The Latest Breaking News on Recycling

This is why you've been recycling wrong all along – and how to get it right

For national Recycle Week, we went on the hunt to find out what happens to your rubbish

Manchester Evening News · Oct 23, 2022

Nottingham hits back at proposals to introduce new recycling and food waste bins

"Where are we supposed to put all these bins?"

Nottingham Post · Oct 22, 2022

Plastic dilemma after Envorinex goes bust leaving Tasmanians with waste problem

It was the green dream that turned plastic trash into treasure, popular among politicians keen to champion sustainability without sidelining industry — then the company went bust, leaving many without a means to get rid of waste.

ABC News · Oct 21, 2022

Major changes to Nottingham bins could see new recycling and food waste collections

Multiple recycling containers could be introduced

Nottingham Post · Oct 20, 2022

NI councils export 90,000 tonnes of recyclables that could be used by firms here

Encirc, Enva, Bryson Recycling and Friends of the Earth have launched a Keep Recycling Local campaign

Belfast Live · Oct 19, 2022

Wheelie bins could be scrapped and replaced with 'superbins'

90 local authorities are now considering the design, which is used in cities across Europe

Wales Online · Oct 19, 2022

Richmond waste collection suspended for three weeks as bin men go on strike

Workers rejected a pay increase during talks with bosses at the council’s waste contractor Serco

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2022

Australian research finds cost-effective way to recycle solar panels

Process involves using electrostatic separation on PV panels to collect valuable materials, reducing them to 2-3% of original weight

The Guardian - AU · Oct 15, 2022

Eight in ten UK households failing to recycle basic items - like food and paper

Two in five Brits are still baffled about what can and can't be recycled - and just under a fifth say they can't be bothered, and put everything in the main waste bin

Daily Mirror · Oct 15, 2022

Big Plastic pushes fake recyclables

A network of groups backed by the plastics industry falsely claims polypropylene containers are “widely recyclable"

Salon · Oct 14, 2022