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Anti-litter lobby slowly cleaning up in fight for container deposit scheme
Matthew Moore AFTER 23 years of debate, anti-litter campaigners say Australia is the closest it has ever been to adopting a national container deposit scheme where a refundable 10¢ deposit is added to the cost of...
Litter fight 'does not go better with Coke'
Jen Rosenberg Keep Australia Beautiful is relaunching the successful Do The Right Thing anti-littering campaign with support from corporate sponsors such as Coca-Cola Amatil - earning a rebuke from...
Melbourne's mini meerkats to meet the public
Kylie Northover Already one of Melbourne Zoo's top attractions, the resident meerkat family has recently increased - in both bodies and cuteness factor - by five.
Green groups hold their bottle on deposit scheme
Toppy Chanthavong You could soon get 10c a pop for every aluminium can and plastic or glass bottle you recycle - if state and national environmental groups get their way.
Drink makers blow their tops on deposit plan
Matthew Moore THE soft drink and alcohol industries have begun a national campaign to head off growing moves for an Australia-wide scheme where consumers pay a 10¢ refundable deposit on all drinks containers.
Support grows for 10¢ container deposit plan
Matthew Moore WITH signs of growing support around the country for compulsory container deposit schemes, two NSW MPs have announced they will introduce legislation to ensure a 10¢ refundable deposit paid on all...
Environmental groups claim 320,000-tonne black hole in official recycling figures
Ben Cubby About 320,000 tonnes of bottles, cans and other containers appear to have gone missing from the national recycling inventory, according to environmental groups who have compared industry data with a...
Enthusiastic youngsters keep a lid on beach rubbish
James Robertson Fifteen sunscreened children assemble on the banks of the Hawkesbury River. Do they know why they're here?
Polish our gem: MP wants Port Phillip clean-up
Tom Arup, Environment Reporter Port Phillip Bay needs a major new clean-up push, according to Federal MP Greg Hunt.
Let's be good sports and abolish battery cages
Jason Baker First England won the Ashes from us; now they can declare that they're the first to abolish battery cages.
After the rains, here comes the scum
Nicole Hasham Hazardous debris and large islands of weeds are pouring into major navigation channels and beach water quality has declined after heavy rain flushed pollutants into Sydney waterways.
Meet Anori: Knut's sister makes a cute first impression on zoo debut
A German zoo has shown off its latest star - the half-sister of world-famous polar bear Knut.
Minister unveils plan to force out unscrupulous dog breeders
The Queensland government aims to wipe out puppy farms under proposed new registration requirements for dog breeders.
World's tiniest frogs found in New Guinea
With voices hardly louder than an insect's buzz, the tiniest frogs ever discovered are smaller than a coin and hop about the rainforest of the tropical island of Papua New Guinea, US scientists say.
Harbour rubbish pile on the rise after prison drain gangs get the brush-off
Debra Jopson The amount of litter and waste Sydney Harbour garbage collectors pick up each year has plummeted to the lowest level in more than a decade after NSW Maritime suspended a long-running clean-up program...
Striped trio still in hunt for names
Tim Barlass Taronga Zoo has received more than 1500 suggestions of names for its new Sumatran tiger triplets.
Tentative tiger earns his stripes
Tim Barlass It was an arranged love match that threatened to end in disaster. But now there are three good reasons to declare it a success.
Les named in honour of a news hound
Gareth Hutchens Meet Les. He is one of a new litter of German shepherd police pups and has been named in honour of The Sun-Herald's late crime reporter, the respected Les Kennedy.
Wheels come off crackdown on trolleys
Jacqueline Maley Environmetal blight, eyesore, safety hazard. But on the upside, fun to go joyriding in.
An ark afloat in red desert country
Nick O'Malley Tony Cathcart, a quiet sort of bloke nearing 50, once spent 187 nights hunting a tabby cat through the red earth desert between Mildura on the River Murray and Broken Hill in far western NSW.