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THE 10 PRODUCTS LITTERING OUR BEACHES THE MOST
Broken down further, England's beaches had the largest number of litter items per 100m, with 911... READ MORE›
'SHOCKING' RISE IN RUBBISH WASHING UP ON UK BEACHES
Most wet wipes contain plastic and Prior said she knew of no wet wipes on sale today that meet water company standards for degradability... READ MORE›
A POWER PLANT IS BURNING H&M CLOTHES INSTEAD OF COAL
The combined heat and power station in Vasteras, northwest of Stockholm, is converting from oil- and coal-fired generation to become a fossil fuel-free facility by 2020... READ MORE›
TOXIC COST OF RUBBISH SCAVENGING IN EAST TIMOR
Scavengers as young as eight-years old eek out a living in unimaginable conditions at the Tibar landfill near Dili... READ MORE›
NEARLY HALF OF ALL FRESH POTATOES THROWN AWAY DAILY BY UK HOUSEHOLDS
The new research was offered in support of a government campaign to encourage consumers to reduce their domestic food waste... READ MORE›
THREE QUARTERS OF COUNCILS COLLECT GENERAL WASTE ONCE A FORTNIGHT
With pressure to boost recycling and cut costs, landfill waste in England is collected less frequently - with six councils collecting it once in three weeks... READ MORE›
FOUR CLEVER WAYS TO DEAL WITH RUBBISH
Despite our best environmental efforts, the world still overflows with more non-biodegradable trash than ever. We review four clever ideas for dealing with it all... READ MORE›
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38 MILLION PIECES OF PLASTIC WASTE FOUND ON UNINHABITED SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND
Henderson Island, part of the Pitcairn group, is covered by 18 tonnes of plastic - the highest density of anthropogenic debris recorded anywhere in the world... READ MORE›
'THEY JUST TOSS IT FREELY,' SAYS FORMER WORKER
Walmart food waste caught on camera 'They just toss it freely,' says former worker... READ MORE›
BRITISH HOUSEHOLDS FAIL TO RECYCLE A 'STAGGERING' 16M PLASTIC BOTTLES A DAY
If you're not sure whether you can recycle plastic bottles at home head to our website and check out our recycling locator... READ MORE›
A BIN MAN HAS JUST BEEN JAILED FOR GETTING TO WORK TOO EARLY
Refuse collector Kevin McGill had only been on the route in Silver Springs, one the the US' richest suburbs, for three months... READ MORE›
UK NEEDS BOTTLE DEPOSIT SCHEME TO CUT PLASTIC LITTER IN OCEANS, SAYS THINKTANK
They say a deposit scheme would capture about 95 percent of littered plastic bottles - reducing marine litter by almost a third... READ MORE›
SEA TURTLES FALL VICTIM TO 'ALARMING' FLOOD OF PLASTICS ENTERING AUSTRALIAN WATERS
Some had consumed so much waste that they regularly excreted scraps of balloons or slivers of plastic bags... READ MORE›
MASSIVE DUMP LANDSLIDE KILLS AT LEAST 10 IN SRI LANKA
A 13-year-old boy and two girls aged 14 and 15 were among the dead, said Pushpa Soysa, head nurse at the main Colombo hospital... READ MORE›
UK FRACKING FIRM PLANS TO DUMP WASTEWATER IN THE SEA
A UK shale gas company is considering dumping waste water from fracking in the sea, emails from the company show... READ MORE›
COLOMBO: DEATH TOLL FROM RUBBISH DUMP COLLAPSE RISES
Sri Lanka's parliament was warned recently that the 23 million tonnes of garbage rotting at Kolonnawa was a serious health hazard... READ MORE›
MONSANTO, BP AND VEOLIA AGREE TO PAY FOR CLEANUP OF CONTAMINATED WELSH SITE
Monsanto, BP and Veolia agree to pay for cleanup of contaminated Welsh site... READ MORE›
DON'T COME TO SKYE UNLESS YOU HAVE A ROOM FOR THE NIGHT, SAY LOCAL POLICE
The Isle of Skye is so overrun with tourists that police have now warned people not to come if they haven't booked somewhere to stay... READ MORE›
FREETOWN: A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN?
