Denmark is experiencing a waste management revolution after moving to quash its reliance on incineration, but how do you change the mindset of a nation? Edward Perchard finds out

The United Kingdom is the world’s fifth largest producer of waste electrical and electronic devices, according to a new United Nations University report.

The Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, has unveiled a new sustainability plan for the city, which includes zero waste to landfill by 2030 and a switch to co-mingled recycling.

Biffa’s Chief Executive Ian Wakelin has suggested that the company may start a ‘small international business’ in the next two years and branch into energy-from-waste plants in the UK.

Reducing global consumer food waste by 50 per cent could save $300 billion (£190 billion) a year by 2030, the Waste & Resources Action Programme has revealed.

New research published by FCC suggests that citizens in urban areas do not value waste services as highly as other forms of infrastructure.

Aluminium reprocessing company Novelis completes its $48m upgrade of its scrap aluminum recycling facility in New York.

A new law has come into effect in New York making it illegal for residents to put some electronic equipment in kerbside waste collections.

A man who was caught trying to illegally export electrical waste to Africa has only to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and pay nominal costs for his crime.

New York City is famous for many things, but having a high recycling rate isn’t one of them. Libby Peake visits the city’s new waterfront materials recovery facility to learn if this is about to change