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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
An unimaginably large volume of plastic debris is reaching the world's oceans every year, write Britta Denise Hardesty & Chris Wilcox - and it's set for a ten-fold increase over the next decade, adding to the already terrible toll on marine life from turtles to seals, sea birds and fish. The solution must be to give waste plastic value - if we can find a way.
… Chris Wilcox | 4th April 2015 News Oceans Waste Natural World Pollution Toxics … birds and fish. The solution must be to give waste plastic value - if we can find a way. … due to fast-growing economies but poor waste management systems. However, people in …
MIKE BROWN explains why closing down landfill sites isn’t always the best course environmentally
… Brown | 15th August 2018 Comment Landfill Waste And Recycling Rubbish image1.jpg MIKE … is bad. Do everything you can to get waste out of landfill." For the best part of twenty years, the message for waste managers has been clear. Over that time, …
Electricity operator National Grid believes that with the right Government incentives, renewable gas could be produced from our waste and fed straight into the mains
… National Grid plan for local waste-to-biogas plants The Ecologist | 8th … News Energy Biogas Science And Technology Waste And Recycling ngbiogas.jpg Electricity … renewable gas could be produced from our waste and fed straight into the mains Less …
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 Sustainability Green Living …
Why do we dispose of organic waste in landfill sites? Shouldn’t we – individuals, councils and businesses – all be using worms to compost it? By Janis Crawford.
… Landfills Community Recycling Green Living Waste And Recycling Archive_78.jpg Why do we dispose of organic waste in landfill sites? Shouldn’t we – … to compost it? By Janis Crawford. Organic waste and landfill Contrary to instinct, …
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 …
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 …
Biodegradeable Waste (BDW), ‘plants and animals’, comprises an amazing 59 per cent of your household waste. Do you simply throw yours in the bin? If so you...
… 2006 Ethical Living Compost Composting Waste BDW Worms Vermicompost Vermicomposting … Green Lifestyle Composting Green Living Waste And Recycling Green_Living_MAIN_1.jpg Biodegradeable Waste (BDW), ‘plants and animals’, comprises …
Earlier this month, campaigner Shlomo Dowen won a landmark High Court case that forced Nottinghamshire council to reveal its financial arrangements with waste contractor Veolia Environmental Services. So what did Veolia want to keep so quiet?
… The more we recycle, the more waste firms profit Shlomo Dowen | 22nd October 2009 Comment Waste And Recycling PFI Veolia Local … to reveal its financial arrangements with waste contractor Veolia Environmental …
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 …