Your environment

• Waste collection changes in city over Christmas period

  7 December 2023

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council will be making changes to its regular waste and recycling collection days due the Christmas bank holidays.

• Essential tree works scheduled for New Walk railway bridge

  29 November 2023

  1 minute read

  URGENT work to remove a small group of trees that are presenting a risk to the structural integrity of a railway bridge is to get under way on Monday (4 December).

• Project has helped local businesses cut carbon and reduce bills

  28 November 2023

  4 minute read

  A SCHEME set up to help businesses reduce their carbon emissions has supported over 200 firms in Leicester and Leicestershire with funding totalling more than £1.1million.

• Leicester keeps its place on global ‘A list’ for leadership on climate action

  14 November 2023

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER has held onto its place as a global leader on climate action, achieving a top score on CDP’s 'Cities A List' for the fourth year running.

• Views sought on new phase of local action on climate emergency

  8 November 2023

  5 minute read

  A NEW phase in Leicester’s aim to become a net zero and climate-ready city has been set out in an ambitious action plan covering the next five years.

• Spinney to be closed to allow removal of dying ash trees

  3 November 2023

  2 minute read

  Highway Spinney in Leicester will close to the public every weekday from Monday (6 November), to enable the city council’s trees & woodlands team to begin the removal of around 70 trees infected with ash dieback.

• Take your pick of activity at event to mark National Apple Day

  18 October 2023

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE can find out about a new project to raise the profile of Leicester’s community orchards at an open day this weekend.

• Council bid secures £1.8m for Rally Park improvements

  11 October 2023

  2 minute read

  ROUTES through Leicester’s Rally Park for walkers, wheelers and cyclists are set to be improved, thanks to a successful bid for funding from Active Travel England.

• Green theme for this year’s Libraries Week

  26 September 2023

  2 minute read

  STORYTELLING, writing workshops and green-themed crafts are some of the free events taking place in Leicester’s libraries next week.

• Free ECO Stars scheme on offer for local fleet operators

  26 September 2023

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has become the latest UK local authority to join the ECO Stars Fleet Recognition Scheme.

• New cycle and walking route under construction

  22 August 2023

  2 minute read

  WORK is under way to create a new section of walking and cycling track in Aylestone Meadows that will form part of the National Cycle Network.

• Council reviews extent of flooding in city after unprecedented rainfall

  15 August 2023

  2 minute read

  THE city council is gathering information on the scale and impact of flooding in the city, following the unprecedented rainfall experienced in Leicester and across the county on 22 June this year.