Waste

Pumpkin food waste from last Halloween could have made enough soup for everyone in the country

The broadcaster last week labelled a trial to tackle woeful coffee recycling rates as corporate 'greenwash' - such criticism is both unfair and counterproductive

EnCO2re programme now looking for industrial partners to scale up race to use CO2 as a feedstock in plastic manufacturing

Almost half of all plastic bottles used in the home end up in landfill sites, research shows, with huge impacts on marine life

Duo will start by building a 15MW plant in Cardiff, but see further opportunities to build 'thousands' of smaller plants serving industrial businesses

New guidelines also explain how some recycled items need to be disposed of in certain ways

Campaign from environmental charity Hubbub will see coffee cup-shaped bins collect cups for recycling

A challenge has been laid down to the coffee shop industry, Hubbub's Trewin Restorick reveals how it is today looking to respond with a bold new coffee cup recycling experiment

Waste management industry body lays out benefits of producer responsibility levies for local authorities

French utility acquires 30 per cent of TerraCycle's activities in Europe as part of efforts to tackle waste that is not recyclable through traditional channels