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Scheme has collected a fraction of the waste it set out to handle and is struggling with broken machinery and poor finances

Trillions of pieces of plastic are estimated to float in oceans around the world

New data reveals an extra 5,000 tonnes of waste is sent to landfill or incineration from November to March

As clean energy infrastructure like solar panels and electric car batteries becomes more common in India, some small businesses are working to recycle them when they reach the end of their lifespan, dismantling panels to sell individual components and using old EV batteries’ remaining power to provide electricity to remote,…

This felt like sleeping on the traditional pillows of my childhood – but the feather and down in this pillow are all recycled.

Food, fertiliser, fuel … seaweed has been a life force for centuries. On a coastal foraging trip in Pembrokeshire, we discover it’s now behind a new green initiative, too

Sumptuously textured, carbon negative and just a bit more expensive, hempcrete is being increasingly used in eco-friendly building

MINISTERS “negligently misrepresented” a now collapsed drinks container return scheme to a waste management company to persuade it to sign up, a…

Biffa is suing the Scottish Government for a sum in the region of £160 million after the scheme collapsed.

'It is very much a feather in our cap to be asked.'

More companies are swapping heavy-duty diesel trucks for electric prime movers, but industry experts say regulations still need to change to get more on roads.