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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Throwing all your recycling in one box may seem like a good idea, but it is threatening the future of European-based paper recycling, according to a leading industry source.
… 'One-box' recycling doing more harm than good 7th August 2007 News Paper Recycling Pulping INGEDED Recycle Waste Recycling Waste And Recycling News web pic …
Mel Poluck visits a flagship environmental project that rescues, reuses and recycles tonnes of wood destined for landfills, doing much the same for those it employs
… CASE STUDY: recycling waste wood Mel Poluck | 9th June 2009 Activism Waste And Recycling Case Study Wood Recycling Salvage Waste Landfill …
It’s the greener way to go, but it seems bicycling can tackle everything from health issues to homelessness. Claire Baylis learns the meaning of true pedal power.
… CASE STUDY: recycling bicycles Claire Baylis | 1st March 2009 Activism Waste And Recycling Case Study Local Hero Bikeworks … resources. Thankfully, the dearth of bike recycling is just one issue being addressed by …
A group of leading business have launched a global initiative aimed at jumpstarting the plastics circular economy.
… 2019 News Plastics Circular Economy Waste And Recycling Science & Systems plastic_waste.jpg … He said: “When we put [these items] in our recycling back in the UK, we think we’re doing … sense that despite increasing efforts at recycling, there is still no guarantee that …
Charities, including Oxfam and Traid, which rely on donations of unwanted clothes are facing an escalating theft problem - which could undermine public confidence in recycling and increase clothing waste, reports Louise Hunt
… as criminal gangs target lucrative clothing recycling sector Louise Hunt | 1st February 2011 News Clothing Fashion Waste And Recycling Investigations Traid … - which could undermine public confidence in recycling and increase clothing waste, reports …
Many dutiful recyclers feel rightly frustrated that so few of their carefully washed bottles and cans put out each week seem to make their way back into the same product.
… used in new products 15th April 2009 News Recycling Alan Whitehead MP Recycling UK Campaigns Recycling Green Living Politics And Economics …
Rates of recycling in England and Wales differ markedly from region to region, with some city areas faring particularly badly, according to new figures.
… Figures expose UK’s recycling gap 23rd November 2007 News RecyclingRecycling Politics And Economics Waste And …
The world's growing waste mountain of mobile phones, computers and other electronic goods is being illegally recycled in unregulated and primitive conditions in China and causing significant toxic pollution
… Low-cost e-waste recycling in China releasing catalogue of … Ecologist | 3rd September 2010 News Waste And Recycling China Pollution E-waste Electronics … China's family-run cottage industry for recycling e-waste is releasing dangerous …
A report from Friends of the Earth reveals the huge extent of the pollution and financial losses caused by our love of landfill and incineration
… Ecologist | 7th October 2009 News Waste And Recycling Incineration Landfill Resources … is woefully lagging behind much of Europe on recycling,' said FoE's Dr Michael Warhurst. … twice as much as we recycle here. 'Our low recycling rate means that we have to import …
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
… Pollution EIA WEEE Directive Waste And Recycling Comment nigeria-e-waste-(15)-1.jpg … are pretending to be legitimate reuse and recycling organisations and enticing … safely recycled. Prioritise reuse over recycling for functional equipment and …
There are certain rules of thumb when it comes to storing, freezing and heating food in plastic containers. Read on to find out how to use plastics safely
… Ethical Living Green Living Health Waste And Recycling Plastic Toxic Chemicals Recycle … in the triangle and check with your local recycling company to see what types of plastic … Many municipalities do not accept them for recycling, but you can find a list of …
Ecologist investigation reveals three-quarters of London councils giving out wrong advice on the safe disposal of mercury-containing compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs)
… Ecologist | 10th March 2010 News Waste And Recycling Lightbulbs brokencfl.jpg Ecologist … saving bulbs had to be taken to a special recycling centre, or whether they could be … access to, a waste disposal site capable of recycling energy saving bulbs and other …