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Clothing rescue News

by Chenxin Tu, 18 May 2023 | 0 comments

Pile of clothes.

The average Australian throws out about 23 kilograms of clothes each year. Most of that rubbish goes straight to the tip, and it can take hundreds of years for those old clothes to completely break down. Even worse, as they break down, old clothes release greenhouse gases!

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Can you recycle that? News

by Chenxin Tu, 16 February 2023 | 1 comments

Person carrying a cardboard box full of recycling materials.

How many times have you thrown something in the bin and hoped that it was the right thing to do? We all want to do the right thing and want to put the right things into the bin. But can they really be recycled?

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Be an everyday sustainability hero News

by Chenxin Tu, 12 January 2023 | 0 comments

Girl kneeling, holding tree planting equipment next to a newly planted tree

Protecting the environment isn’t just for scientists and grown-ups. Anyone can do things to help, and our Double Helix Sustainability Squad can show you how. You can learn from them and join in to be an everyday hero too!

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Recycling rocks! A quick quiz Quiz

by David Shaw, 20 October 2022 | 0 comments

We’re celebrating recycling in this quiz! Can you salvage a passing score, or will you end up in the garbage?

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