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
Ocean Fish Trail Project
Raising awareness of the need to protect our oceans and marine life from plastic pollution.
Telford and Wrekin
Biodiversity loss
Excessive consumption
Waste
Biodiversity & Nature
Circular Economy
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Recycling Community Investment Fund
Engaging the region in best practice for recycling.
Ards and North Down
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Waste
Circular Economy
Biodiversity & Nature
Energy
Food Waste Is Not Rubbish!
Reducing the amount of food waste going to landfill in Telford.
Telford and Wrekin
Carbon emissions
Excessive consumption
Waste
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Circular Economy
Energy
Warwickshire Green Shoots
Enabling community groups to deliver their own local solutions to tackle climate change.
North Warwickshire
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Waste
Biodiversity & Nature
Built Environment
Finance
Wixford Village Hall
Funding the upgrade of a dilapidated village hall.
Stratford-on-Avon
Carbon emissions Tech & Innovation
Waste
Built Environment
Circular Economy
Finance
The Isle of Harris Distillery Launches: The Refill Project
Addressing the demand from customers to keep their glass Harris Gin bottle topped up.
UK
Stone 360 App
Providing organisations a simple way to recycle redundant tech, ensuring zero goes to landfill.
Birmingham
Carbon emissions Tech & Innovation
Waste
Staffordshire Business Environmental Network
Supporting businesses to achieve long-term sustainability.
Cannock Chase
Carbon emissions Tech & Innovation
Waste
Built Environment
Circular Economy
Energy
Coventry & Warwickshire Green Business Programme
Supporting SMEs in shifting towards a low carbon economy.
Coventry
Carbon emissions Tech & Innovation
Waste
Chelveston Renewable Energy & Innovation Park
Developing an innovation park powered by 100% renewable energy.
East Northamptonshire
Carbon emissions Tech & Innovation
Waste
Energy
Built Environment
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Local Authority Low Carbon Procurement
Providing practical toolkits for procurement teams to embed low carbon into LA buying decisions.
Craven
Carbon emissions
Food security & supply
Waste
Circular Economy
Built Environment
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Chesterfield Repair Café
Helping local residents repair household items to upskill and reduce landfill.
Chesterfield
Excessive consumption Tech & Innovation
Waste
