Eight BILLION bottles and cans were dumped in rivers or sent to landfill sites in just one year

Eight BILLION bottles and cans were dumped in rivers or sent to landfill sites in just one year, report reveals In UK alone, each person throws away 126 drink containers per year, report says Greenpeace, CPRE and Reloop are calling for a tough deposit return scheme This would create a financial incentive for people to … Read more

Landfill tax rise of 700% sparks surge in fly-tipping

Landfill tax rise of 700% sparks surge in fly-tipping as watchdog urges officials to monitor impact of environmental levies Treasury increased standard rate of landfill tax in real terms from 1998 to 2014 Contributed to 65 per cent fall in waste to landfill, National Audit Office said The NAO said that the move ‘incentivised more … Read more

Jimmy Hoffa is ‘buried in a steel drum at a New Jersey landfill’

Jimmy Hoffa may be buried in a steel drum beneath other metal barrels at a New Jersey landfill site where excavators say there is proof a pit was once dug and filled in after the union leader’s 1976 disappearance.  The whereabouts of Hoffa’s remains has always been a mystery but according to Frank Cappola, the … Read more