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A rubbish election: voting in Australia produces mountains of waste - but there’s a better way

By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
Gary Rosengarten, Director, Sustainable Technologies and Systems Enabling Impact Platform., RMIT University
Matt Duckham, Professor, RMIT University

From corflutes and how-to-vote cards to 250,000 pencils, 240,000 volunteer vests, 80,000 ballot boxes, here’s what happens to election materials after polling day.

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