The digital transformation has been changing business operations for years and with AI growing stronger with each new launch, sustainability experts from BusinessWaste.co.uk have shared a few ways in which the digital age is affecting waste management.

Open fridges - seen in supermarkets up and down the country - should be banned due to their environmental impact. Thousands of these open fridges are in supermarkets in the UK and millions worldwide. Now environmental experts from BusinessWaste.co.uk are urging for them to be banned.

'Urban mining', a new buzzword in the waste and recycling industry, is the act of reclaiming electronic goods to cash in on the precious metals inside. With commodity prices still at high levels as investors turn away from diving oil prices, recycled gold and silver inside discarded electric devices suddenly make sound financial sense, says BusinessWaste.co.uk.