Fly tipping laws to tighten across country
Environment secretary, Andrea Leadsom, has said that fly-tippers will be forced to pick up litter as part of community service,…
Author: Andy Jessop
Waste scam hits Lincolnshire farmers
A scam in Lincolnshire has left farmers near the town of Grantham with bills of up to £300,000 after discovering…
Nursery children exposed to poisonous air
According to a report released by ITV more than 1,000 nurseries in England are next to roads that are breaking…
Director of illegal waste sites jailed for 15 months
A company director who ran three illegal waste sites in Manchester has been jailed for 15 months and disqualified from…
UK’s Biggest Ever Coffee Cup Recycling Scheme Launches Today
With the aim of recycling half a million cups in April, workers in the City of London are being urged…
Coffee cup waste could be slashed by 300 million cups
According to research carried out by Cardiff University, the simple measure of charging 25p per disposable coffee cup could cut…
Samsung to recycle and reuse over 4 million defunct handsets
After announcing that it was to permanently discontinue its Note 7 handsets after battery defects caused them to overheat and…
HMRC to extend landfill tax to illegal waste sites
HM Revenue & Customs has begun consultation to extend landfill tax to illegal waste sites throughout England and Northern Ireland.…
World water day: what’s the point of waste?
Today is World Water Day – the perfect time to consider that 1.8 billion people around the world are forced…
Recycling plant to produce clean energy from hygiene products
A breakthrough process has been announced that will see millions of hygiene products – including tampons, nappies, and incontinence pads…