Rallying call for construction

17 October 2017, by Jez Abbott

One of the UK's most influential construction leaders has condemned Britain's pitiful productivity rate and called for a big push to meet ambitious building...

• Housebuilder cuts waste mountain

• BGS names its first chair

• Gas chief welcomes strategy

• Emissions doubts despite coal pledge

Floating bin is world first

17 October 2017, by Jez Abbott

The first ever floating sea bin is bobbing in British waters to collect tens of thousands of waste items such as plastic bottles and supermarket bags.

• Consultation on coloured bins

• Coffee drinkers split on charge

• Waste chiefs welcome strategy

• Industry divided on recycling