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Sustainability

How can Australia achieve greater sustainability and transition to a Net Zero economy in an inclusive and resilient way?

    Turning waste into wealth: the future of manufacturing with waste feedstock

    Local microfactories have the potential to sustainably supply the metals and critical materials needed for Australia’s green transition. But what are the right policy settings to support the reprocessing of waste for manufacturing?

    Veena Sahajwalla

    Anirban Ghose

  • Child responsive budgeting: Why Australia needs to put children front and centre in policymaking

    Alicia Mollaun

  • The climate wars are over. Now for the hard part.

    Steven Hamilton

  • Conscious decoupling: creating a more sustainable model of material use in a growing economy

    Kar Mei Tang

More articles

  • E-waste reached a record 53.6 million metric tonnes in Australia in 2019.

    Australia’s smart waste opportunity to electrify the world

    Almost all the materials used for electrification are finite. Waste recycling should play a major role in the transition to a decarbonized economy.

    Veena Sahajwalla