The Latest Breaking News on Recycling

England’s recycling rate decreased in 2022 as rest of UK improved but country still lags behind Europe

Nicholas Holsten found dead by workers sorting metal at Republic Services facility

Oil and gas wells are dotted off Australia’s shores. They involve huge steel structures fixed firmly to the sea floor, and thousands of kilometres of pipelines.

California could become the first state to tackle the fast fashion waste overwhelming consumers and landfills

Plastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of plastic collected in municipal solid waste was recycled as of 2018, the most recent year for which national data is available. The rest was burned in waste-to-energy plants…

The majority Britons want the government to press ahead with a scheme that would see a deposit added to the price of drinks containers to boost recycling rates, a new poll has revealed.

The federal government has stopped sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill from Ohio

Cost of soft drinks, beer and kettles likely to increase as a result of scheme that shifts recycling fees to manufacturers

Today on Critical Materials: Europe enters freakout mode over ICE ban, Italy fears it's "self-destructive," and BMW and Redwood team up to recycle batteries

A research team from Rice University has discovered an efficient and cost-effective way of extracting raw materials from depleted EV batteries.

As climate change intensifies, rising public awareness and incremental behavioural changes will hopefully evolve into transformative action. We investigate how lifestyles and systems of governance need to change to bring about a sustainable, low-carbon future in the UK.