Football shirts, sports event banners and uniforms are piled up ready to be pumped into a machine which melts them down for recycling ready to…
View More ‘A world first’: project recycles polyester into yarn for new clothesTag: Recycling
Countries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 years
Countries are for the first time considering restrictions on the global production of plastic – to reduce it by 40% in 15 years – in…
View More Countries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 yearsRetailers to pay for consumers’ e-waste recycling from 2026 under UK plans
British households will benefit from improved routes for recycling electronic goods from 2026, under government plans to have producers and retailers pay for household and…
View More Retailers to pay for consumers’ e-waste recycling from 2026 under UK plansUK must offer businesses certainty over green energy, says boss of FTSE 100 firm
The UK risks seeing its manufacturing sector fall behind rival economies if the government does not offer certainty over policies on shifting to green energy,…
View More UK must offer businesses certainty over green energy, says boss of FTSE 100 firmThe zero-waste city: what Kiel in Germany can teach the world
The hair that drops in clumps on the floors of some salons in Kiel, a port city in northern Germany, is swept up to be…
View More The zero-waste city: what Kiel in Germany can teach the worldRishi Sunak warned that Tories’ key green pledges are ‘unachievable’
Rishi Sunak has been accused of showing disregard for the climate crisis after Whitehall officials warned that some of his key green pledges were already…
View More Rishi Sunak warned that Tories’ key green pledges are ‘unachievable’Stitch in time: France to help pay for clothes to be mended to cut waste
A broken heel, a rip in trousers, buttons missing from a shirt? Don’t throw them away if you live in France, where the government will…
View More Stitch in time: France to help pay for clothes to be mended to cut wasteCaught short: lack of recycled toilet paper in UK ‘fuelling deforestation’
Hoarding during the Covid-19 pandemic underlined just how important loo roll is to the British public. But working from home had another unexpected effect: less…
View More Caught short: lack of recycled toilet paper in UK ‘fuelling deforestation’‘I spot brand new TVs, here to be shredded’: the truth about our electronic waste
In the lobby of Fresno airport is a forest of plastic trees. A bit on the nose, I think: this is central California, home of…
View More ‘I spot brand new TVs, here to be shredded’: the truth about our electronic wasteRecycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns
Recycling plastic can make it more toxic and should not be considered a solution to the pollution crisis, Greenpeace has warned before the latest round…
View More Recycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns