Landfill

New figures show dramatic improvement in level of food waste, but households are still throwing out £12bn a year of usable food

Study finds that despite huge potential savings, most offices and households are failing to re-use old furniture and equipment

Recycling soap that would otherwise go to landfill should provide over one million bars for developing world communities

Households and councils are recycling more waste than ever, but another 10 per cent is needed to meet EU 2020 targets

Computer Aid survey reveals a fifth of companies do not know if their old computers have ended up in landfill

York factory famous for Kit Kats is third of the company's UK plants to achieve the milestone

Mayor Bloomberg proposes fitting photovoltaic panels on shuttered landfills in Staten Island and Brooklyn

Waste management firm aims to supply miscanthus grown on former tips to Drax power station

Chancellor snips 1p off fuel duty, taxes private jets, and vows to fight for international laws preventing per plane tax