How can we address the challenge of too much waste?
Your latest stories addressing waste
Zero Waste Leeds
Building a movement to help make Leeds a zero waste city by 2030.
Leeds
Carbon emissions
Excessive consumption
Waste
Reuse Shop by Bristol Waste
Providing household items to residents by diverting good quality items from the waste stream.
Bristol
Carbon emissions
Excessive consumption
Waste
Highland Galvanizers
Increasing the lifespan of motorway crash barriers through re-use and refurbishment.
East Lothian
Circular Economy
Transport
The Ink Bin
Saving home use plastic and leakage entering landfill whilst educating youngsters on climate issues.
Colchester
Carbon emissions
Excessive consumption
Waste
Upcycle Fashion
Delivering garment repair and upcycling workshops to increase the longevity of clothing.
Westminster
Excessive consumption
Waste
Plastic Shed
Bringing people together in Stockport to turn plastic waste into new, useful things.
Stockport
Excessive consumption
Waste
Think big locally
We generate a staggering 223 million tonnes of waste in the UK in a single year; nature generates zero. Households are a major source, but commercial, industrial, construction, demolition and excavation activities produce even more. Landfills emit egregious methane gas; incineration with electricity generation only (the main form of energy-from-waste in the UK) emits more greenhouse gases than a gas-fired power station. The best option in terms of positive climate action and resource usage is to phase out residual waste entirely, ensuring that all waste is reused, recycled or composted instead.
Initiatives addressing waste
Zero Waste Leeds
Building a movement to help make Leeds a zero waste city by 2030.
Leeds
Carbon emissions
Excessive consumption
Waste
Reuse Shop by Bristol Waste
Providing household items to residents by diverting good quality items from the waste stream.
Bristol
Carbon emissions
Excessive consumption
Waste
Highland Galvanizers
Increasing the lifespan of motorway crash barriers through re-use and refurbishment.
East Lothian
Circular Economy
Transport
The Ink Bin
Saving home use plastic and leakage entering landfill whilst educating youngsters on climate issues.
Colchester
Carbon emissions
Excessive consumption
Waste
Upcycle Fashion
Delivering garment repair and upcycling workshops to increase the longevity of clothing.
Westminster
Excessive consumption
Waste
Plastic Shed
Bringing people together in Stockport to turn plastic waste into new, useful things.
Stockport
Excessive consumption
Waste
REACH Homes
Building low impact homes from recycled materials.
Sheffield
Built Environment
Circular Economy
Energy
Food Connect
Providing a zero-emissions service to transport surplus food from businesses to communities.
Milton Keynes
Air pollution Greater fairness
Waste
Transport
Circular Economy
The Artful Menders
Reducing the amount of clothing sent to landfill by repairing, altering and up-cyling the clothes.
Buckinghamshire
Carbon emissions
Excessive consumption
Waste
Low Carbon West Oxford
Reducing carbon emissions at a local community level through integrated and nature-based action.
Oxford
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Waste
Energy
Biodiversity & Nature
Shrewsbury Food Hub
Collecting surplus food from supermarkets and redistributing it within the community.
Shropshire
Carbon emissions
Food security & supply
Waste
Circular Economy
Energy
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Toiletries Amnesty
Sharing unwanted toiletries with those in need, stopping them going to landfill.
East Cambridgeshire
Excessive consumption
Waste
Circular Economy
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
