It’s a question many of us have asked on bin day – how much of our houeshold recycling is actually recycled, and how much is sent to landfill or burned? Recycling rates are actually falling in some ...

As part of edie’s Circular Economy Week 2022, we take a look at the official facts and figures about how much waste is generated each year in the UK, and outline recycling rates for waste streams ...

6. The 'Seedling' indicates the packaging it is stamped on is industrially compostable. Compostable plastics which carry this ...

Hundreds of thousands of tons of recycling sorted by households are being sent to landfill or incinerators, it emerged last night. The amount of household waste buried in the ground or burned after it ...

CHANGES to the way residents sort their recycling in Cardiff could be rolled out across the whole of the city following a pilot. The capital city currently has the worst recylcing rates in Wales ...

To sort or not to sort, that is the question. Lots of people wonder whether it’s really worth their time and effort to separate, wash and store recyclable materials – especially if it takes more ...

We all know how important recycling is for the planet - it helps minimise waste and transforms old products into new packaging. Recycling just four shampoo bottles saves enough energy to power a ...

Working out how to deal with the waste produced by everyday life has become increasingly important, but with different rules in different areas it can be hard to know what you can recycle - and how.

The council has shared the following advice to boost recycling rates: Buy drinks in large bottles rather than lots of smaller ones. Empty, rinse and squash them before putting them in the bin. Buy ...

We throw away and burn increasing amounts of waste that could easily be recycled. Norway's waste policy is failing because of inaccurate measurement methods, unreliable data and a lack of transparency ...