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Byline: By, Lucinda Reid Christmas is traditionally the time of year we create the most waste at home. With all the extra food we consume to the mountain of packaging [...]

Byline: By, Lucinda Reid As Wales' recycling rate reaches an all-time high, people in Wales are being encouraged to keep up their 'mighty' efforts when it comes to recycling this [...]

Byline: Sandra Laville Global giants such as Amazon and Apple should be made responsible for helping to collect, recycle and repair their products to cut the 155,000 tonnes of electronic [...]

VINCI Construction, through its UK subsidiary Taylor Woodrow, signed a contract with the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) to build recycling facilities, as part of the North London Heat and [...]

Byline: By, Emma Munbodh Asda has opened a new sustainable supermarket, promising cheaper prices with less waste as part of its war against plastic. The supermarket giant, which is mid-way [...]

Byline: Rebecca Smithers The amount of household recycling collected has nearly doubled in some areas during the pandemic, pushing up the costs of keeping services running, local councils have said. [...]

Half of Britons suffer 'recycling shame' - feeling guilty about not sorting paper, glass and plastics properly, a study has shown. The shame even leads 70 per cent of us [...]

Byline: Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent Nearly nine out of 10 UK households say they 'regularly recycle', with more prepared to further change their lifestyles to help the environment, research [...]

Byline: By, Graham Hiscott Budget fashion giant Primark is launching a nationwide recycling scheme to prevent mountains of old clothes ending up in landfill. The high street chain is installing [...]

Byline: Sam Meadows Consumer affairs editor THE world's first paper alternative to a glass wine bottle has been developed by a British company. The un-smashable Frugal bottle, created by Frugalpac [...]

Byline: By, Danya Bazaraa A newborn baby girl found dead at a recycling centre was dumped in a skip and had been brought in with the rubbish collection, police believe. [...]

Byline: Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent The UK could be hit by a national cardboard shortage as more and more local councils suspend their regular recycling collections owing to pressures [...]

Byline: Rebecca Smithers It started on a modest scale with so-called 'waste bread' -- repurposing unsold bread that might otherwise go to waste into a new, larger sourdough loaf. Now [...]

Byline: By, Jayme Louise Hudspith & Sophie McCoid Two children were almost killed, after they were found sleeping in a bin that was about to be emptied into a crusher. [...]

The Atlanta Regional Commission recently announced Peachtree Corners and three other metro Atlanta cities (Dun-woody, Sandy Springs and Woodstock) have been certified through the agency's Green Communities Program. The program [...]

Byline: Tevye Markson Used glass bottles could soon be collected from homesacross Berkshire. Three local councils are working on plans for a new glass collection service, in a bid to [...]

YOUR article ['London set to miss 50 per cent recycling target thanks to 'policy postcode lottery', January 28] describes the challenge we face in the capital. But a one-size-fits-all service [...]

Byline: Naomi de Souza A Coventry woman whose bins were left to pile up for two months has spoken of her relief after the pile of rubbish was finally taken [...]

Byline: Rachael Burford LONDON will not meet a target to recycle half of all household waste unless significant action is taken to tackle a 'postcode lottery' on landfill, campaigners warn. [...]

Byline: Joanna Partridge Sainsbury's has pledged to spend £1bn to become a carbon-neutral business by 2040, 10 years ahead of the government's target for a net-zero economy. The supermarket chain [...]

Byline: Lorna Hughes Today we're launching the ECHO Environment Awards 2020 in association with Merseyrail. Hundreds of people have been praised for their outstanding work to save the planet since [...]

Byline: Robert Dalling It's Boxing Day and Christmas Day is officially over for another year. The day we've all been building up to has come and gone - and this [...]

Byline: Joshua Knapman Chances are your bins will start piling up at Christmas. Despite your best efforts, even if you're a keen recycler - there'll be piles and piles of [...]

Stansted will become the first major UK airport to offer compostable bags for passengers carrying liquids through security. The Essex hub said it will distribute 50,000 bags as an alternative [...]

ost of us are keen to live much Mcleaner, greener lives. Thanks to David Attenborough we can no longer look at a plastic bag without thinking about the marine life [...]

Byline: Hattie Garlick Looking for a sure-fire way to feel like a real Scrooge? Start totting up the carbon footprint of your child's Christmas list. In the UK, we spend [...]

Byline: Naomi Ackerman CHEF Doug McMaster never uses a bin. He explains this between sips of kombucha, sitting outside the Crate Brewery in Hackney Wick. Behind him is a building [...]