Green connections
A new system of linked parks in Brighton’s city centre has improved air quality, sustainable transport and biodiversity.
A new system of linked parks in Brighton’s city centre has improved air quality, sustainable transport and biodiversity.
More than half a million tonnes of household recycling was rejected at the point of sorting in 2019/20 because of non-recyclable materials being placed in household bins, the LGA has reported.
The amount of household recycling collected during the COVID-19 pandemic has soared by as much as 100 per cent in some council areas, with eight in 10 seeing an increase, hiking up costs to keep services running.
With the prospect of local government reorganisation and an overhaul of the planning system alongside responsibility for local outbreak management, the public sector can be forgiven for thinking it has a lot on its plate.
Nearly 700,000 jobs could be created by England’s ‘green’ economy by 2030, rising to 1.2 million by 2050, a new LGA report reveals.
The economic recovery from the pandemic offers a real opportunity to create jobs and protect the environment.
How can we engineer a ‘climate smart’ recovery from the COVID-19 crisis?
UK citizens are eager to see a ‘green recovery’ from the coronavirus pandemic – a rebuilding based on sustainability and a fair transition to a low-carbon future.
Queues formed at local waste and recycling centres as tips started reopening in May, two months after they closed at the start of the lockdown.
In 2019, after 10 years of merging back-office operations, Suffolk Coastal and Waveney District Councils became East Suffolk – the newest and largest (by population) non-metropolitan district council.