Trash turned into treasure, waste fines versus incentives, food for thought and green sea lions...

San Francisco has announced an 80 per cent landfill diversion rate. Jessica Lockey finds out how the city has reached this milestone, and what we can learn from the ‘greenest city’ in the US.

Her Majesty The Queen opens the ‘world’s first’ recycling plant capable of recycling disposable coffee cups.

Waste management company, Shanks Group plc, commences building work on its new waste treatment facility in Wakefield.

WRAP announces increase in number of bags issued by UK supermarkets in 2012, with England seeing largest rise.

Repeated fly-tipping has proved to be such a problem at one Dorset bring-back site that the council has been forced to close it.

The European Commission is seeking ideas on how to reduce food waste and create a more sustainable food system.

Nike launches app to inform designers of the environmental footprint of clothing materials, to encourage 'lower impact'.

Industry voices mixed responses as the consultation on the repeal of Site Waste Management Plan closes.

Reuse and remanufacture ‘key’ to resource security, but government must ‘act now’, warns Circular Economy Task Force.