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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Environment recycling | History Defined

Woman Brings Batteries To O’Reilly To Be Recycled. Then She Leaves With $50 In Gift Cards: ‘AutoZone Also'

“I’m going to go tomorrow and get another $50 gift card."

Motor1

Huge recycling centre fire brought under control after London Bridge rail chaos

100 firefighters battled huge blaze at recycling centre that caused major travel disruption

Evening Standard

The Third Wave of Fashion: Mindful Fashion, Sustainable Trends 2026, and Conscious Closets

Looking to build a conscious closet? Explore mindful fashion strategies, sustainable trends 2026, and practical tips for creating a more intentional wardrobe.

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‘This is not a hippy thing’: the startup recycling urine to make natural fertiliser

As recent conflicts expose vulnerability of fertiliser markets and its effect on food security, VunaNexus offers an alternative

The Guardian - UK

How to recycle a house

When demolished, the average house becomes 100 tonnes of waste. Researchers want to turn that waste into something useful.

Newsroom.co.nz

Can you not? Plastic and metal ‘franken-can’ named Australia’s worst packaging at Unpackit awards

‘Completely unnecessary’ hybrid cans are not easily recycled or accepted by container refund schemes, and are already banned in WA

The Guardian - AU

Waste separation comes to Bangkok condos

Pilot project part of campaign to promote sorting and reduce pressure on landfills

Bangkok Post

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Government urged to crack down on cheap vapes circumventing single-use ban

Vape makers have developed cheap, new styles that meet the legal requirements yet are sold, priced and used in the same way as the disposable models.

Evening Standard

Ministry starts effort to handle old cars

The Industry Ministry is moving forward with its end-of-life vehicle (ELV) project, designed to recycle unwanted cars and better support waste management.

Bangkok Post

Meet Moffat Takadiwa: The Zimbabwe artist turning Harare’s plastic waste into haunting records of colonial history

In Harare's Mbare district, one of Zimbabwe's major recycling hubs and a dense node of the city's informal economy, artist Moffat Takadiwa sorts through the hard residue of global consumption and builds it into something that stops people in their tracks. Computer keyboard keys, toothbrush heads, bottle caps, nail polish…

The Times of India

Kiln-free recycled tile startup agrees pilot deal with major UK supplier

Dekiln to scale up its low-carbon technology with Johnson Tiles, in boost for struggling British ceramics industry

The Guardian - UK

Mandatory recycling could help tyres go round and round

Australia's roads could be paved using rubber from abandoned tyres, an inquiry has been told, but only if regulators can find a way to fund it.

AAP

“Rubbish roads” in Nepal: Turning plastic waste into roads to create cleaner cities

Waste management of plastics in Nepal has turned out to be the most pressing environmental issue for the nation. With increasing rates of plastic production and usage, as well as insufficient recycling infrastructure in rapidly growing urban areas like Pokhara and Kathmandu, the level of pollution has become very high…

The Times of India

Plastic bags can’t go in household recycling bins – here’s what to do instead

In 2018 alone, over 3 million tons (2.7 metric tons) of plastic bags, sacks, and wraps in the United States were sent to landfills, according to the EPA

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Firefighters continue to tackle blaze at Fife waste facility more than one week on

Firefighters remain at the scene of a blaze at a waste facility that started more than a week ago, with operations expected to continue for some time

The National (Scotland)

Landfill site behind huge Fife blaze was rated ‘major non-compliant’ by watchdog

THE landfill site behind a huge Fife blaze was found to be “major non‑compliant” at its last inspection by Scotland’s environment watchdog,…

The Times of India

Growing furniture: This UK couple is growing actual chairs from living trees

On a quiet patch of countryside in Derbyshire, England, rows of carefully shaped trees are growing in unusual directions. Some curve into loops, others bend like armrests, and a few already resemble the outline of chairs. But this is not an art installation or a sculpture garden. It is a…

Radio France Internationale

Can sugar cane waste replace plastic? The Kenyan firm pushing sustainable packaging

In a bid to replace single-use food packaging with a more sustainable alternative, one Kenyan company is making use of the waste left behind by the country's sugar industry.

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Fire and ‘sheer volume’: how Britain’s 6m-vape problem is putting recycling under strain

Despite the ban on disposables, waste professionals say the mountain of discarded devices is a £1bn-a-year issue

Freet Howgills review: Minimalist trail shoes that finally got me hooked on barefoot running

A fully recycled and utterly brilliant barefoot-style bootie for trail running and other off-road escapades

AAP

Budget lacks energy for big renewable project reforms

Households with solar panels and batteries could benefit from changes in the budget but big renewable energy changes were overlooked.

The Times of India

Trash to treasure: Garbage workers created a 40,000-book library from books people threw away

What began as a routine day of collecting rubbish in the streets of Ankara slowly turned into one of Turkey’s most inspiring community projects. Sanitation workers in the city’s Cankaya district noticed that perfectly readable books were frequently being discarded alongside household waste. Instead of sending them to landfill, workers…

Radio France Internationale

French supermarkets still hooked on plastic despite waste goals: report

French supermarkets are still relying heavily on plastic packaging despite laws requiring them to cut single-use plastic waste – with bottled water, wrapped fruit and vegetables and ready-to-cook produce sold in plastic remaining common on shelves across the country, an investigation published Wednesday found.

The Guardian - UK

Start small, pick perennials and go peat-free: how to buy plants sustainably

Warm weather got you itching for new greenery? Our expert shares the dos and don’ts of plant shopping with the planet in mind

The Guardian - UK

Germany was largest exporter of plastic waste in 2025, sending 810,000 tonnes overseas, analysis finds

UK was close behind, exporting 675,000 tonnes, with much of the waste sent to Turkey, Malaysia and Indonesia

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