A recycling centre has been barred from accepting general waste due to 'a serious risk of pollution'. Staffordshire Waste Recycling Centre Limited, in Longport, has had its environmental permit for ...

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Millions of tonnes of asbestos are being removed from buildings around the world – can this dangerous mineral be disposed of permanently? Or even be put to good use? At a small industrial unit in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The world’s waste industry will not be swallowed by the economic black hole, but it will experience a few bumps ...

This article is part of a special report, The Recycling Myth. You separate your trash, leave it to be collected and then it gets sorted in a waste facility, after which it's turned into new things — ...

The rollout of the new bins will start on January 5 and the city council is aiming to have all the bins delivered by the time ...

Arms aloft, the president of the United Nations Environment Assembly triumphantly told delegates in Kenya: “Plastic pollution has grown into an epidemic. With today’s resolution, we are officially on ...