Archive for March, 2010
EU landfill diversion targets set a shadow over Birmingham
With the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs setting the targets for landfill diversion across the UK this week, Birmingham’s recycling efforts have come under scrutiny. Commercial and industrial waste is now included in the Landfill Diversion Target, which outlines the amount of waste that can be sent to landfill each year. The changes [...]
Bee lovers urged to adopt a hive
Beekeepers all over Britain are urging bee lovers to “adopt” a hive, to help improve the future for the common honeybee. With the numbers of the honeybee declining steadily, the British Beekeeper’s Association (BBKA) are promoting a new campaign to encourage bee lovers – especially those who are unwilling or unable to keep a hive [...]
Internet is new foe of endangered species
The internet has become one of the main threats to endangered species, according to conservationists. The problem with our high-tech age of constant consumerism means that we can buy and sell anything we want – including live animals or their fur – through online auctions and chatrooms. The BBC quoted Paul Todd, from the International [...]
Birmingham’s allotments set to grow, according to Council
As the trend for growing your own food continues to gain popularity, Birmingham City Council are responding with the creation of new plots for allotments. Recently the Government proposed a scheme where it would allow places such as derelict building sites to be used for allotments. The main reason for the increase in the number [...]
Dudley Metropolitan Council work towards encouraging public to value and use Mary Steven’s Park
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council are working towards transforming Mary Steven’s Park as part of a million pound healthy towns scheme. A healthy towns meeting at Stourbridge town hall has promised to take into consideration the requests of the local public. Healthy towns is a national pilot fund that has provided Dudley Borough Council with 4.5 [...]
Advantage West Midlands investing to make region a Low Carbon Economic Area
Advantage West Midlands have announced they will be investing £19.5 million in new Low Carbon Vehicles Technology (LCVT) to help make the West Midlands a Low Carbon Economic Area. The agency has said that the LCVT programme will create between 3,000 and 11,500 jobs in the UK by 2020. The South West and the North [...]
Is the new Birmingham Airport Air Quality leaflet to stop residents from complaining?
Birmingham residents feel that Birmingham Airport’s new Air Quality Leaflets about oily deposits, fuel dumping, contrails and odours is merely a tool to stop complaints. The leaflet aims to help local residents understand the issues better and is available for downloading from the Birmingham Airports website. However residents feel that their complaints are not receiving [...]
Local conservation group appeal for volunteers
A conservation group in Birmingham is appealing for volunteers to help clear twenty-five acres of woodland area in the Ackers Trust site in Sparkhill, Birmingham. The area, which is currently derelict, will be transformed into an eco-friendly nature reserve where wildlife and plants will be able to flourish. The environmental conservation group – British Trust [...]