A study shows that placing bins 1.5 meters away from suite doors drastically boosts recycling and composting rates by 141 per cent.

The Swedish housewares giant Ikea is testing a new service that will let customers rent its furniture - including kitchens.

Snøhetta has designed what might be called a circular chair, made from recycled plastic and steel.

Mussels start to lose their grip when exposed to microplastics, research has found, in the latest example of the damaging effects of plastic pollution on marine life.

Eindhoven-based designer WooJai Lee has turned recycled paper into bricks that can be used to build furniture.

A Turkish scientist has found a way to convert discarded olive pits into a biodegradable plastic.

The high quality greeting cards made from the Gmund Bio Cycle collection are packed in Repaq cellulose film - 100% home and garden compostable.

Construction of the first hemp house in WA has just been completed, sparking calls to build a local processing plant so local farmers can supply the building industry.

‘Recycling is for drunks, addicts and babushkas’ – inside Russia’s mafia-dominated waste industry.

Italian designer Emma Sicher has combined food waste with bacteria and yeasts to create disposable packaging, in a bid to provide a sustainable alternative to plastic.