It all started in 2014 when Dave Hakkens, then a student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released his design for a plastic recycling machine to the world for free. The aim was to make plastic ...

Though 100% of plastics are recyclable, just 10% of our plastics ever actually get recycled. Most of this waste winds up clogging landfills. For his senior thesis project at Eindhoven Design Academy, ...

Three-quarters of local authorities do not believe councils should accept household DIY wastes for free disposal at household waste recycling centres (HWRCs), a survey run by LARAC shows. Defra is ...

ITV News Reporter Rhys Williams explains the new proposals announced to combat the scourge of fly-tipping, which could save consumers up to £10 per individual item Fees to recycle household DIY waste ...

Disposing DIY waste at council recycling centres in England and Wales will no longer incur fees under new government plans. Existing legislation means that any rubbish generated through DIY, even at ...

Fees for disposing of DIY waste at council recycling centres in England could be banned under government plans, in an attempt to tackle fly-tipping. Around a third of local authorities charge up to ...