Issue 88

Welsh recycling performance has been exceptional up to this point - but what will it take to push it up to 80 per cent?

With Wales' recycling rates racing ahead of England's, is 80 per cent recycling finally an achievable goal for the country?  

See how prices for recovered materials including glass, metal, recovered fibrem, textiles and plastic have changed over the past year.

Our reliance on rare earth elements in our gadget-hungry world is growing, but at what cost?

When it comes to being resource efficient, turning a waste stream into a resource is about as good as it gets, and always has been. Why, then, is industrial symbiosis an idea that has struggled to gain traction in the UK?

Approved Food founder Dan Cluderay tells Resource how he’s turning would-be food waste back into a profit with his online clearance food and drink store. 

With awards and acclaim arriving left and centre, what is it that South Ayrshire Council's Beach Restoration Project is getting so right?

Simon Walker, Head of RCP UK at paper company UPM provides an update on the recycled paper market and what impact China's National Sword campaign is likely to have.

What is behind the decline in fluorescent lamp waste and what consequences could it have?