Waste

It’s not always easy to work out whether our favourite brands’ green credentials are up to scratch. With companies falling over themselves to promote their eco-friendly products, learn how you can cut through the noise and become an informed, conscious consumer.

Across the UK, incinerators are being given the green light by councils. With low-income and minority communities disproportionately bearing the brunt of the pollution coming from these wood and waste-burning plants, Shaista Hussain looks at one city’s battle to protect local people from a new incinerator.

You’ve seen the gross sewer-blocking fatberg pics? Here’s how government, industry and shoppers can all help stop wet wipes clogging our drains and oceans.

Fake pumpkins are more trick than treat. They trick you out of the most enjoyable thing about Halloween – and they trick us into using more polluting plastic.

We're running a series of workshops to help you get your head around the planning system. Learn how to protect the places you love from polluting projects.

Over 480,000 records were submitted during the Great British Bee Count 2018. Most were common species, which helps build valuable data for research - but there were a few rarities too.

Today’s [Wednesday, 13 June] review by the Mammal Society and Natural England finds that almost one in five of British mammal species face a high risk of extinction

Our resident bee expert Rory Dimond is appearing on Blue Peter to talk about the Great British Bee Count. And the office is a-buzz.