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Boris Johnson must wake up to London's growing waste crisis
Recycling rates have fallen in half of the capital's boroughs and more rubbish is being burnedAlmost half of London's 33 London councils recorded a fall in the proportion of household waste they...
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'This is not a good place to live': inside Ghana's dump for electronic waste
At Agbogbloshie, young people scavenge for scrap metal amid the smoke from plastics fires. The health risks are obvious – but the money is too good to ignoreThe orange flesh of a papaya is like an oval...
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Toxic 'e-waste' dumped in poor nations, says United Nations
Millions of tonnes of old electronic goods illegally exported to developing countries, as people dump luxury itemsMillions of mobile phones, laptops, tablets, toys, digital cameras and other electronic...
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Christmas, the most wasteful time of the year
A huge amount of waste is produced over the holidays, Leah Borromeo visits an e-waste facility to find out just how green recycling really isChristmas is a time for giving, receiving –and chucking...
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Currys promised to recycle my old TV, but refused to take it
I bought a new 32-inch TV online. Currys promised free recycling on its website, but did not take the old one on deliveryI bought a new 32-inch TV online from Currys. We live in a semi-rural location...
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Clearing out the clutter | Katharine Whitehorn
Why we need a national throw-out dayOur area has recently been urged to recycle madly smelly compost in a small brown thing, alongside our regular dustbin and a vast green wheelie bin for just about...
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Where do the UK's 6 million Christmas trees end up?
Some rot in landfill, others are gobbled up by chipping machines to become compost or weed suppresantShorn of their baubles, tinsel and twinkling lights, the Christmas trees in a south-east London park...
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Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter – review
A journey around the world's scrapyards is far more gripping than you might expectBy 2017, according to the Solving the E-Waste Problem (Step) initiative, a UN-supported project, each person on the...
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Business leaders in Davos keen to mainstream circular economy
Chief executives said biggest barrier to progress is ingrained mindset of 'manufacture, use and dispose'The concept of the circular economy is so simple and attractive that if we were now building our...
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Councils in France are the last in line for cashing in on household waste
Unofficial scrap dealers get richest pickings from items left out for collection, forcing city councils to change strategyEvery year Paris city council collects 90,000 tonnes in bulky household waste,...
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High Lines and park life: why more green isn't always greener for cities
Transforming old industrial areas into urban woodland may look nice but can be conterproductive in the long runFor a lot of people in the 20th century, the future of the city was simply a better,...
View ArticleKenya turns flip-flops into art - in pictures
Discarded plastic shoes litter beaches across the world, but environmental project transforming them into animal ornaments and jewellery has seen sales soar
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Retailers launch campaign to keep old clothes out of landfill
Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Next join Stella McCartney and charities in bid to cut 15% of clothing waste by 2020Britons are being urged to extend the life of their clothing to avoid 350,000 tonnes...
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Why recycling smartphone batteries is vital for sustainability
Recovering metals from lithium-ion batteries has a 90% smaller ecological footprint than primary mining – so why are recycling rates so low?Few smartphone batteries end up in a landfill. In part this...
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Potential £100m flotation for maker of washing machine that uses beads
Xeros's listing in March could bring pioneering, environmentally friendly washing machine technology to mass marketJust as inventor James Dyson revolutionised our chores with hi-tech hoovers and fans,...
View ArticleAgbogbloshie: the world's largest e-waste dump – in pictures
Photographer Kevin McElvaney documents a former wetland in Ghana which is home to the world’s largest e-waste dumping site, and where most of the the boys and men who smash devices to get to the metals...
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Gardening and recycling for children: 'I've learnt that you can make anything'
Schoolchildren on a trip to London's King's Cross found out how they could help the planet (and have a lot of fun) by composting, recycling and living without wasteWhile we can all do our part to be...
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Turning Christmas tree lights into slipper soles | Jennifer Duggan
A new book explores the massive global recycling industry and China's central role in transforming our rubbish into more stuff we want to buyMost of us have had the experience of rummaging in the attic...
View ArticleLet pigs eat swill and stop wasting precious resources
Regulated waste-processing plants would help reduce costs and save the planet's resourcesWhat do New Zealand, South Korea, China, Japan and a good chunk of the United States have in common? They all...
View ArticleBoris Johnson must wake up to London's growing waste crisis
Recycling rates have fallen in half of the capital's boroughs and more rubbish is being burnedAlmost half of London's 33 London councils recorded a fall in the proportion of household waste they...
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