Consumers are exasperated with manufacturers that do not make any effort to reduce their packaging.
… Brooker | 17th October 2018 News Waste And Recycling Packaging Plastics Supermarkets … asking them what frustrates them most about recycling to find out what irritates people the most about recycling in the UK. They found the biggest …
Local Government Association (LGA) says labelling for all products needs to be improved.
… Better labelling increases recycling Emily Beament | 8th November 2019 News Recycling Plastic Pollution Science & Systems workers at a recycling plant in San Francisco Local …
Packaging of brands familiar from UK supermarkets found strewn across multiple sites thousands of miles away.
… from everyday British products – exported as recycling – has been discarded at multiple … into claims of fraud in the UK’s recycling exports system , including … recycled. UK exports of plastic scrap for recycling to Malaysia shot up at the start of …
Scavenging is on the rise in the US and is no longer the exclusive domain of the poor. Felicity Carus reports on San Francisco's attempts to close down this informal sector and its impact on a burgeoning recycling culture
… scavengers: a story of gangs, poverty and recycling Felicity Carus | 16th August 2011 News Waste And Recyclingrecycling.jpg A scavenging culture, like that …
Your recycled loo paper may be soft, strong and very, very long, but is it really all that green? Pat Thomas gets to the bottom of an issue of convenience
… Living Loo Roll Recycled Paper FSA Greenwash Recycling Bodycare Green Living … less water. For every tonne of paper used for recycling, the savings are at least 30,000 …
Sylvia is riled when her distinctly un-environmentally-friendly office receives a recycling award from a dubious source...
… Greening my office: an award for recycling is a nonsense Sylvia Sunshine | 9th June 2010 Comment Waste And Recycling Green Living Work recyclesky.jpg … un-environmentally-friendly office receives a recycling award from a dubious source... In …
Official recycling rates in Russia stand at close to zero, writes Minna Halme. But my study of the potential to develop the sector uncovered widespread informal recycling networks, lurking in basements, stigmatised for supposed links to organised crime, barely tolerated by the authorities. And any ideas of legitimising the shadowy recycling operations are met with frosty official silence.
… 'Recycling is for drunks, addicts and … University | 8th February 2016 Comment Waste Recycling Russia Society bottles-cut.jpg Official recycling rates in Russia stand at close to …
Less than three per cent of household batteries are currently recycled in Britain. Chie Elliott looks into why we're at the bottom of Europe's league tables
… Recycling batteries: Why we need to do more … Elliott | 30th June 2009 Activism Waste And Recycling Battery Recycling Landfill Mercury Lead Waste And …
Hazel Sillver and Susan Clark round up some of the best and brightest eco-stationery on offer.
The green office Hazel Sillver Susan Clark | 20th November 2013 Ethical Living Green Office Supplies fluke2-360x485.jpg Hazel Sillver and Susan Clark round up some of the best and brightest …
An Ecologist investigation reveals that three quarters of London Boroughs are advising their residents to simply throw compact fluorescent lightbulbs in their general waste, despite the hazard posed by their mercury content
… Ian Randall | 9th March 2010 News Waste And Recycling Energy Saving Lightbulbs Cfl Mercury … in each bulb, which calls for specialist recycling to avoid damage to the environment. … Bexley 'There isn’t at the moment a [recycling] scheme.' Brent 'If it’s just one …
For regions with adequate space and little recycling infrastructure, disposing of bottles in landfill generates a lower carbon footprint than recycling or incineration...
… Landfill could be greener than recycling when it comes to plastic bottles … | 8th September 2010 Comment PET Plastics Recycling Landfill Carbon Dioxide Incineration … For regions with adequate space and little recycling infrastructure, disposing of bottles …
From plastic bag-free towns to refashioned clothes and bus fleets run on chip fat, here's a guide to what you can do to tackle waste in your community
… How to campaign for less waste and more recycling George Wigmore Matilda Lee | 6th July 2010 Activism Waste & Recycling Energy How To Make A Difference … that promotes the reduction, reuse and recycling of waste. Zero Waste Alliance UK The …
Recycling efforts of thousands wasted as new figures reveal extent of putrid problem in the war on preventable plastic waste.
… | 10th July 2019 News Nappies Waste And Recycling … screenshot_2019-07-09_at_15.37.41.png Recycling efforts of thousands wasted as new … to putting them in with the household recycling. North London Waste Authority (NLWA) …
The recycling industry has been struggling for years, and the coronavirus crisis has underscored its weaknesses.
… 12th June 2020 News Sustainability Waste And Recycling Circular Economy gloves-5083789_1280.jpg The recycling industry has been struggling for … the pandemic alone is not to blame. The recycling industry has been struggling for …
New report details options for increasing demand for post-consumer recycled waste.
… 2018 News Science & Systems Policy Waste And Recycling Eunomia WWF WWF-UK Resource … the approaches used to date to increase recycling, investigates the causes of market … the markets to assist in reaching higher recycling targets. "This report now adds a …
Local authorities are sending recycling waste to be incinerated rather than properly sorted.
… Where does our recycling go? Jenny Jones | 6th February 2020 News Recycling Waste Rubbish Incineration Hackney … Local authorities are sending recycling waste to be incinerated rather than …
Andrew Del Prado argues that society's attitude to recycling electronic gadgets is lagging far behind our desire to create the technology in the first place, and tells the Ecologist how his organisation is trying to combat this trend.....
… e-Recycling: Why we must and how we can Andrew … Del Prado argues that society's attitude to recycling electronic gadgets is lagging far … This was far lower than the reported recycling rate of 33.8% for the overall …
They're becoming more and more common - wrapped around everything from milk to chickpeas. But just how environmentally friendly are composite cartons compared to the good, old-fashioned tin or jar?
… Filou | 19th January 2010 News Waste And Recycling Green Living Cartons Tetrapaks … heavy – cans and jars. The problem of recycling The cartons’ Achilles heel remains recycling. Cartons are recyclable in theory, …
UK Government decides to scrap plans for a tax on bins, saying it would have 'fuelled fly-tipping', and says reward schemes will be more effective
… Councils to reward recycling rather than tax waste The Ecologist | 8th June 2010 News Waste And Recycling Landfill seasonal-recycling.jpg Reward schemes would not benefit …
The UK exports plastic its waste around the world - causing environmental and social injustices. But what is the solution?
… 10 percent of it is recycled. Not only is our recycling system overwhelmed but we’re also … We use too much of it It’s great we’re recycling more, but we don’t have capacity to … of plastic. There isn’t enough closed loop recycling Recyclists have a higher chance of …
If you're planning a new year health kick there's no point buying an expensive new bike - reconditioned or recycled cycles are the environmentally friendly way to lose those Christmas pounds
… instead of throwing it out take it down the recycling route for a magical makeover and a … recycled bike enterprises to get you started. ReCycling, Elephant & Castle, London One of … largest bike reconditioning enterprises, ReCycling has been operating successfully for …
Grace Lee has just spent a month in Seoul, South Korea working as an intern for the Resource Recirculation Management Division under the Climate Change and Environment Bureau of Seoul City Hall. Here’s what she has to say to her fellow US citizens about their domestic waste…
… Why Aren’t My Fellow Americans Doing More Recycling? Grace Lee | 27th July 2012 Comment Recycling Seoul USA South Korea Waste And Recycling Society Green Plastic Waste Rubbish …