Recycling

Max McMurdo is a man on a mission – to breathe new life into other people’s junk. The entrepreneur and television presenter is a leading advocate of ‘upcycling’, which encourages people to find new uses for rubbish and discarded items by turning them into a variety of new objects. Jamie Hailstone spoke to Max about how both individuals and organisations turn trash into treasure, and help save the environment in the process.

Only a quarter of the British public believe that all waste that can be recycled is actually being recycled, according to a new survey by Viridor.

The waste management company’s annual UK Recycling Index reveals households are still confused about recycling, even though they are open to ideas that could lead to more products being reused.