Biogas - a methane-rich fuel made from rotting food waste or sewage - has huge potential as a clean, green fuel for the UK. But a perverse web of subsidies, rules and contracts could mean UK councils are about to kiss goodbye to the real power of waste...
… Biogas: is your council about to waste your waste? David Strahan | 4th August 2009 News Waste And Recycling Energy Climate Change …
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 Compost Waste Watch Women's Institute Zero Waste …
The Environment Agency and Interpol are being forced to tackle the growing trade in electrical waste to stop our unwanted TVs, computers and refrigerators falling into the wrong hands
… Criminal gangs cash in on thriving illegal e-waste trade Matilda Lee | 2nd December 2010 News Waste & Recycling Environment Agency E-waste Hazardous Substances WEEE Greenpeace …
Public authorities implement new waste management models that are capital-intensive and technology-driven at the cost of more socio-ecologically sustainable alternatives provided by waste pickers.
… Waste pickers under threat Barcelona Research … on Informal Recyclers | 2nd March 2020 News Waste Conflict Environmental Justice wastepicker Public authorities implement new …
The idea that one man’s trash is another’s treasure has been thrown around for decades, but could taking it literally help to tackle food waste?
… Food waste and circular economies Amy Lewis | 11th October 2018 Comment Food Waste Biofuels Waste And Recycling … could taking it literally help to tackle food waste? Approximately 88 million tonnes of food …
The Environmental Investigation Agency and BBC Panorama use GPS to prove British electronic waste is being exported to poor African nations where it threatens the environment and human health. Andrew Wasley reports
… UK company implicated in toxic e-waste trail from London to West Africa Andrew Wasley | 14th May 2011 News E-waste Environmental Investigation Agency Pollution Health Waste And Recycling ghana-244-1.jpg Boys …
Madeleine Cuff challenged herself to spend a week reducing her food and packaging waste. Did it work, and will other consumers and supermarkets take note?
… Love Food Hate Waste: could you live without throwing food … Madeleine Cuff | 30th March 2012 News Food Waste Love Food Hate Waste Consumers Supermarkets Packaging Food …
More than 13.4 million English households currently do not get their kitchen scraps picked up separately from the black bin rubbish.
… Food waste collections must be rolled out Emily Beament | 10th February 2020 News Food Waste Change Makers gi_market_food_waste.jpg More than 13.4 million English …
More robust enforcement of laws designed to tackle the growing problem of e-waste is urgently needed, says Anja ffrench of Computer Aid, along with improved management of electrical waste by governments
… How to combat the growing menace of e-waste Anja ffrench | 31st May 2011 Comment E-waste Computers Pollution EIA WEEE Directive Waste And Recycling Comment …
Calls to bring forward ban on recyclable material sent to landfill increase, as reports emerge of big increases in the quantity of textile waste being dumped
… The Ecologist | 19th January 2010 News Waste Food And Farming Recycling Landfill Renewable Waste And Recycling textiles.jpg A million tonnes of textile waste is sent to landfill every year Calls to …
Our thirst for the latest gadgets has created a vast empire of electronic waste, writes Ian Williams. The EU alone produces some 9 million tonnes of it a year, of which some 70% is still working when disposed of, and over a third is disposed of illegally. With increasingly affordable electronic devices available to ever more people, it's high time for effective global regulation.
… From latest gizmo to toxic waste: the dark side of the worldwide … of Southampton | 11th February 2016 Comment Waste Pollution Regulation EU Africa China … has created a vast empire of electronic waste, writes Ian Williams. The EU alone …
Martin O'Brien investigates how waste management has become a lucrative business.
… Waste management proves a profitable business … Martin O'Brien | 7th August 2008 News Waste Recycling Rubbish Privatisation … Recycling Landfills Pollution Society Waste And Recycling Investigates_47.jpg Martin …
Lack of government action on waste crime could see rise in fly-tipping, illegal waste sites, and evasion of landfill tax, a new report reveals.
… Wasted time on waste crime Emily Beament | 20th October 2022 | News Waste And Recycling Conservation … Lack of government action on waste crime could see rise in fly-tipping, …
Incineration is a dirty word amongst environmentalists, its reputation earned through the use of outdated technology. Could new techniques help bring green approval to energy-from-waste facilities?
… technology Mark Jansen | 18th May 2010 News Waste And Recycling Energy Energy From Waste Incineration prel.png Incineration is a … help bring green approval to energy-from-waste facilities? Chris Williams is an …
Consumers could be doing far more to help combat global food wastage with relatively little effort according to a new study showing that every year, a third of all food produced ends up being binned. LAURA BRIGGS reports
… Food Waste - who's to blame? Laura Briggs | 27th January 2017 Ethical Living Food Waste Recycling Consumer Choice … of food being ditched in the bin - adding to waste and impacting on resources such as …
Current 'dump it or burn it' mindset can only be resolved by moving away from incineration and landfill and aiming for a zero waste policy, say campaigners
… UK can achieve 'zero waste' without incineration Tom Levitt | 5th October 2010 News Landfill Waste And Recycling Incineration prel.png … and landfill and aiming for a zero waste policy, say campaigners Building new …
A campaign to force food manufacturers and retailers to reduce their waste is coupled with an innovative celebration of the rejected food
… Campaign: Fighting food waste through feasts David Hawkins | 17th June 2010 Activism Society Waste This Is Rubbish Food Waste 1img_0279---version-2.jpg A campaign to …
Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices are harming poor people's health and devastating the environment, writes Nele Goutier. Agbogbloshie, once an idyllic landscape of wetlands and small farms, is now the most toxic place in the world ...
… E-waste in Ghana: where death is the price of … day Nele Goutier | 7th August 2014 News Waste Trade EU USA Africa Toxics Health Ghana agbog-fire.jpg Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices …
UK plans for ten new nuclear power plants will create £80 billion worth of radioactive waste that we still have no secure way of disposing
… isn’t telling us the true cost of nuclear waste disposal Dr Paul Dorfman | 13th December 2010 Comment Nuclear Energy Waste Radioactive Renewable nuclear.jpg The … of nuclear power stations will produce waste that is five times more radioactive than …
Last February's explosion at the WIPP dump for long-lived intermediate-level nuclear waste from the US's nuclear weapons program remains unexplained, writes Jim Green. But with the site's history of ignored warnings, 'missing' safety culture, lack of supervision and dubious contractor appointments, it surely came as no surprise - and further accidents appear inevitable.
… New Mexico nuclear waste accident a 'horrific comedy of errors' … ional_laboratory_celebrates_1000th_transuranic_waste_shipment-cut.jpg Last February's … for long-lived intermediate-level nuclear waste from the US's nuclear weapons program …
Last week's 'War on Waste' - throwaway coffee cups were the deserving target - was an exemplar of effective single-issue campaigning by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. But the answers to our waste problems go way beyond recycling. We must begin to plan a societal transition to a post-consumer culture of caring, sharing, and knowing when we have enough.
… Hugh's 'War on Waste' is great - but we need to grasp the … picture Sam Earle | 3rd August 2016 Comment Waste Consumerism Recycling Economics Green … Drink shopping-cut.jpg Last week's 'War on Waste' - throwaway coffee cups were the …