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title: Coles and Woolworths offer to ensure stockpiled plastic rubbish does not go into landfill
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# Coles and Woolworths offer to ensure stockpiled plastic rubbish does not go into landfill
Friday, 24 February 2023
Coles and Woolworths offer to ensure stockpiled plastic rubbish does not go into landfill. The supermarket chains say they will take responsibility for the 12,000 tonnes of waste stockpiled after the collapse of the REDcycle recycling scheme’s major supermarket chains say they have offered to take responsibility for ensuring thousands of tonnes of soft plastic do not end up in landfill due to the failure of a recycling scheme. In a statement on Thursday night, Coles and [Woolworths](https://www.theguardian.com/business/woolworths-australia) said they would provide safe storage for plastic material stockpiled in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia “while recycling options are explored”. The failed recycling scheme, run by REDcycle on behalf of the supermarket chains, led to more than 12,000 tonnes of plastic collected by the public being warehoused since 2018.
Subway has announced plans to build an electric vehicle charging network which includes playgrounds, WiFi and picnic tables for its customers. The fast food giant has partnered with Gen Z EV Solutions and RED E charging to build the network across the United States. A multi-year plan will see the fast food chain create an ‘oasis’ at select locations, where people can take advantage of multiple charging ports, picnic tables, WiFi, bathrooms, green space and playgrounds all in a bid to equip communities with critical infrastructure to cater for the increasing shift to electric vehicles.
Workshops, a new website and a $5m donation have fuelled the launch of the yes campaign for an [Indigenous voice to parliament](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/indigenous-voice-to-parliament). Hundreds of advocates met on Kaurna land in [Adelaide](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/adelaide) to workshop strategies to win the referendum before the launch on Thursday night.
[Coles and Woolworths offer to ensure stockpiled plastic rubbish does not go into landfill](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/23/coles-and-woolworths-offer-to-ensure-stockpiled-plastic-rubbish-does-not-go-into-landfill)
The supermarket chains say they will take responsibility for the 12,000 tonnes of waste stockpiled after the collapse of the REDcycle recycling scheme.
[Fast food giant Subway building EV charging network](https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8097668/fast-food-giant-subway-building-ev-charging-network/?cs=34616)
Subway has announced plans to build an electric vehicle charging network which includes playgrounds, WiFi and picnic tables for its customers. The fast food giant has partnered with Gen Z EV Solutions and RED E charging to build the network across the United States.
[Voice to parliament yes campaign launches with pledge to take conversation to the people](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/23/voice-to-parliament-yes-campaign-launches-with-pledge-to-take-conversation-to-the-people)
Workshops, a new website and a $5m donation have fuelled the launch of the yes campaign for an [Indigenous voice to parliament](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/indigenous-voice-to-parliament). Hundreds of advocates met on Kaurna land in [Adelaide](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/adelaide) to workshop strategies to win the referendum before the launch on Thursday night. The yes campaign director, Quandamooka man of Minjerribah Dean Parkin, said it was time to bring the conversation back to the people, to unite them with a successful yes vote. (Indigenous voice to parliament: what is it and how would it work? – [video explainer](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2023/feb/23/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-what-is-it-and-how-would-it-work-video-explainer) by The Guardian)
[US beach town bans balloons to save the ocean](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/23/california-laguna-beach-bans-balloons-ocean)
Laguna Beach – the California city known for surfers, waves, rolling hills – grabbed headlines this week for enacting a strict ban on the sale and use of balloons. The city council passed the resolution on Tuesday night, citing wildfire risk and the fact that balloons are a huge source of marine trash. Beginning in 2024, balloons of all types will not be permitted to be used on public property or at city events, with violators facing fines of up to $500. Residential homes will be exempt.
[Start building now to fulfill Sydney-Melbourne high-speed rail ambition, Labor urged](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/24/start-building-now-to-fulfil-sydney-melbourne-high-speed-rail-ambition-labor-urged)Labor should pursue its high-speed rail ambition by progressively upgrading sections of the existing train corridor, starting between Sydney and Canberra as the cheapest and quickest way to deliver fast trains by the end of the decade, transport planning veterans argue.
[Discovered in the deep: a ‘night-time migration’ of marine life – in pictures](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2023/feb/23/oddities-of-the-not-so-deep-in-pictures)
Rare images by a UK photographer show the alien-like creatures that make their life 20 meters below the ocean's surface.Indigenous voice to p
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