Plastic Pollution along Australian coastlines decreases by 39 per cent. Get all the details on today’s What’s Right !
What's right: Australia's social media ban
Australia has passed a law banning social media for children under 16, sparking debate over mental health, privacy, and youth access to support networks.
What's right: no more cracks in concrete?
A research team at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia has combined civil engineering and their wish to cut back on textile waste by using textile waste and carpet fibres to create sustainable concrete. Their approach not only diverts clothing and carpet waste from landfills — which is urgently needed when it’s estimated that the world produces 92 million tons of textile waste every year — but it also makes for stronger concrete, reducing early-age shrinkage cracking in concrete by up to 30%.
What's right: Australia protects workers from overtime
Australian workers are now legally protected from if they do not answer their emails or their work phones after office hours. The new 'right to disconnect' law is designed to curb increasing work emails and calls from entering into personal lives.
What's right: Australia cuts student loan debts
The Australian Government plans to cut students’ debts. The government invests $3 Billion. Get all the details on today's "What's right with the world".