Landfill

Net benefit of Plan A strategy up 50 per cent to £105m as retailer slashes emissions and recycles 100 per cent of its waste

Recycling minister predicts rate will rise further, but warns against complacency

Retailer wants to avoid 350 million clothes being thrown away by encouraging customers to hand in unwanted garments when buying new items

Today's new biomass strategy targets a sector supporting 50,000 jobs and producing 11 per cent of UK energy by 2020, says energy minister Charles Hendry

UK firm hails breakthrough in clothing technology that could make garbage eye-sores a thing of the past

Public sector bodies increasingly using digital mapping to re-route waste trucks, cutting costs, fuel use, and carbon emissions

New European sustainability plan aims to cut water use 30 per cent and reduce waste to landfill by 70 per cent over five years

Plastic waste from building sites will be used to make cable casings in "industry first"

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