Leaking, ‘super emitter’ landfills of India’s capital are a global hotspot for the potent greenhouse gas, according to satellite data
Revealed: the 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet
The huge leaks of the potent greenhouse gas will doom climate targets, experts say, but stemming them would rapidly reduce global heating
Seventeen landfills in England make toxic liquid hazardous to drinking water
Exclusive: Investigation finds banned chemicals at levels up to 260 times higher than that deemed safe to consume
January 2024
‘It’s the industry’s dirty secret’: why fashion’s oversupply problem is an environmental disaster
As many as 40% of clothes made each year – 60bn garments – are not sold. Experts say tackling such obscene waste will require radical changes in production – and legislation
December 2023
Fires broke out in a Melbourne landfill site four years ago. Residents are still waiting for them to end
‘The fact that we’re still having to attend meetings – four years down the track – is just a disgrace. It is so depressing,’ says one local
September 2023
Country diary
Country diary 1973: Nature rises from the rubbish dump
19 September 1973: Attracted by a clump of sunflowers on the skyline, I climbed to the top of a mound to discover a veritable garden amid the squalor
August 2023
Rights and freedom
‘The illegality is enormous’: Turkey’s quake cleanup may kill even more
Six months on, mountains of rubble, asbestos and heavy metals blight the landscape, threatening the health of communities already suffering from devastating loss
July 2023
The French don’t need President Macron to tell us how to make do and mend
Agnès Poirier
Stitch in time: France to help pay for clothes to be mended to cut waste
June 2023
The Audio Long Read
The rubbishscapes of Essex: why our buried trash is back to haunt us – podcast
Ghana pays the price for our unwanted clothes
May 2023
Stop dumping your cast-offs on us, Ghanaian clothes traders tell EU
The long read
The rubbishscapes of Essex: why our buried trash is back to haunt us
January 2023
Australians are paying $163 a month to store excess stuff. How can we curb the desire to consume?
Louise Grimmer, Gary Mortimer and Martin Grimmer for the Conversation
Unfortunately, the Earth doesn’t have an off-site storage option. But there are ways to counter the impulse to buy
October 2022
America's dirty divide
New York City kicks off borough-wide curbside composting for the first time
Waste, not: the organic waste program being piloted in Queens will automatically provide the service to its 2.2 million residents
