Can you not? Plastic and metal ‘franken-can’ named Australia’s worst packaging at Unpackit awards

‘Completely unnecessary’ hybrid cans are not easily recycled or accepted by container refund schemes, and are already banned in WA

Cigarette butts for free food? How one group is asking people to rethink litter

The WasteBar food truck hopes the eye-catching deal will change people’s attitude to waste in the Netherlands

Starbucks does not recycle plastic cups it claims are ‘widely recyclable’, report says

Researchers from watchdog group glued trackers to chain’s cups and found not one ended up at a recycling facility

High levels of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found off coast of southern England

Study of Channel finds levels of toxic Pfas in Solent at 13 times safe limits in some places, with much coming from treated sewage

Fire and ‘sheer volume’: how Britain’s 6m-vape problem is putting recycling under strain

Despite the ban on disposables, waste professionals say the mountain of discarded devices is a £1bn-a-year issue

Norway puts UN project funding on hold raising fears for plastics treaty talks

Move by largest donor to environment programme poses further uncertainty for already troubled negotiations

Germany was largest exporter of plastic waste in 2025, sending 810,000 tonnes overseas, analysis finds

UK was close behind, exporting 675,000 tonnes, with much of the waste sent to Turkey, Malaysia and Indonesia

Birmingham council leader says end of city’s bin strike ‘within sight’

Long-running dispute could be resolved as improved offer is made to workers, who first began strike in January 2025

Inside Chornobyl: 40 years after disaster, nuclear site still at risk in Russia’s war

In February 2025, a cheap Russian drone tore through Chornobyl’s confinement shelter. Workers warn the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is not safe yet

hungary-election-orban-corruption-roundabout-intl

‘An abomination’: Lancashire town up in arms over stench from reopened landfill

Residents of Fleetwood say continuous foul smell from Transwaste site is making life hell and making them sick

Sydney playground at centre of asbestos mulch scandal closed again after timber found ‘bleeding black tar-like substance’

Salvaged railway timber removed for testing from Rozelle parklands, which was previously closed in 2024 when asbestos was found in garden mulch

Rubbish and recycling in England: what’s changing and why it matters

Nationwide reforms aim to standardise collections and expand food waste recycling to tackle stagnating rates

More than 6m vapes and pods discarded weekly in UK despite single-use ban, study finds

Number fell 23% year on year in 2025 but waste companies say recycling systems still under strain from sheer volume