Our latest report recommends the radical overhaul of the UK’s waste system to reduce the cost on households, improve recycling rates, increase local authority efficiency and expand the proportion of the UK’s energy needs met through waste.

A Wasted Opportunity notes that Britain still sends more than half its waste to landfill sites, and 15.5 million tonnes of household rubbish were buried and left to rot in 2007/8. The UK also fares badly in comparision with its European counterparts.