Recycling Issues

Understand recycling systems, best practices for sorting waste, and how to reduce landfill contributions effectively.

Anaerobic Digestion: Alternative to Composting

Anaerobic digestion breaks down green waste without oxygen, offering a controlled alternative to composting that produces energy and cuts landfill use.

Are Edible Wrappers the Future of Food Packaging?

Companies are investing heavily in edible food wrappers to solve packaging waste, but can they actually work at scale.

Campaign to Reduce Plastic Carrier Bags

UK supermarkets cut plastic carrier bag use by 3.5 billion annually through a major retail campaign.

Choose Your Christmas Tree Carefully

Real Christmas trees are better for the environment than artificial ones, which end up in landfill and release toxic chemicals during production.

Composting Almost Everything

Turn your kitchen scraps and garden waste into rich soil through composting at home.

Cutting 'Recycling Miles'

Recycled goods and materials often travel huge distances, adding unnecessary transport emissions, here's how to cut those miles.

Energy from Waste

Converting waste into energy through incineration and other methods tackles pollution and power generation at the same time.

Facts and Trivia About Waste

Surprising facts about how much waste we produce and what it really adds up to in the UK and beyond.

Green Funerals : Recycling Our Remains

Conventional funerals pump bodies with chemicals and use polluting materials, but greener burial options can reduce the environmental impact of how we die.

How to Shop Sustainably

Cut down on waste by choosing reusable kitchen products and durable goods that save money over time instead of buying disposables.

Microbes: Forgotten Recycling Helpers

Bacteria and fungi do most of the work in composting and recycling, breaking down billions of tonnes of waste into useful materials every year.

Reducing Your Food Waste

Cut household food waste by planning meals and buying only what you need each week.

Storing Recycled Waste at MOD bases

The UK's waste industry is negotiating with military bases to store recyclable materials as landfill space runs out and recycling volumes surge.

The Benefits of Compost

Compost does more than recycle waste, it rebuilds soil with living organisms that boost fertility and plant health.

The Thermal Recycling Controversy

Thermal recycling promises to solve waste and energy problems, but critics argue it's just incineration dressed up with a friendlier name.

Turning Italian Rubbish Into Energy: Case Study

An Italian biogas plant shows how mixing farm manure with household waste creates clean energy while tackling local waste management.

What to Do With Your Unwanted Plastic Carrier Bags?

Practical ways to reuse plastic carrier bags around your home before recycling them.

What's in the Average Home's Waste?

Most UK household bins contain about a third food waste, plus plastics, paper and items that could be recycled instead.