Jack Cartwright explores the material value hidden in the UK’s discarded electronics and the carbon savings that proper recovery can deliver.

It examines the developments in both the methods of equipment and the vehicles operated by UK private sector waste management companies and includes the evolution of the use of skip loading systems, ...

Effective nuclear waste management is a critical global challenge, particularly for countries like the UK looking to expand their nuclear power sectors. The UK has a substantial amount of existing ...

New statistics from Defra suggest that just 44.1% of UK household waste was recycled in 2022, compared to 44.6% in the previous year. This is said to be due to England’s falling recycling rate of 43.4 ...

The first active shipment of legacy waste drums from Magnox Harwell in Oxfordshire, England, to Sellafield in Cumbria has been completed using the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's Type B Gemini ...

Waste management has evolved from a linear model of “take–make–dispose” to a more sustainable framework predicated on reduction, reuse and recycling within a circular economy. Contemporary strategies ...

Online marketplaces selling electronics and electrical items, like Amazon and eBay, will need to report sales and pay more towards e-waste recycling costs under expanded UK Government rules.

The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) set up in 2003 was tasked to oversee a review of options for managing UK radioactive waste and to engage the public in choosing a long-term ...

New analysis from Greenpeace Türkiye has identified a 60% increase in UK waste exports to the country between 2022 and 2023. The UK was also the largest exporter of waste to Türkiye worldwide in 2023, ...