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 …
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 …
Incineration is a dirty word amongst environmentalists, its reputation earned through the use of outdated technology.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 …
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 …
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 …
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 … The Ecologist | 3rd September 2010 News Waste And Recycling China Pollution E-waste Electronics Mobile Phone …
In the wake of President Sarkozy's crackdown on the Roma people, an Ecologist investigation uncovers how poverty and discrimination are forcing persecuted communities to scratch a living recycling France's growing mountain of e-waste - potentially threatening health and raising questions over the effectiveness of waste policies
… of Roma people forced to scavenge toxic e-waste Carolyn Lebel | 12th October 2010 News E-waste Roma Investigations Waste And Recycling low-res-web-holder.jpg In …
Persecuted Roma communities in France are being forced to scavenge for dangerous e-waste, potentially threatening health and questioning the country's recycling policies
… Poverty forces Roma people to scavenge toxic e-waste Carolyn Lebel Jemima Roberts | 12th October 2010 News Roma E-wasteWaste And Recycling News web-no3.jpg …
Government urged to improve recycling facilities after review of waste options finds it has the smallest environmental footprint
… Recycling best for everything except garden waste The Ecologist | 17th March 2010 News Waste And Recycling recyclinglogo.jpg … currently recycle around 37 per cent of their waste Government urged to improve recycling …
Experts warn EU proposals for deep geological disposal of radioactive waste have ‘serious potential for something to go badly wrong’
… EU nuclear waste disposal plans 'not safe' claim … September 2010 News Energy Nuclear Nuclear Waste nuclear.jpg Geological disposal of nuclear waste is a danger to future generations …
Campaigners and scientists express concern over the inclusion of a site near Sellafield in latest list of locations considered for deep underground disposal of nuclear waste
… Rejected nuclear waste site in Cumbria back on list of … | 29th October 2010 News Nuclear Nuclear Waste Cumbria Energy nukebarrels.jpg … is suitable for the deep disposal of nuclear waste because of concerns over water …
As UK supermarkets scramble to reduce packaging in the face of growing legislation and consumer demand, Aimee Steen talks exclusively to those tackling the problem at high street stores and asks what role customers have to play
… and Marks & Spencer lead assault on packaging waste crisis - but will it work? Aimee Steen | 9th November 2010 News Packaging Waste Tesco Asda M&S Waste And Recycling Investigations waste 2 …
Sylvia is riled when her distinctly un-environmentally-friendly office receives a recycling award from a dubious source...
… Sylvia Sunshine | 9th June 2010 Comment Waste And Recycling Green Living Work … a dubious source... In our office we recycle waste. Not much, but some. If I were to … more than a measly pillowcase-sized sack of waste. I am not really sure if this …
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 … plans to charge people for the amount of waste they bin. The so-called 'bin tax' would …
Five committed twentysomethings are making a 2,000-mile trek across the US, picking up litter and educating young people and communities about zero waste
… a cross-country road trip to wipe out waste Carrie Madren | 21st December 2010 Activism Waste & Recycling Pick Up America America Zero Waste Plastic Wildlife 1illegaldump.jpg A team …
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
… lightbulbs Ian Randall | 9th March 2010 News Waste And Recycling Energy Saving Lightbulbs … fluorescent lightbulbs in their general waste, despite the hazard posed by their … & Dagenham 'You can put it in your domestic waste. Just wrap it in a bag, and put it in …
The latest film from the 'Story of Stuff' team focuses on consumer electronics and the problems of waste, recycling and toxic components
… on consumer electronics and the problems of waste, recycling and toxic components Sales of … Although Europe and the US have set up e-waste recycling systems, much of the e-waste ends up being illegally exported to less …
The Watford Scrapstore is a treasure trove for children, teachers and eco-conscious artists on a budget. Here, scrap materials are transformed into community art
… Scrapstores: turning waste into arts and crafts Giovana Zilli | 9th February 2010 Activism Waste And Recycling How To Make A Difference … use creativity and voluntary work to reduce waste, and are now being organised into a …
The waste warrior behind the You Tube hit and now book 'The Story of Stuff', on banning children's advertising, making manufacturers responsible for waste and shifting our values
… them?' Laura Sevier | 15th June 2010 Comment Waste And Recycling Consumerism Marketing … Built-in Obsolescence annie-leonard2.jpg The waste warrior behind the You Tube hit and now … making manufacturers responsible for waste and shifting our values Laura Sevier: …
The tale of the homemade wormery in a second-floor-flat continues... The worms are thriving, multiplying in numbers. Just don't ask about the flies...
… Wormery Vermicompost Dendrobaenas Food Waste Recycling worms.jpg The worms are happy … months now since I started up my own kitchen waste recycling service with the help of a few … happy and multiplying, the organic kitchen waste (not too much citrus or onion, and no …
Campaign groups say UK officials are underestimating the costs of disposing of nuclear waste and that the taxpayer will end up footing the bill
… 2010 News Nuclear Renewable Radioactive Waste Health nuclearpowerstation.jpg No … the costs of disposing of nuclear waste and that the taxpayer will end up … aside to pay for eventual decommissioning and waste disposal costs. This includes the …