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Britain’s exports of plastic waste to developing countries have soared by 84% in the first half of this year compared with last year, according to an…

October 1, 20255 min readMeet the Microbes That Munch Mountains of Mining WasteBiomining uses engineered microbes to harvest critical mineralsBy Vanessa Bates Ramirez edited by Sarah…

Research from Friends of the Earth Cymru has found that at least 45,000 sites across Wales could be contaminated with toxic waste but have never been…

Plastics recycling rates in Australia have flatlined as the amount of waste continues to grow, the latest government data reveals.Australians produced 3.2m tonnes of plastic waste…

Charcoal made from human waste could help solve fertiliser shortages as well as reduce pollution and energy use, a study has found.Biochar is a form of…

Wastewater from an industrial soya bean farm and processor has poisoned a Maryland town’s drinking water with Pfas, several lawsuits allege, raising questions about residents’ health…

Radioactive water from the base that holds the UK’s nuclear bombs was allowed to leak into the sea after old pipes repeatedly burst, official files have…

‘It’s important work’ Back at the waste yard, business has died down for the day. Bamfo and her youngest children, Nkunim, 10, and Josephine, 6, are…

Armed with gloves, metal tongs and plastic rubbish sacks, hordes of determined litter-pickers will descend on Hackney Marshes in east London this weekend.Spogomi, a Japanese litter-picking…

Your Garbage Has a ‘Wild Afterlife’ on the International Black MarketAlexander Clapp, author of new nonfiction book Waste Wars, tracks the worldwide black market trade of…