Your environment

• Freemen’s Common recycling site to reopen

  12 June 2020

  2 minute read

  THE second of Leicester’s two recycling centres will reopen to the public next week as part of wider plans to gradually and safely ease lockdown restrictions.

• Big increase in cycling as Leicester joins Bike Week celebrations

  10 June 2020

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER is celebrating Bike Week this week - as figures show the number of cyclists recorded at key sites in the city has nearly doubled since this time last year.

• Scheme to install free central heating systems in around 150 eligible homes

  28 May 2020

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  E.ON is working with Leicester City Council and City Energy to help people across the region improve the heating of their homes by installing free first-time gas central heating systems in almost 150 eligible residents’ homes.

• Social distancing and safe travel schemes to take place in Belgrave Road

  27 May 2020

  3 minute read

  NEW pop-up cycling and walking routes are being installed at Belgrave Road to help businesses reopening in the area.

• City’s Gypsum Close recycling site to reopen

  14 May 2020

  2 minute read

  One of Leicester’s two waste recycling sites will reopen to the public next week as part of moves to lift coronavirus lockdown conditions.

• New online walking route guides offer fresh inspiration for daily exercise

  5 May 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S annual festival of walking has been postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak, but its organisers are still offering lots of inspiration for a daily stroll.

• Volunteers offer advice at the end of the phone to new gardeners

  4 May 2020

  2 minute read

  HELP is now available at the end of the phone for anyone who’s using their time at home to learn how to grow their own food.

• Bin and orange bag collections to continue as usual on VE Day 75 bank holiday

  1 May 2020

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  PEOPLE in Leicester will see no changes to their household waste and recycling collections next Friday (8 May) – despite it being a special bank holiday marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

• Council tries out new low-carbon mowers on city parks

  1 May 2020

  2 minute read

  NEW low-carbon, battery-powered gardening equipment has been bought by the city council to help advance Leicester’s response to the climate emergency, as well as to improve air quality.

• Leicester’s climate emergency consultation shows high level of support for urgent action

  27 April 2020

  2 minute read

  THOUSANDS of comments from hundreds of people are helping to shape Leicester’s local response to the global climate emergency.

• Log on to the latest chapter in the lives of the Leicester Peregrines

  23 April 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S resident Peregrine falcons are offering viewers another privileged slice of life streamed live from their nest-mounted webcams.

• Time to think of your neighbours and cut out the bonfires, says city council

  15 April 2020

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE in Leicester are being asked to think of their neighbours and not risk breaking the law by burning rubbish in their gardens.