The European Commission takes a dim view of Italy's waste industry.

A report out today from the waste industry organisation WasteMinz says our recycling system is broken.

Recycling electrical goods could be worth €40 million per annum to the waste industry every year.

Companies in the waste industry want to fund a tracking system themselves when a Government-backed system is scrapped.

The old waste industry has adapted.

His first book Junkyard Planet (2014) examined the US$500 million global waste industry.

Sir, -The RTÉ Investigates exposé on the waste industry in Ireland on Monday night was excellent, although depressing to watch.

Tree clearing is the only state sector, along with the waste industry, to show a real reduction in carbon emissions this century.

The waste industry has progressed and we aim to recycle or recover as much material as possible before using landfill as the last option.

In the middle to late nineties, Metal Management was put together by some executives from the waste industry, who were backed by private-equity firms.

Irish waste industry company Kollect has reported revenue growth ahead of its plans to list on Scandinavia's Nasdaq First North stock exchange for smaller companies.

Criminal gangs are stealing and selling scrap metal to fund major drugs deals and harassing and intimidating waste industry workers, the Government has been warned.

The Government is considering setting up a regulator for the domestic waste industry as one of the options to prevent increases in household collection charges.

Utility group NTR has embarked on a $125 million (€90.6 million) drive to expand into the waste industry in the US.

Waste industry experts, while generally welcoming the ambition to cut waste, were equally unimpressed with the details.