Leeds City Council joins the WRAP and LGA-run Household Waste Collection Commitment, after seeing 8,000 tonne reduction in waste.

Bath’s Midland Road recycling facility will close for two months while the floors and some of the walls are replaced.

New WRAP research shows that £238 million worth of textiles thrown away in 2010 could have been reused, recycled, or recovered.

Gloucestershire County Council awards Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB) with a £500 million energy-from-waste contract.

The European Parliament has voted in favour of adopting an Energy Efficiency Directive, requiring businesses to disclose energy audits.

Researchers at MIT have developed a method of magnetically separating water and oil, which could help clean up oil spills.

Using nothing but cycle-power, Magnificent Revolution has been reaching out to communities with its message of sustainability through educational workshops and its signature ‘cycle-in cinema’. Kate Hacker finds out more

As part of the 'Don't let Devon go to waste' partnership, Decon County Council is asking residents to sign up to the Mail Preference Service to cut down on the amount of paper waste from junk mail.

Rather than complain about plans to build an incinerator, the citizens of one Spanish region came up with an alternative solution in the form of intensive door-to-door waste collection. GAIA’s Joan Marc Simon tells the story

New York City’s Department of Sanitation is the world’s largest provider of waste services. And it doesn’t just take waste away, it also makes sure material is recycled, combats illegal dumping and deters recycling theft. Libby Peake took a ride with 'New York's Strongest'.