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Man yelled 'send me the bill' as he dumped his waste outside recycling centre

Craig Davenport was captured on CCTV

Manchester Evening News

Why bioplastics won't solve our plastic problems

Last month, Victoria banned plastic straws, crockery and polystyrene containers, following similar bans in South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales and the ACT. All states and territories in Australia have now banned lightweight single-use plastic bags.

The Conversation

Nottingham City Council says feedback on food waste trial in Nottingham has been ‘very positive’

Thousands of homes have been involved

Nottingham Post

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Colleagues desperately tried to save man crushed to death by machine

Uldis Senkans became trapped between the cherry picker and the steel beams of a building he was working on

Liverpool Echo

£100m fund raise launches for innovative Hull plastics recycling plant

Terrae Novo has planning consent for Saltend Chemicals Park site

Birmingham Post

Recycling centre worker crushed to death by faulty cherry picker, inquest hears

Uldis Senkans, 30, died from chest injuries after getting trapped

Manchester Evening News

Man crushed to death at recycling centre by machine

Worker was found trapped by colleagues who fought to save him

Liverpool Echo

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£65m North Lincolnshire waste contract won by East Yorkshire firm

Transwaste to take on 10-year contract after serving Scunthorpe and surrounding area for the past five years

Birmingham Post

Garbage: In Paris streets, heaps of it become protest symbol

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The Independent UK

Best kit to upcycle furniture and how to get started on refurbishing old pieces

Everything you need to reclaim success

Evening Standard

Mixed reaction to Cardiff recycling trial amid concerns for elderly

Councillors did also note the good work being done to improve the city's level of recycling

Wales Online

How to make your clothes last longer – it's good for your bank account and the environment too

Every garment will wear out after repeated wearing and washing. On average, an item of clothing lasts around five years before being thrown away.

The Conversation

Thai officials trace missing radioactive cylinder to foundry

Officials in Thailand have traced to a recycling foundry a metal cylinder with radioactive contents that had gone missing from a power plant

The Independent UK

UK's largest plastic marine mural set to be unveiled in North Berwick

PEOPLE in North Berwick are being encouraged to attend the official launch of a highly anticipated mural made up of 13,000 pieces of plastic…

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Reuters

Singapore to tighten shoe recycling controls after Reuters report

A Singapore shoe recycling project will be subject to surprise inspections following a Reuters investigation that found footwear it donated to the scheme was not recycled, Singapore's minister of culture said on Monday.

Daily Record

Recycling boss rakes in 'outrageous' salary for overseeing deposit return scheme

Two of the SNP leadership candidates have pledged to pause the controversial deposit return scheme if they replace Nicola Sturgeon

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire town 'desperate' for new tip as people say current ones are too busy

Nottinghamshire County Council says it will publish its proposals for future recycling sites as soon as possible.

The Independent UK

Waste pickers collect food waste, help combat climate change

Food waste emits methane as it breaks down and rots

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ABC News

What happened to The Ocean Cleanup — the system that would rid the oceans of plastic?

The Ocean Cleanup, brainchild of young Dutch entrepreneur Boyan Slat, was feted as the beginning of the end for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ten years from its inception, is it any closer to achieving its goal?

Evening Standard

London’s nitrous oxide addiction sparking environmental crisis fears

London’s nitrous oxide ‘laughing gas’ obsession is sparking an environmental crisis as tens of thousands of canisters clog up the city’s recycling system.

Birmingham Post

Gateshead's GAP Group creates new jobs following eight-figure funding deal

The HSBC finance package will help the recycling and haulage business to meet its net zero targets

The Guardian - AU

Putting up a stink: revolt against a Melbourne council’s levy starts debate about waste

City of Yarra argues it is a financial necessity but to angry locals a separate charge for rubbish is nothing short of a ‘bin tax’

Daily Record

Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes clash again in final TV debate of SNP leadership race

The two frontrunners in the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon took differing views on the future of a controversial recycling scheme due to start in August.

Insider UK

Businesses told to store empty cans and bottles ‘securely’ after Scotland's deposit return scheme comes in

Shoppers will pay a 20p deposit on all drinks bought in a can or bottle

Daily Record

Tinned foods 'better for planet and cutting waste' as Scots urged not to can the can

Zero Waste Scotland said 'misconceptions' about canned goods had led shoppers to spend more on fresh food which they end up throwing away.

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