environment - first magazine for councillors

Protecting our environment

Without doubt, the coronavirus pandemic has made us re-evaluate our relationship with the environment and has led us to identify the associated threat of biodiversity loss and climate change.

MPs: ‘Create green jobs’

by The Editorial Team

MPs have called on the Government to counter rising unemployment by creating green jobs and focusing investment in energy efficiency, the circular economy, climate adaptation and nature recovery.

Local path to net zero

by Councillor David Renard

Tackling climate change requires local action, and councils are leading the way.

Purple wild flowers in the foreground in a park

Green connections

by Tracey Beverley

A new system of linked parks in Brighton’s city centre has improved air quality, sustainable transport and biodiversity.

Different styles and types of plastic piled up

Tonnes of recycling ‘rejected at sorting point’

by The Editorial Team

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.

Workers sorting through a conveyor line of recyling

Surge in lockdown recycling collection

by The Editorial Team

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.

The power of place

by Nigel Riglar

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.