Waste

Exclusive: ministers seeking to make firms pay more towards recycling their own waste

It may be a case of gesture politics, argues Tom Chivers, but a ban on plastic straws is part of a trend that is helping to unlock wider change

Companies join global campaign to tackle waste fishing gear and the huge damage it does to marine wildlife

Europe-wide ban could be in place on certain items by 2021 - but is the war on plastics a distraction from the climate fight?

Billions upon billions of products and consumers served

Tom Chivers talks to Veolia's Richard Kirkman about the 'cultural shift' that has reshaped the waste industry and sparked the development of thousands of high tech green roles

In latest Green GB Week announcements, Ministers confirm 11 plastic waste tackling technologies are to share £4m of funding

Almost 900,000 unsold meals are chucked out a day, according to food waste app Too Good To Go

Leeds car park to offer trial discounts for customers who hand in plastic bottles for recycling

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