Waste

Businesses are cutting waste and finding new revenue streams by diving into their dumpsters for items that were once hauled away to landfills. Judith Nemes pulls on the rubber gloves to investigate

National Audit Office says failure to deliver recycling and waste-to-energy plants means UK will struggle to meet landfill targets

Industry experts dismiss Mail on Sunday scare story claiming the recycling sector is in "crisis"

Fragile market may be on the verge of a recovery

Cafeterias and kitchens are the biggest energy consumers in most offices and yet offer some of the simplest ways of cutting utility bills. Sarah Fister Gale investigates some of the companies cooking up a greener approach to catering

New website designed to help local authorities identify which recyclable materials it can still find a buyer for

Institution of Mechanical Engineers' report claims 60 per cent of waste that is being sent to landfill could be better used to fuel new generation of waste power plants

Potential toughening of EU eWaste could impose minimum recycling targets on IT manufacturers and force them to crank up take back schemes

But report finds many TV manufacturers doing little or nothing to promote recycling, despite expected eWaste glut early next year

Environment Agency advises firms to apply for extension to waste storage permits to help ride out slump in demand for recyclable material