#waste management

Aerial image of Sydney Harbour

Reducing litter in Sydney Harbour

New technologies will be installed across Sydney Harbour under a pilot to prevent plastic pollution ending up in our oceans.

Plastic munching microbes for biorecycling

Microbial communities already treat the food waste in your compost bin. In the future, could they treat your plastic waste too?

Cables for a range of phones that use lithium-ion batteries and produce waste

The lithium-ion waste problem hiding in your pocket

Our researchers are creating sustainable technologies to reduce lithium-ion waste from everyday technology.

Online match-making tool promoting a circular economy goes national

Australia generates 67 million tonnes of waste each year. An online marketplace born out of CSIRO could revolutionise the nation’s waste management system.

Plastic, plastic everywhere… even in our oceans

By Fiona Henderson With summer just around the corner, many of us will be shaking out our beach towels, grabbing […]