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Darcy RoehlingDarcy Roehling As responsible citizens, most of us recycle, bike more, use cloth bags – in short, we try to ‘do our bit’ for the environment. So what compels some women to go above and beyond everyday efforts towards sustainability? It’s tough to completely upend your professional and personal lives, in search of planetary improvement. Where does the drive come from to set up an environmental charity or social enterprise? Darcy Roehling, an American in France, started recording individual women’s endeavours to change the world during lockdown 2020. “Coming from a cor...

Mary Liz Ingram's Commentary... In this week's Living with Less Plastic commentary, Mary Liz Ingram highlights market trends toward sustainable packaging in the search for plastic-free deodorant...               

Mary Liz Ingram's Commentary... Living with Less Plastic leads to more biodegradable alternatives and compostable packaging. In this week's commentary, Mary Liz Ingram explores the best way to dispose of this and other organic waste through composting...      

Date Time Less Plastic is Fantastic Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs The Honourable Meaghan Scanlon Queensland now has new laws to ban single-use straws. Polystyrene foam food containers and cups as well as single-use plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery and plates will all be banned from September 1, 2021 under new legislation passed by Queensland Parliament today (WED?). Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said there was overwhelming community support for banning these types of products which were too often discarded thoughtles...

Mar Liz Ingram's Commentary... Why can we only recycle certain types of plastics? In this week's Living with Less Plastic commentary, Mary Liz Ingram breaks down the how and why of recycling, and why using less plastic is a great solution to our waste crisis... Tags: