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RUBBISH COLLECTION: RECYCLED CLOTHES AT LFW


Two designers at London Fashion Week say their clothes made from plastic bottles and sustainable wool have a political message ... READ MORE

17th February, 2018 417

HOW CHINA'S FOREIGN WASTE BAN HAS SPURRED THE RECYCLING INDUSTRY


Recycling businesses in China say a shortage of raw materials, caused by a recently enacted foreign waste ban, will spur the country's domestic waste..... READ MORE

4th February, 2018 107

GLOUCESTERSHIRE IS BUILDING A BIG BONFIRE OF WASTE. TO LAST FOR ETERNITY


Gloucestershire is building a big bonfire of waste. To last for eternity... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 941

FOREIGN COUNTRIES HAVE TO ADAPT TO CHINA'S BAN ON SOLID WASTE IMPORTS


China has banned the imports of 24 kinds of solid waste... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 0

CHINA'S BAN ON IMPORTED WASTE TO HAVE HUGE IMPACT ON GLOBAL RECYCLING INDUSTRY


A border guard in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, inpects bundles of waste textiles smuggled into China... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 13

WILL A 25P CHARGE CHANGE BRITAIN'S THROWAWAY COFFEE CUP CULTURE?


Instead most of his takeaway customers are served in normal disposable cups... READ MORE

5th January, 2018 1648

CHINA NO LONGER WILLING TO BE A DUMPING GROUND FOR US WASTE


There have been many stories in US news media lately about how China's ban on foreign waste has caused recycling chaos in their country... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 7

CHINA WASTE CLAMPDOWN COULD CREATE UK CARDBOARD RECYCLING CHAOS, SAY INDUSTRY EXPERTS


In 2016, China imported 7.3m tonnes of waste plastics from developed countries including the UK, the US and Japan... READ MORE

15th December, 2017 424

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A MILLION BOTTLES A MINUTE: WORLD'S PLASTIC BINGE 'AS DANGEROUS AS CLIMATE CHANGE'


Greenpeace said the big six drinks companies had to do more to increase the recycled content of their plastic bottles... READ MORE

28th June, 2017 117680

BOROUGH MARKET TO PHASE OUT PLASTIC BOTTLE SALES WITH FREE FOUNTAINS


Plans are currently in place to produce Borough Market refillable bottles made from recycled plastic that can be purchased from stalls around the market... READ MORE

23rd August, 2017 29809

COCA-COLA INCREASED ITS PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC BOTTLES BY A BILLION LAST YEAR, SAYS GREENPEACE


Coca-Cola increased its production of throwaway plastic bottles last year by well over a billion, according to analysis by Greenpeace... READ MORE

3rd October, 2017 16041

PLASTIC BOTTLE DEPOSIT RETURN SCHEME COULD SAVE ENGLAND'S COUNCILS A?35M A YEAR


In England, just 57 percent of plastic bottles are recycled, mostly through streetside collection schemes... READ MORE

11th October, 2017 11216

'THEY JUST TOSS IT FREELY,' SAYS FORMER WORKER


Walmart food waste caught on camera 'They just toss it freely,' says former worker... READ MORE

24th October, 2016 8248

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

15th October, 2016 6707

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

8th March, 2015 5660

Q&A: OUR PLASTIC ADDICTION IS OUT OF CONTROL. HOW CAN WE CONSUME LESS?


About 400 plastic bottles are sold every second in the UK but only half are recycled... READ MORE

9th September, 2017 4697

CHINESE BAN ON PLASTIC WASTE IMPORTS COULD SEE UK POLLUTION RISE


Chinese restrictions from January will hit UK recycling efforts and risk plastic waste being stockpiled or ending up in landfill, warn industry leaders... READ MORE

7th December, 2017 4432

CO-OP AND ICELAND BACK BOTTLE DEPOSIT SCHEME TO REDUCE PLASTIC POLLUTION


Just 57 percent of all plastic bottles are collected for recycling, compared with levels of up to 90 percent in countries that have deposit return schemes... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 3392

ADDIS ABABA: DEATH TOLL HITS 113 IN RUBBISH LANDSLIDE


Koshe is the largest rubbish dump in Ethiopia and home to hundreds of people who collect and resell rubbish trucked in from around Addis Ababa... READ MORE

15th March, 2017 2993

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

28th January, 2015 2546

STOP EXPORTING PLASTIC WASTE TO CHINA TO BOOST RECYCLING AT HOME, SAY EXPERTS


In the UK particularly there is a shortage of post consumer plastic to turn into recycled plastic for bottles because the collection systems are so poor... READ MORE

29th June, 2017 1712

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

15th April, 2017 1596

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

15th June, 2016 1546

THE WORLD IS DROWNING IN EVER-GROWING MOUNDS OF GARBAGE


In Lagos, for all the horrors involving waste management, trash is still seen as an enormous economic opportunity... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 1509

46 KILLED DOZENS MISSING IN ETHIOPIA GARBAGE DUMP LANDSLIDE


The landfill has been a dumping ground for Addis Ababa's garbage for more than 50 years... READ MORE

13th March, 2017 1475

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

16th April, 2017 1473

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

14th July, 2015 1441

FREETOWN: A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN?


How geography, climate change and politics contributed to Sierra Leone's latest disaster... READ MORE

15th August, 2017 1198

CHINA'S INFORMAL ARMY OF RECYCLERS KEEP PLASTIC BOTTLES OUT OF LANDFILL


There's very little thought of the environmental impact of plastic bottles in China... READ MORE

29th June, 2017 1183

LANDSLIDE AT ETHIOPIAN GARBAGE DUMP KILLS AT LEAST 35


It was not immediately clear what caused the landslide at the Koshe Garbage Landfill, which buried several makeshift homes and concrete buildings... READ MORE

12th March, 2017 1171

RECYCLING RATES IN ENGLAND DROP FOR FIRST TIME


Newham borough in London had the lowest recycling rate in England, at 15 percent, while South Oxfordshire district council had the highest, at 67 percent ... READ MORE

15th December, 2016 1133

BRITISH CONSUMERS ADMIT CONFUSION OVER RECYCLING


Nearly three-quarters 73 percent said they would welcome more transparency about what happens to their waste, according to the survey of 1,500 adults, by waste management company Viridor... READ MORE

14th September, 2016 843

ONLY A THIRD OF UK CONSUMERS' PLASTIC PACKAGING IS RECYCLED


Most people recognise a plastic bottle as something you can recycle, said Steve Morgan, technical manager at plastic recycling charity Recoup... READ MORE

22nd November, 2016 771

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

6th October, 2014 770

GARBAGE DUMP COLLAPSE KILLS AT LEAST 19 IN SRI LANKA


Sri Lanka Garbage Dump Collapse Kills at Least 19... READ MORE

16th April, 2017 704

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

19th November, 2017 700

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

15th September, 2016 684

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

9th April, 2017 662


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