Imagine an air-tight dome with teams of robots working alongside people in space suits as they sift through the corrosive waste of past generations, looking for scraps of plastic and nuggets of precious metals.

They can be recycled over and over again and are already the world's most recycled drinks packaging item - but many steel and aluminium cans used outside of the home are not being recycled.

New Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has been told in his first week on the job that the UK must increase its 2050 carbon reduction targets from 60% to at least 80%.

Businesses are still queuing up to reduce their energy use and carbon emissions despite the current economic downturn.

The quality of water flowing through English and Welsh rivers is on the up, continuing an 18 year trend.

Ireland could face fines of up to Euro 500,000 a day because of the waste being sent to landfill sites.

Scientists working for the Economic & Social Research Council have been looking at why British farmers are not embracing natural alternatives to chemical pesticides.

Special courts to tackle environmental offenders should be established in Ireland, according to packaging recycling firm Repak.

Cleanliness around Ireland has been on the rise and litter on the streets has decreased, according to new figures.

Ireland could meet 42% of its energy needs with renewable power, delegates at a conference for the whole island heard.

Using contaminated land to develop renewable energy is less likely to meet opposition and could come with a big financial bonus, developers are being told.

They have saved thousands of lives since their creation more than a century ago but now Australia's surf lifesaving clubs are being given thousands of dollars to save water.

Efforts around the world to tackle climate change and other environmental bugbears could lead to the creation of tens of millions of jobs, according to the United Nations.

A hydrogeologist working for Environment Agency has helped raise £37,000 for WaterAid.

A scheme which already offers tax breaks to ordinary Americans when they buy energy efficient goods has been rolled out to cover water-saving technology too.

EDF Energy has helped a Hackney-school become more energy efficient after issuing the school with the energy company's first Display Energy Certificate (DEC).

Where do empty toner cartridges go after use? Do you know what happens to your toners when you have finished with them?

Haigh, the UK manufacturers of wastewater inlet systems, recently launched the new Series 2 ACE inlet at the National Screening evaluation test facility at Chester-le-Street after two years of development.

Progressing cavity pump manufacturer NETZSCH has introduced the iFD-Stator®, a new dual-stator system comprising of a stator and stator housing that the company claims differs from all existing stators by offering significant advantages in capacity, economy and environmental protection, with the system being endorsed by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (German Environmental Foundation).