Recycling

Trewin Restorick's new start-up Treasure Gardening is delivering truly sustainable peat-free compost, but has found itself facing delays to promised policies and the entrenched power of unsustainable incumbents

Six months after the ban on disposable vapes came into force, waste companies warn behaviour has not changed with consumers continuing to discard vapes that lead to fires, lost resources, and millions of pounds of damage

New report from Material Focus reveals number of electrical devices being recycled has risen by 30 million, but nearly 900 million are still being held unused in UK homes

Retailer's value chain emissions have fallen by almost six per cent against its 2019 baseline, latest stocktake reveals

Report argues increasing UK's domestic recycling capacity would generate 'substantial' private investment, boost GDP, and create thousands of jobs

Study finds nearly half of UK parents admit to throwing children's clothes in the bin

Set to launch April 2026, new initiative aims to ramp up efforts to improve packaging and reduce waste by replacing the current Plastics Pact

Chancellor moves to prevent gap between two rates of Landfill tax getting any wider, rather than creating single rate

Latest partnership brings Podback’s network of drop-off points to 1,100 retail locations

Coat Paints' founder and CEO reflects on rolling out a 'made to order' model that aims to reduce waste and emissions in an industry 'still operating like it was 1950'