Everyday items like clothing, plastics and packaging can last centuries. Here’s how long they tend to breakdown and why ...

The BBC's Waste Day is looking at recycling and looking at the problems we have with getting waste collected here in the West ...

After a chance meeting with a migrant waste picker, Karan Kumar built Finobadi, recycling 450 tonnes of waste and creating fair, steady incomes for Delhi’s informal workers.

While the problem of declining airspace will not be solved overnight, as we move towards a permanent solution, smart ...

But whether refilling actually makes a difference depends on how these systems are used and what they replace. Scores of ...

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to procure modern machinery to improve garbage collection across Islamabad. The decision was made ...

BSWML) Chief Executive Officer Karee Gowda said compensation fixed at Rs 1.57 crore per acre for land owners.

ZIMBABWE’S waste crisis is often framed as a failure of discipline, funding or enforcement, yet these explanations miss a more uncomfortable truth: the country’s waste problem persists because it is ...

A new study conducted by the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana has ...

Woonsocket residents are fed up with the sludge incinerator, leading the city to plan its closure. Shutting it down could ...

The most recent data showed Bromley was the only borough to recycle half of its household waste, with a rate of 50.9% in 2023-24. Meanwhile, Tower Hamlets had the lowest recycling rate in the whole of ...