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ENVIRONMENT

Council ends partnership with environmental services firm

By Hiba Mahamadi | 03 August 2017

Maidstone BC has ended its partnership with an environmental services firm which was found to hav...

HEALTH

Stretched councils criticise ministers for 'passing buck' on air quality

By Sam Clayden | 27 July 2017

Council directors have piled in on the Government’s Clean Air Strategy, claiming ministers have s...

ENVIRONMENT

Green dreams axed

12 July 2017

For around 200,000 proud townsfolk across this sceptred isle, the Britain in Bloom competition is...

ENVIRONMENT

Wild waste

05 July 2017

Judging from a list of the weirdest things Enfield LBC’s waste management teams have found in rec...

ENVIRONMENT

Just spinnin' around

21 June 2017

What should local government do with the tonnes of those pesky fidget spinners that parents have ...

ENVIRONMENT

Bin there, done that

06 June 2017

Diary likes to think it has its metaphorical finger on the pulse of current and emerging trends.

ENVIRONMENT

Call for responsible timber sourcing

By Hiba Mahamadi | 06 June 2017

The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has called on councils to source timber responsibly as they fol...

ENVIRONMENT

LGPS urged to ditch fossil fuel investments

By Mark Conrad | 06 June 2017

Trade union Unison has urged local government’s pension scheme to disinvest from fossil fuels des...

HEALTH

Some grave decisions

30 May 2017

Council communications chiefs have to sell all manner of events.

BUSINESS

AWM is top bidder for £14m waste deal

By James Evison | 26 April 2017

Bradford City Council has named Associated Waste Management (AWM) as the preferred bidder for a p...