Unlocking the benefits of low carbon leisure centres
Steve Wilkinson, director of energy performance contracts at Cenergist, explores how councils can navigate decarbonisation strategies for leisure centres.
Councils accused of being overzealous with ‘middle-class fly-tipping’
23/09/2024 Councils have been accused of being overzealous when it comes to fining people who leave items outside their home for neighbours to collect for free. |
Council seizes fly-tipping vans in new crackdown
19/09/2024 Two vehicles allegedly used to illegally dump waste have been seized by Bolton Council in the first week of its new waste crime strategy. |
Ombudsman ‘astonished’ by failure to remove waste
08/08/2024 Kingston Council’s refusal to move a dumped mattress for four months has left the local government ombudsman ‘astonished’. |
Dumped waste forces nine-hour road closure
21/06/2024 A road was closed for nine hours after two tonnes of waste were illegally dumped in West Yorkshire yesterday. |
Herefordshire Council uses drone to investigate fly-tipping
17/04/2024 A drone is being used by Herefordshire Council to gather evidence of illegal waste disposal. |
Fly-tipping fines ring-fenced
02/04/2024 Funds raised from fly-tipping fines will be ring-fenced to help keep communities tidy, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. |
Council chiefs welcome drop in fly-tipping incidents
17/01/2024 Local authorities in England dealt with 1.08 million fly-tipping incidents in 2022/23, a decrease of 1% on the previous year, according to the latest figures. |
Councils banned from charging for small-scale DIY waste disposal
02/01/2024 Local authorities in England are no longer able to charge households to leave small-scale DIY waste at recycling centres in a move aimed at tacking fly-tipping. |
Oflog moves to expand remit
30/10/2023 The new Office for Local Government (Oflog) watchdog has proposed to widen its scope to five new service areas. |
Fly-tipping enforcement up as incidents drop
24/10/2023 Councils carried out more enforcement action in response to illegal waste dumping last year as the number of reported incidents fell. |
AI cameras installed in Birmingham to catch fly-tippers
02/08/2023 Birmingham City Council has installed three new artificial intelligence (AI) CCTV cameras in a bid to tackle fly-tipping. |
Cap on fly-tipping fines should be ‘removed altogether’
12/07/2023 The Government’s decision to increase the maximum fines for fly-tipping falls short of what is required to crackdown on offenders, council chiefs have said. |
Maximum fine for fly-tippers more than doubles
10/07/2023 The maximum amount local authorities will be able to fine people who are caught littering, fly-tipping or graffitiing has increased. |
Fly-tipping fines to more than double in Scotland
29/06/2023 Fines for fly-tipping will more than double to £500 as part of ‘bold action’ to reduce waste dumped in Scotland. |
Waste officers call for fly-tipping funding
11/05/2023 Majority of council waste officers think their local authority does not have enough resources and capacity to effectively tackle fly-tipping, poll reveals. |
Fly-tipping incidents skyrocket by a third
05/04/2023 The number of fly-tipping incidents has increased by a third since 2010, a new analysis by Labour has revealed. |
Councils to get more powers over anti-social behaviour
27/03/2023 Councils will be handed extra powers alongside increased accountability for tackling anti-social behaviour. |
Westminster council to trial AI in fight against fly-tipping
27/02/2023 Westminster City Council is set to trial the use of artificial intelligence to tackle fly-tipping. |
‘Alarming’ figures reveal one third of fly-tipping in Glasgow
13/02/2023 Almost one third of recorded fly-tipping incidents in Scotland last year took place in Glasgow, a freedom of information request has revealed. |
Charge manufacturers for fly-tipping clean up, council chiefs say
01/02/2023 Manufacturers should contribute to the cost of cleaning up fly-tipped rubbish to help tackle the health risk posed by the illegal practice, council chiefs say. |
Triple on-the-spot littering fines, think tank urges
23/01/2023 A think tank has called for a ‘revitalised’ litter strategy including tripling the level of fines and ranking councils on enforcement of anti-littering laws. |
Council chiefs call for tougher punishments for fly tippers
19/08/2022 Local authority leaders have called for the introduction of tougher sentences to help in the fight against fly tipping. |
Councils to be banned from charging for disposal of DIY waste
11/04/2022 The Government has proposed banning local authorities from charging for the disposal of DIY waste from households. |
New proposals to tackle waste crime
21/01/2022 New proposals to tackle fly-tipping and illegal waste exports have been unveiled by the Government today. |
Councils dealing with record amount of fly-tipping
09/12/2021 A charity has called for a review of the licensing scheme for waste carriers after new figures showed fly-tipping has reached an all-time high. |
Council chiefs call for fly-tipping fines to be increased ‘significantly’
09/08/2021 Local authority leaders have called for fly-tipping fines to be increased ‘significantly’ as part of the battle against waste crime. |
Waste crime could be costing the UK nearly a billion pounds a year
23/07/2021 Waste-related crime is costing the country an estimated £1bn a year, a new report has found. |
Councils deal with 20,000 fly-tipping incidents a week
17/05/2021 Council chiefs call for tougher sentences for people caught illegally dumping rubbish as figures show councils deal with 20,000 fly-tipping incidents a week. |
Councils dealing with one million fly-tipping incidents a year
25/02/2021 Councils dealt with nearly one million incidents of fly-tipping in 2019/20 at a cost of £50m, the latest figures have shown. |
Fly-tipping soars by 300% since lockdown
01/05/2020 Fly-tipping in rural areas has increased by 300% since the lockdown, new analysis has discovered. |
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Council chiefs call on mattress companies to ‘recycle own products’
02/03/2020 Local authority leaders are calling for mattress manufacturers to be forced to recycle their own products and offer take-back services to stop them being fly-tipped. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
