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.
Fixing Our Throwaway Economy
Hear how The Fixing Factory is reducing electronic waste whilst tackling digital inequality and climate change, and training the ‘fixers of the future’.
Initiatives addressing waste
Nuclear Futures Institute
Advancing nuclear technology to provide jobs and skills, enabling next generation nuclear power.
Gwynedd
Carbon emissions Tech & Innovation
Waste
Energy
Built Environment
Transport
The BioComposites Centre (BC) ERL Controlled Growth Room
Helping decarbonise industrial sectors in Wales and across the UK.
Cardiff
Carbon emissions
Food security & supply
Waste
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Built Environment
Circular Economy
Repair Cafe Wales
Supporting communities to run repair cafes to fix household items for free and reduce waste.
Cardiff
Carbon emissions
Excessive consumption
Waste
Reducing Industrial Carbon Emissions (RICE)
Testing and driving forward next generation technologies to help reduce carbon emissions from Welsh
Bridgend
Air pollution
Carbon emissions
Waste
Tip Shops South Wales
Rescuing reusable items from being thrown into skips and make them available to people in need.
Blaenau Gwent
Carbon emissions
Excessive consumption
Waste
Filling Good
Encouraging residents to lead a more sustainable lifestyle.
Windsor and Maidenhead
Excessive consumption Greater fairness
Waste
Circular Economy
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
RecycleIT - Sustainability Project
Providing an end-to-end solution for redundant IT equipment.
Burnley
Carbon emissions Tech & Innovation
Waste
Circular Economy
Biodiversity & Nature
Finance
Spotless Garments
Providing sustainable low-carbon laundry services through wide-reaching initiatives and technology.
Buckinghamshire
Carbon emissions
Excessive consumption
Waste
Circular Economy
Transport
Cardiff Cycle Workshop
Enabling more people to cycle through the provision of education, recycled bikes and repairs.
Caerphilly
Air pollution
Carbon emissions
Waste
Transport
Circular Economy
Project Vanguard
Building a green hydrogen production facility at the Council's Environmental Hub.
Cheshire East
Air pollution Tech & Innovation
Waste
Storing Heat Energy from Renewable Sources
Capturing, storing and releasing heat to offset standard energy generation and reduce levels of Co2.
Neath Port Talbot
Carbon emissions Tech & Innovation
Waste
Mole Valley Climate Hub
Spreading awareness and engaging the local community on carbon reduction.
Mole Valley
Air pollution
Excessive consumption
Waste
Circular Economy
Biodiversity & Nature
Transport
