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Becci Hey is pictured. She is wearing a black raincoat with the hood up and she has blonde hair. She is holding a small sanitary bin and is standing outside a cream-coloured toilet block.

Sanitary bins to be added to toilets after row

Becci Hey has been locked in a row with South Hams District Council over sanitary bins.

Mount Everest

The drones helping clean up Mount Everest

A general view of the tip in Bridport, with several cars parked in a bay and people throwing rubbish away.

Council 'determined' to roll out tip booking system

Dorset Council says a new booking system will be introduced at all 10 of its recycling centres.

Inspectors from Thailand’s industry ministry survey a pile of electronic waste during a raid of an unlicenced recycling plant in eastern Thailand

Why your old mobile phone may be polluting Thailand

The Asian nation is importing thousands of tonnes of electronic waste per year, despite a ban.

Composite shot of two images. The first shows a row of bins with a smaller orange-topped food waste bin in front. The second shows a smaller indoor bin

Food waste collections to be rolled out next year

The waste will be used to produce clean biogas and fertiliser for farms, officials say.

Council leader John Cotton pictured with a blank expression on his face. He has light brown hair which is styled in a quiff. He is wearing a dotted white shirt underneath a blue navy blazer

Union denies 'targeting' school linked to bins boss

The Unite union strongly denies the accusation made by the leader of Birmingham City Council.

Birmingham & Black Country

An asian woman with red dyed hair wearing sunglasses holds a pink mini-fan

'Fast tech' warning as demand for cheap gadgets heats up

A not-for-profit warns cheap, quickly disposed of gadgets could become the new "fast fashion".

Protestors outside the Cumberland Council building. They are holding various signs saying: "No gas plant dioxins" and the words: "Secrecy Transparency", with the words secrecy crossed out.

Gas plant firm to appeal against council refusal

Residents objected but the firm says studies found there was "no detrimental impact" on health.

A woman in a raincoat carrying a small bin next to a line of large bins outside a public toilet.

Dignity 'flushed away' in sanitary bin ban row

Becci Hey is in a tug-of-war battle with South Hams Council over sanitary bins in public toilets.