Lord de Mauley releases details of work undertaken by Defra following its first Waste Investment Symposium.

The EU could recycle 62 per cent of its plastic by adopting resource efficient policies, says Plastics Recyclers Europe.

England is have a plastic bag levy from Autumn 2015, bringing it in line with the rest of the UK.

A new report has criticised the major political parties for a ‘lack of political leadership’ on environmental issues.

England is have a plastic bag levy from autumn 2015, bringing it in line with the rest of the UK.

Environment Agency and LIFE+ launch EQual programme, CeDO launches recycled bin bag, Biffa IWM changes name and more...

With more than 100 anaerobic digestion plants up and running in the UK, the technology is becoming increasingly important to the country’s energy (and waste treatment) mix. Libby Peake learns how Biffa uses black bag waste to feed its Wanlip site

As the EU announces it is to withhold millions of carbon credits from the market, Annie Reece explores the quandary of carbon trading

Our habits don’t wholly reflect the well-worked mantra ‘waste as a resource’. Charles Newman casts an evaluator’s eye over our rubbish heap

Off the Wall - phone speakers made from musical instruments and insect dinners