Until recently Australia shipped much of its recycling waste to China. With the cessation of that practice, Australia must now deal with all of that waste itself. And there is a lot.

Imagine you work for a relevant government department. What research would you undertake to identify what needs to be done to address this unsustainable situation.

the topic and the research question - ie: you must state the research topic and the research question. Note: the assessment of these elements will form the basis of the approval of the research project as a whole;

why the topic/research question is important - in legal research this includes a statement of the current law and the reason it warrants this research;

the scope of this literature review; the criteria used for your literature selection (e.g. type of sources used, date range); and

the organisational pattern/structure of this literature review