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Recycling

June 2026

  • A tractor in a field spraying crops

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

  • Two transparent plastic cans of tea or coffee with metal ring-pull can lids on a cafe table, next to a person's hand and two glasses of water

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

May 2026

  • A man in sunglasses and ear protection stands beside a large freshly cut log at a timber mill

    ‘It’s like Dunkirk for the construction industry!’ The small team rescuing London’s precious building materials

  • Factory from above with three people in hi-vis jackets

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

  • An abacus

    Brief letters
    A trick to master the nine times table

  • a cold coffee drink in a plastic cup

    Starbucks does not recycle plastic cups it claims are ‘widely recyclable’, report says

  • ‘It fails under testing, but it’s what we have’: ban forces Palestinians to make their own cement from rubble

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

  • Change by degrees
    From bottles to bars: easy swaps to cut plastic from your personal care routine

  • Australian climate and environment in focus
    Oil-based products are everywhere, from fertiliser to fashion. What are the alternatives?

April 2026

  • Dogs sit on top of a huge dumping ground of plastic waste

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

  • Illustration of a bookcase of random objects

    In my apartment block’s ‘Room of Unlimited Magical Recycling Possibilities’ I found not just freebies, but friends

  • Cast-iron cookware, wooden spoons and wooden chopping boards

    Change by degrees
    Everything but the kitchen sink: how to choose more sustainable and durable cookware

  • A worker sorts through newspapers at a waste centre

    Australian climate and environment in focus
    One Japanese town sorts waste into 40 different categories. How does Australia’s recycling compare?

  • Australian climate and environment in focus
    Victorian councils rubbish statewide mandate that all homes must have four wheelie bins

  • Brief letters
    ‘Death cleaning’ can unearth treasures

  • One person’s clutter is another’s treasure

  • Festivalgoers’ urine to fertilise trees in Brecon Beacons restoration scheme

March 2026

  • Ben Jennings on changes to bin collections in England – cartoon

    Guardian Opinion cartoon
    Ben Jennings on changes to bin collections in England – cartoon

  • A wheelie bin overflowing in England

    Rubbish and recycling in England: what’s changing and why it matters

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