A gadget that blows the whistle on overflowing sewers, a smart dustbin with an object-detection sensor to segregate dry waste from wet, products made out of recycled household waste like chips packets ...

Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has unveiled its latest innovations in recycling including smart bin technology to automatically sort plastic, metal and glass. The CSIRO says the “robo-bin” ...

Ask most Australians and they’ll say the waste recycling process in their country is good, but still a bit confusing. “I think the recycling goes well, but you hear reports that (in) some councils it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite the best intentions, the sad reality is that only a fraction of the plastics we dutifully separate from the rest of our ...