Stavros Dimas, EU Environment Minister, has declared that the era of cheap water is over. According to Dimas, Europe has been squandering too much of its water and the user must now begin to pay.

As part of his cabinet reshuffle, Gordon Brown has named Jane Kennedy, former financial secretary to the Treasury, as the new minister for waste. Brown has also created a new body to tackle the twin c

A 376-page report by the United Nations Environment Programme, Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low Carbon World, has found that efforts to reduce climate change and mediate its effec

The grocery sector is no longer the only one to have a commitment to reduce waste to landfill. This October, WRAP launched a framework for action in support of ‘The Construction Commitments’ to halve

New research from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has shown that recycling household plastics is as cost effective as it is environmentally friendly.

The community sector has received a major boost through the launch of a new representative body – REconomy.

It’s official: composting is poetry in motion. Poet John Hegley recently joined forces with waste treatment and resource recovery firm New Earth Solutions to serenade primary school children with his

One of the UK’s most well known social enterprises – ECT – has announced its take-over by AIM registered maintenance and support service company May Gurney.

Battery recycling is to become a whole lot easier once a new consortium launches a free recovery scheme later in the year.

At the end of June, the European Parliament announced that it had voted to support the revision of the European Waste Framework Directive. The decision came after months of debate, but it was not welcomed by everyone. Leonie Bennett reports