updated November 22, 2019 17:09:15 Photo: Some of the rubbish found at the Brantas riverside had “Made in Australia” labels. (Supplied: Fully Syafi ) Exported Australian plastic waste may be “poisoning” villages in Indonesia, according…
A ban on the export of waste glass, plastic, paper and tyres will be phased in from mid next year after environment ministers agreed to a timetable for changes in the way Australia deals with…
Updated November 07, 2019 17:40:55 A clear majority of Kimba residents have voted in favour of a nuclear waste dump being built in their region. Key points Kimba residents say the issue has divided the…