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Mount Everest’s highest camp is littered with frozen garbage

Mount Everest’s highest camp is littered with frozen garbage

Four dead bodies, 11 tonnes of garbage and a skeleton were removed from the world’s tallest mountain during this year’s climbing season.

  • by Binaj Gurubacharya

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Record river sewage spill worse than first reported

Record river sewage spill worse than first reported

Already described as Queensland’s biggest sewage spill, an independent report now reveals the Gold Coast leak was worse than first reported.

  • by Laine Clark
Seine awash with bacteria one month before open-water Olympic swimming

Seine awash with bacteria one month before open-water Olympic swimming

For the third consecutive week, water in the Paris river has exhibited unsafe levels of E.coli, raising concerns with the Olympics weeks away.

  • by Rob Harris
‘Major pollution incident’: Toxic sludge poisons pristine Sydney river, expert says

‘Major pollution incident’: Toxic sludge poisons pristine Sydney river, expert says

The NSW Environment Protection Authority warned about the pollution two years ago but has made no attempt to clean it up.

  • by Ben Cubby
Australia’s houseboat community is growing, but life isn’t as idyllic as you’d think

Australia’s houseboat community is growing, but life isn’t as idyllic as you’d think

Houseboats are a popular accommodation option for holidaymakers, but long-term stays aren’t for the inexperienced or faint-hearted.

  • by Amber Schultz
You know about electric cars. Now Sydney Harbour is about to be carpeted with electric boats

You know about electric cars. Now Sydney Harbour is about to be carpeted with electric boats

Fast charging stations will be installed across Australia’s eastern coast as demand for electric boats booms.

  • by Amber Schultz
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The push to revive soft plastic recycling in Australia is quietly under way

The push to revive soft plastic recycling in Australia is quietly under way

Two years after REDCycle’s collapse, a pilot program is operating in 12 supermarkets – but one recycling executive says the big chains need to own their waste.

  • by Adam Carey
‘A lucrative business’: Why 730 tonnes of tyres have been seized in Australia in the past year

‘A lucrative business’: Why 730 tonnes of tyres have been seized in Australia in the past year

Illegal exports of Australia’s waste, including tyres, are in high demand by international manufacturers, to create fuel oil for further plastics manufacturing.

  • by Amber Schultz
Insiders dish dirt on Sydney’s secret ‘contaminated waste dump’

Insiders dish dirt on Sydney’s secret ‘contaminated waste dump’

The NSW Environment Protection Authority is facing claims of mismanagement from its own investigators after it uncovered an alleged illegal waste dump containing asbestos.

  • by Ben Cubby
How To Poison a Planet

How To Poison a Planet

Our investigation into the unfolding story of contamination, cancer, cover-up and corporate malfeasance that features in a major Stan documentary.

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As it happened: WA news on Monday, May 6

As it happened: WA news on Monday, May 6

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  • by Emma Young