Imagine a home that is self sufficient in water, energy, sewage and perhaps even food. Sound too good to be true? Well, it’s not. And it can be made from recycled material to boot. Libby Peake gets her hands dirty learning how to build an earthship

Local authority waste partnerships can provide much-needed relief in a financially-constrained environment, but as Rachel England finds, this can only happen if everyone’s on board

Sam Sandilands, of Burges Salmon LLP, guides us through the latest changes to waste’s regulatory regime

With questions surrounding the future of PFI, Charles Newman considers the options for waste infrastructure investment

The planning process for waste infrastructure has always been a complicated issue, but now with the Localism Bill set to shake up the process, are things going to get even trickier? Rachel England finds out

That is the question. Leonie Butler spoke to a number of local authorities with different attitudes to food waste liners

With Wales and Scotland speeding along a zero waste path and residual arisings dropping off around the UK...

While householders produce less than 10 per cent of the UK’s waste, the construction sector is responsible for around one third of total arisings. What’s being done to target this mountain of rubble? Will Simpson investigates

‘Reduce’ may be the first of the 3Rs, but it’s also the most neglected and hardest to crack. Libby Peake journeys into the average consumer’s mind to find out why, and what can be done to help

The plight of e-waste scavengers has been well documented, but not well tackled. All that is set to change – in Nigeria at least – as British academics have initiated a project to educate the workers. Emma Rose reports