Waste

Festival organisers say new campaign will encourage attendees to reuse £500,000 worth of camping equipment left behind each year

Coalition of campaign groups and businesses back cleanup plan in a letter to the Guardian, urging the government to ‘provide or stimulate funding'

Company says new toilet design uses 80 per cent less energy and can be installed with existing drainage systems

New research shows UK consumers throw away the equivalent of a loaf of bread each day

Scottish Government-backed body calls on businesses to cut waste at work with the launch of a new advisory toolkit

YouGov survey shows strong support for making biodegradable and recyclable plastic bags exempt from charge, bolstering industry campaigns

Scraps from factory floor recycled into new swimsuits under new closed-loop initiative from Speedo and Aquafil

Research aims to inform government policy and provide better recycling performance estimates

Waste management agency hopes to inspire research and development in circular economy services

Water and waste giant launches blistering attack on government's recent decisions to scrap a host of green policies