A binman has shared two common food waste collection mistakes that can lead to maggots, flies and nasty smells – and how to ...

Most recyclable material never leaves the house. What does get collected faces contamination, weak markets, and a collapsed ...

All of us have the dreaded job of putting the bins out, but you may not realise making a simple recycling mistake can be costly. A binman, known as The No1 Binman, boasts thousands of followers due to ...

We are often told how important it is to recycle, but not everything belongs in the recycling bin. A binman has recently opened up about how they can refuse to take away your waste if certain items ...

Take a look inside your garbage can. How much garbage does your family throw away each day? Each week? Where does all of that trash go? It's tempting to think that the trash we throw away actually ...

YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP via Getty Images The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers ...

TerraCycle and Loop founder and CEO Tom Szaky says the economics of the recycling business are broken in key ways, but consumer and corporate interest in building a circular economy continues to grow.

At first glance, Australians appear to be good recyclers: ABS figures report that in 2012 about 94% of households participated in some way in kerbside recycling. State waste authorities also report a ...