Your environment

• Leicester marks Earth Day with giant globe made from waste

  20 April 2022

  2 minute read

  A GIANT globe made entirely from waste that’s been collected from Leicester’s parks and waterways will remind people to think about the environment this week.

• Nine new Tiny Forests in Leicester will help celebrate the Commonwealth Games

  20 April 2022

  4 minute read

  HUNDREDS of local schoolchildren have helped to plant thousands of trees and create Tiny Forests at nine Leicester schools to celebrate the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

• Chocolate fans are reminded to try to recycle and reduce their egg packaging over Easter

  12 April 2022

  1 minute read

  LEICESTERSHIRE County Council and Leicester City Council are encouraging residents to recycle all the extra cardboard, plastic or foil which usually builds up over the bank holiday.

• New video highlights £2 billion of recent and planned investment in Leicester

  16 March 2022

  2 minute read

  MAJOR schemes that make up more than £2 billion of private and public sector investment already made, or proposed in Leicester, can be seen in a new video.

• New community orchard planted on former allotment site

  16 March 2022

  2 minute read

  VOLUNTEERS have joined their local councillor and parks staff to plant dozens of small fruit trees on a site that was used as allotments until the 1990s.

• Changes to Knighton streets aim to improve safety, congestion and local environment

  14 February 2022

  3 minute read

  NEW measures are set to be tried out on neighbourhood streets in Knighton to help reduce traffic speeds and make it safer for children to get to school.

• Environmental work will help Knighton Spinney

  10 February 2022

  2 minute read

  WORK will get underway this month on part of an extensive conservation project aiming to protect and restore a major tributary of the River Soar in Leicester.

• Rewards on offer for choosing sustainable travel

  27 January 2022

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE in parts of Leicester who make a pledge to travel sustainably could be in with the chance of winning £250 worth of shopping vouchers, as well as book vouchers for schools.

• New ‘reuse’ shop opens at Leicester recycling site

  24 January 2022

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE with unwanted clothing, books, toys, bric a brac or household goods in good condition can now support a local charity by dropping them off at a Leicester recycling centre.

• Ward funding leads to new communal allotment plot in Aylestone

  13 January 2022

  2 minute read

  GARDENERS in Aylestone have teamed up with the city council to create a new communal allotment plot.

• Changes to be made to city’s recycling banks as public use drops

  7 January 2022

  2 minute read

  WORK to streamline and modernise Leicester’s network of recycling bank sites will get underway next month.

• Dozens of council buildings set to benefit from £24m carbon cutting programme

  15 December 2021

  3 minute read

  AN ambitious programme to cut the carbon cost of dozens of council buildings in Leicester has reached a milestone.