A pensioner says he dropped off his rubbish at friends’ homes after no bins had been collected for more than three months. Rene Pollak, who lives in Throwley near Faversham, is furious because he hasn’t seen the binmen turn up at his door since mid-March, and he’s had to pick up more and more rubbish. … Read more
Council workers have outraged residents by sticking ‘shame cards’ on their rubbish bins. Bosses say this is a new initiative to ‘re-educate’ families about recycling. The row over the collections by South Kesteven Council in Lincolnshire has already been branded the ‘bingate’ scandal by leading Tory Michael Gove, who demanded an official apology to locals … Read more
New ‘constellations’ above Earth, made from defunct satellites and old rocket parts, have been identified to draw attention to the ever-growing problem of space debris. The project is called Space Trash Signs and is the result of a collaboration between space sustainability company Privateer, German design agency Moby Digg, visual artist Frank Gräfe and communications … Read more