by Matilda Meikle | Mar 1, 2023 | Environment
This weekend, the Tidy Towns Award winners will be announced in Singleton. The Keep Australia Beautiful NSW 2022 Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Award is presented to a town that demonstrates continued commitment to environmental sustainability. It celebrates...
by Matilda Meikle | Jan 19, 2023 | Environment
To celebrate the 100-day countdown to the highly-anticipated Earth Day 2023, EARTHDAY.ORG have announced five ways they plan to ‘invest in our planet’. Earth Day has been an important movement since it was first introduced in 1970. Since then, the event has grown to...
by Matilda Meikle | Nov 24, 2022 | Environment
Pip Kiernan, Chair of Clean Up Australia, is passionate about protecting our environment. We spoke to her about how to reduce, reuse, and recycle, as well as the benefits in participating this Clean Up Australia Day. Why is Clean Up Australia an important...
by Matilda Meikle | Nov 17, 2022 | Environment, Science
Single-use packaging could soon be a thing of the past, with the development of a greener alternative made from vegetable waste. Recently, the Australian government announced a target for all packaging to be either reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2025. As a...
by Matilda Meikle | Oct 6, 2022 | Environment
Recent research has found that wax worm saliva has the power to break down plastic. This new discovery could be a cost effective solution for reducing plastic waste, while also securing a future for our environment The power of wax worm saliva was discovered by a...
