Discarded nitrous oxide canisters are exploding in waste incinerators causing staff safety concerns.

A surge in discarded laughing gas canisters at waste sites has seen a rise in explosions endangering workers’ lives, authorities warn. Operators say there has been an increase in large nitrous oxide ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britons are using so much “laughing gas” recreationally that explosions of nitrous oxide containers are ...

Warning over rise in exploding laughing gas canisters at waste centres - One operator said a canister rupturing is ‘akin to a small explosive going off’ ...