Wales recycles more than any other part of the UK and is leading the way on resource efficiency. Environment Minister Jane Davidson, integral in Wales’s rise to green stardom, spoke with Charles Newman about the country’s progress

With the importance of street recycling becoming more widely recognised, local authorities are investing in new and better ways to help people recycle when they’re out and about. Emma Rose investigates the latest in street bins

There have been a few hitches, shall we say, in the implementation of the WEEE Directive in the UK. But things are starting to evolve and improve, according to Dr Philip Morton, CEO of REPIC

As I sit to write, the coalition government has just completed its first 100 days in office. ‘100 days’ is a device often used by the media to make early assessments of new governments, and this time it was no different.

In this issue of Resource, we learn that not all ‘organic’ beauty products are as ethically and environmentally divine as they claim. Resource’s ladies wondered how they’d perform practically, and selflessly offered up their faces to trial ‘natural’ make up

James Lee, managing director Cromwell Polythene, argues that plastic packaging does not deserve its bad boy reputation and is actually helping to conserve non-renewable resources

Slow Travel and Tourism considers slow travel in relation to a variety of social, economic, and environmental factors, providing a comprehensive exploration of the issues surrounding the emergence of slower forms of travelling.

In this line of work, where we spend our days contemplating waste and recycling, and by extension, the Earth and its future, it can be easy to forget that there are folk out there who give the environment much less heed.

From Waste to Resource – a study into the global waste industry which details information about the landfilling habits of countries around the world – is the result of a collaboration between waste management, recovery and recycling megalith Veolia Environmental Services...

Charles Newman caught up with SITA’s CEO David Palmer-Jones to discuss the company’s plans for the future