We bin 10 Wembleys full of food a year – what a waste of energy

Thousands of tons of food are being needlessly buried or burned as councils across the UK fail to meet recommendations on how to deal with biodegradable waste. An Independent on Sunday survey of local authorities has revealed that while the vast majority collect garden waste for composting, less than half pick up food waste separately from general - 02/01/2011, Green Living

Michael McCarthy: What's the official line on incinerators? There isn't one

If you think local people don't like windfarms in their backyard, try building a waste incinerator. Invariably, wherever local councils or waste management companies try to site an incinerator, it is greeted with opposition from communities which is furious, intense, and organised. Local residents simply will not have that tall chimney in their neighbourh- 28/12/2010, Commentators

Chancellor opposes waste disposal on his doorstep

Cheshire residents have come together in one of the most fiercely fought campaigns to oppose municipal waste incinerators since six were proposed to dispose of their rubbish. They claim that their county is in danger of becoming "the most incinerator-contaminated place in Britain".- 28/12/2010, UK Politics

Waste crisis means 80 giant furnaces set for go-ahead in 2011

A grassroots revolt is growing over a new generation of controversial incinerators planned across the UK, which would see the amount of household waste sent to be burnt more than double. Incinerators are currently being planned on more than 80 sites under the so-called "dash for ash". The Coalition must decide this summer whether to give its blessing to the...- 28/12/2010, Green Living

James Goyder: Troubled Carlos Tevez is a tragic waste of talent

It would be too much to expect someone as well remunerated as Carlos Tevez to do anything as arduous as actually think for himself but whoever advised him to rescind his recent transfer request probab ...- 21/12/2010, News & Comment

Waste as energy - a key trend for the sustainable industry in 2011

Cascadia Capital, an investment bank serving both public and private growth companies around the world, has published its predictions for sustainable industries in 2011. One of the four predictions is that waste-to-energy technologies will grow and become part of mainstream society. - 14/12/2010, Environment

Nuclear waste train reaches plant despite protests

A convoy of nuclear waste finally made it to a German storage depot today after facing a four-day struggle through protesters. Police worked through the night to clear a road blocked by more than 3,000 people for the last stretch. Anti-nuclear protesters had abseiled from bridges, undermined roads, and formed human shields across the shipme...- 09/11/2010, Europe

Britons 'waste 91 hours with alarm snooze button'

Lazy Britons are wasting up to 91 hours a year just by hitting the snooze button on their alarm clocks, according to a survey. With the clocks going back there is a good excuse to lie in this weekend, but almost a third (28%) of people admit snoozing for an extra 15 minutes every morning. If they hit the snooze button every day, it would add...- 30/10/2010, This Britain

Green lessons are wasted on parents

Parents are undermining schools' efforts to educate children about being green, a poll found. More than a third (37 per cent) of parents with children of school age acknowledge they do not set the best example when it comes to being energy efficient.- 28/10/2010, Green Living

UK restaurants waste 600,000 tons of food a year

Super-sized restaurant portions are contributing to an annual waste mountain that sees chefs throw away hundreds of thousands of tons of food that is fit to eat, new research has shown.- 17/10/2010, Home News

John Rentoul: The Three (or Four) Wasted Years

By the way, did you notice that line in David Cameron's speech yesterday? When we are done with these cuts, spending on public services will actually still be at the same level that it was in 2006. Is ...- 07/10/2010, Commentators

Biogas from human waste

Householders began cooking and heating their homes with gas derived from raw sewage yesterday, under a £2.5m scheme which is the first of its kind in the country.- 05/10/2010, Green Living

Landfill: A hole lot of trouble

You've probably read reports of 1950s newspapers being excavated from landfill sites, intact and distinctly unbiodegraded. You may be aware that we each produce our own bodyweight in waste every 7.5 weeks [Wastewatch] and that 55 per cent of the UK's total generated municipal waste gets sent to landfill [Defra] where it fails to biodegrade.- 21/09/2010, Environment

Presenter faces jail over euthanasia claim

A BBC presenter accused of wasting police time over claims that he killed a former lover who was dying of Aids, could be jailed for up to six months after prosecutors said they believe he lied during a documentary on death and dying. Ray Gosling, 70, recorded a programme in February in which he claimed to have smothered a friend. Speaking afte...- 21/08/2010, Crime

Presenter faces jail over euthanasia claim

A BBC presenter accused of wasting police time over claims that he killed a former lover who was dying of Aids, could be jailed for up to six months after prosecutors said they believe he lied during a documentary on death and dying.- 21/08/2010, Crime