Our habits don’t wholly reflect the well-worked mantra ‘waste as a resource’. Charles Newman casts an evaluator’s eye over our rubbish heap

The European Parliament has voted to cap the use of crop-based biofuels to six per cent of transport fuel.

Fracking would not compromise the UK’s climate change targets if accompanied by the right measures, according to a new DECC report.

Northern Ireland’s carrier bag levy will stay at five pence, despite proposed legislation to double the charge next year.

Defra has launched a public consultation on introducing a ‘biodiversity offsetting’ scheme in England.

DECC and John Lewis to print lifetime electricity running costs on domestic appliances as part of a new labelling trial.

News in Brief: Greater London Authority launches 'Capital Clean-up', Viridor could open solar park, Grundon green vehicles etc

Coca-Cola Enterprises and Recoup joined forces to recycle 30,000 bottles at this year’s Special Olympics GB.

Scotland’s carbon footprint has fallen by 19 per cent since the new administration has been in power, a new report finds.

A facility to demonstrate cradle-to-cradle recycling methods is to be built on the London Sustainable Industries Park.