How geography, climate change and politics contributed to Sierra Leone's latest disaster... READ MORE›
ITALY ADOPTS NEW LAW TO SLASH FOOD WASTE
The food currently wasted in Europe could feed 200 million people, the FAO says... READ MORE›
SMELLY, CONTAMINATED, FULL OF DISEASE: THE WORLDS OPEN DUMPS ARE GROWING | JOHN VIDAL
According to the atlas, compiled by teams of academics and waste professionals on four continents, the 50 sites are all pollution and health timebombs... READ MORE›
INDONESIA: PLASTIC TAX TO CURB RUBBISH DUMPED IN RIVERS
About 187 million tonnes of plastic waste is dumped into the country's waters, placing Indonesia... READ MORE›
WOODLAND TRUST SEES WORST YEAR FOR FLYTIPPING ON RECORD
The Woodland Trust has suffered its worst year on record for flytipping, with almost 200 incidents of rubbish dumped in its woods and land... READ MORE›
NEW LITTER STRATEGY COULD SEE FLY-TIPPERS GIVEN COMMUNITY SERVICE
Under the strategy, those convicted of fly-tipping and given community service would be forced to help councils clear up fly-tipped waste... READ MORE›
FRENCHMEN KAYAK DOWN THE WORLD'S MOST POLLUTED RIVER IN PLASTIC BOTTLE CANOES
However, at that time, he did not find enough shocking visuals to change people's mindsets on waste... READ MORE›
'I AM SACRIFICING MY LIFE TO TRIGGER CONCERN ABOUT PLASTIC IN INDIA'
Environmentalist Jawahar Kumaran killed himself and left a video protesting about 'toxic plastic'... READ MORE›
?700K COST OF MILE-LONG WASTE CLEANUP
Council staff sifted through the rubbish to remove any hazardous or toxic material... READ MORE›
WHAT HAS THE EU EVER DONE FOR MY ... BEACH?
It also took ?30bn of investment by water and waste companies over 20 years, pushed along by EU directives... READ MORE›
FIVE LESSONS FROM THE WASTE 2017 CONFERENCE
State-of-the-art landfills Photo Albert Shamess is director of waste management for Vancouver, which is aiming to be a zero-waste city by 2040... READ MORE›
BRITISH TAMPONS AND NAPPIES SET TO FUEL POWER STATIONS
One challenge is collecting such waste from homes, but the charity Zero Waste Scotland recently ran a successful trial of kerbside collections of absorbent hygiene products... READ MORE›
ISRAELI ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH LIQUOR BOTTLES FROM FIRST WORLD WAR
Archaeologists have unearthed hundreds of whisky and gin bottles at the remains of a first world war British army barracks in the centre of Israel... READ MORE›
RISING NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING IN BINS, REFUSE COLLECTORS WARN
The more homeless people we get, the more people need to find shelter in waste containers... READ MORE›
A CHEFS MANIFESTO: LETS TACKLE FOOD WASTE WITH GOOD FARE
What's the role of the chef in dealing with food waste?... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST BRINGS PLASTIC TO LIFE THROUGH ART
The Melrose Gallery in Johannesburg recently held a solo-exhibition by South African artist Mbogeni Buthelezi, showcasing the plastic painter's 'Sugar Tax' collection... READ MORE›
EUROPE FACES EUR253BN NUCLEAR WASTE BILL
But no solution has yet been found for the long-term storage of radioactive waste... READ MORE›
MY DOG IS A REGISTERED WASTE COLLECTOR, SAYS CRITIC OF LAX REGULATION
Brown tested the Environment Agency's regulatory regime by applying for a waste licence in the name of Oscar, a West Highland terrier who died 10 years ago... READ MORE›
'NO EXCUSE' FOR DROPPING LITTER, MINISTERS WARN, AHEAD OF DRIVE TO CUT WASTE WHICH BLIGHTS THE COUNTRY
For the first time a litter map will measure how much waste is being dropped and dumped so that ministers can measure improvement, the Government announced... READ MORE›