From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Firms dealing with gypsum waste, such as plasterboard and plaster, are being encouraged to recycle and reuse more as new guidance on gypsum going to landfill has been announced by the Environment ...

Timmins Waste Services Ltd has issued a court-ordered statement in relation to its conviction for corporate manslaughter in December 2023. The company was convicted last month in relation to the death ...

How bad is the food waste issue in the UK? I've heard some really high figures but are people really wasting that much food? Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can ...

Plastic cups trampled across the floor is still a common sight in venues after a busy gig or event. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to ...

The Kent Resource Partnership (KRP) and Hertfordshire Waste Partnership (HWP) have both published their annual reports for 2019/20. Published yesterday (22 December) the reports detail the latest ...

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 ...

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 — ...

People living in a block of flats in Bristol have complained to Bristol City Council and Bristol Waste that their recycling and food waste has not been collected for four months, and now they can’t ...