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While Australians are keen to recycle their plastic, figures show the current system is not working

Australians overwhelmingly want to recycle their waste, but a fragile recycling system means it's almost impossible to process the vast amounts of rubbish we generate.

ABC News

Supermarkets are pausing soft plastic recycling. What should I do with my plastic bags now?

Peak industry bodies say the halt has exposed deeper problems within the packaging industry

The Guardian - AU

Shoppers see red as Coles and Woolworths’ recycling partner just stashes bags

REDcycle may be under scrutiny for their recycling failure, but the issue of how to dispose of soft plastics goes beyond just one company.

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Tanya Plibersek says Coles and Woolworths must ‘step up’ to fix plastic recycling crisis

REDcycle collections stopping from Wednesday with factory fire and ‘downturns in market demand’ blamed

The Guardian - AU

Plastic bag recycling program collapses

Hundreds of millions of plastic bags dropped off by customers at major supermarkets are being stockpiled in warehouses instead of being recycled.

AAP

People want value, not local shops: Coles

The head of grocery giant Coles says the pandemic trend of "local shopping" is unwinding as customers look for cheaper prices instead.

AAP

Shoppers told to put plastic bags in the bin after suspension of REDcycle's soft plastics recycling scheme

The company collecting used soft plastics at Coles and Woolworths says its recycling partners can no longer take the material and it has been forced to put it into storage.

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What a waste

All those plastic bags you’ve been dutifully dropping off at Coles and Woolies have been stockpiled not recycled, and some in Victoria’s Labor Party are reportedly considering striking a deal with the Libs to keep the teals at bay.

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Um, All The Soft Plastics You Hoard Lug To The Supermarket Aren’t Actually Getting Recycled

Sorry everyone, they're actually getting chucked in a warehouse!

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Angry vegans storm supermarket to STOP customers from buying any pork products

The Farm Transparency Project leader has called for a complete ban on the sow stalls, saying the "suffering and violence" is "inherent to modern animal farming" and is still used by many Australian farmers

Daily Mirror

NSW Farmers slams Coles over response to producers' requests for price increases

Farmers are angry after Coles writes to suppliers, asking them to "cut costs" at their end rather than ask for price rises for their produce.

ABC News

Jamie Oliver dumped over saucy tomato affair

Topics: A Jamie Oliver sauce, drone deliveries and a book about Qantas.

Newcastle Herald

‘Huge squeeze’: Tough Christmas ahead as grocery and energy inflation soars

Household are facing a tough six months as the worst cost of living crisis in a generation goes from bad to worse with inflation rising.

The New Daily

Meals on wings: Coles trials drone deliveries in Qld suburbs

Coles will trial the use of drones for the home delivery of a limited number of grocery items to some Gold Coast suburbs.

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The chips are down: Australia’s wet weather and supply chain woes causing potato supply issues

Growers say prices for fertiliser, fuel and transport have also skyrocketed because of Russia’s attack on Ukraine

The New Daily

IGA budget-friendly move ties prices to Coles and Woolworths

As the cost of living continues to bite, IGA is now matching the lowest shelf prices of its two biggest rival supermarkets.

The New Daily

‘Seriously impacted’: Treasurer’s food price warning as floods devastate farmers

Australians are bracing for the biggest cost of living crisis in 30 years to get even worse as widespread flooding.

ABC News

Should you go to work with COVID? We asked 45 different employers and the results were mixed

Mandatory isolation requirements for people who get COVID-19 have come to an end nationally — but that doesn't mean you can rock up to work symptomatic with the virus.

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The New Daily

Charities in danger of ‘donor fatigue’ as shoppers are pressured to give

Being asked to make a donation to charities at the checkout comes with pressure and anxiety – which doesn't bode well for charities.

Newcastle Herald

The story behind Coles' carbon neutral beef brand

"We are content that Australian farmers as a whole are way beyond carbon neutral."

AAP

Inquest into baby found in shopping bag

A Victorian coroner is investigating how a newborn baby died after the infant was found inside a plastic bag in a backyard in Melbourne's southeast.

ABC News

Most casual workers will have to choose between no pay or going to work with COVID-19

There are concerns that casual workers who are not entitled to sick pay will hide symptoms of COVID-19 and continue going to work, now that subsidies for most of them are ending.

Pedestrian.tv

I’m In Sheer Awe At This Deeply Iconic Beaded Bachelor’s Handbag That’s Won A Perth Art Competition

Emma Buswell really ate, devoured and left no crumbs.

The New Daily

Coles’ latest volley in cost-of-living crisis – a price freeze

Coles has fired another round in the supermarket wars, announcing it will cut prices on some goods by up to 40 per cent to help shoppers.

The New Daily

Electric vehicles and economic woes fuel Coles Express sale

The sale of Coles' service stations will reduce future costs as fuel providers face an uncertain economy and EV innovations, experts say.

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