Australians consume an amazing 4.4 million tonnes of paper and paper products each year – that’s 200kg each! “Given the seriousness of the climate change issue and the limited supply of our natural resources, it is not sustainable for us to continue as a paper-heavy and paper-reliant society,” said Sean Barrett, of Planet Ark.

Victoria’s students from Glen Waverley South Primary School have proved they are Australia’s future eco warriors after beating more than 400 schools and handing in 97kg of mobile phones and accessories for recycling, to become the national winner of the 2009 MobileMuster ‘Old Phones, New Fence Posts’ Schools Recycling Challenge.

Inability to provide safe water and adequate sanitation services to all people has been humanity’s greatest social failure of the last 100 years. Moreover the continuous growth of world population and contamination problems are driving us to a dark future. As no creature can live without clean water, what can be done to address the crisis?

Do you sometimes wonder what on earth the terms degradable, biodegradable and compostable mean? Or what the actual difference between them is? It is easy to be confused when they are bandied about without accompanying explanation. Here the tips to get a greater understanding and take an informed purchasing decision.

Time to buy a new mobile? Have you ever thought what to do with your old one? There is a recycling program that takes care of it for you. It takes no time at all, it’s free and recovers over 90% of the materials for the sake of our environment.

A couple of sugar cane farmers are pioneers in recycling sewage waste using it for irrigation and soil conditioner purposes. Paid by their Regional Council to take away all of the town’s sewage, they are able to harvest 400 megalitres of water a year from the neighbouring sewage treatment plant.