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Consider yourself a razorsharp recycler?

The city council team are hoping to recruit a number of volunteers who are enthusiastic about recycling to help the council in assisting the public in recycling and waste reduction. The task would involve operating it your local neighbourhood offering advise to fellow residents concerning new schemes developed to help them manage there waste better. [...]

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Be on the Bat Watch

Birmingham Parks are now working as project partners with Opal West Midlands which aims to bring science alive for local people by investigating just how well wildlife is doing in the city and what improvements can be made including the neighborhood for bats project. The neighbourhood bats project aims to asses the current quality/habitat available [...]

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Offer offenders community projects

Community payback has returned, with a chance for members of the public to vote for projects on which ex offenders help with as part of thier probation. The scheme has been succesfully running nationally for numerous years and has seen great results, with approximimately 55,000 projects having been completed so far. The projects put foward [...]

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Birmingham International awaits newly approved Airport Extension

Solihull council has approved plans for an extension to take place at Birminghams International Airport. The council met last night to discuss the plans and thus concluded with the go ahead of the estimated £120m plans to extend the current runway by a massive 400m. The idea of the extension is to allow larger aircrafts [...]

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Birmingham construction firm teams up to help combat climate change

Construction Company Thomas vale announced plans of   introducing a divison with the purpose of aiding public sectors such as schools, local authorities and housing associations in instaling and operating sustianable energy technologies The firm sets out to deliver new sustainbale techmologies such as air source heat pumps, biomass biolers and heat power systems to clients [...]

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Worlds fastest all-electric motorbike revealed

The TTX01  bike  was made to order by the organisers of the Worlds first emmisions free grand prix  for motorbikes which is held in june on the Isle on Man. The TTX01  bike was  designed and built by British engineers and is the most advanced emission free bike of the verge of commercial production, its [...]

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Lozells Lavish Redesign

Birmingham city council has awarded planning design economics NlP ( Nathaniel Lichfield and partners) to assess and redesign the Lozells area situated in the north-east area of Birmingham. The lozells area which has developed somewhat of a gloomy and unpleasant reputation due to its appearance and recent press coverage of gangs and murders means it’s  [...]

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Wheelie Bins Bring Down Waste Production

Soon residents of Birmingham will find their waste disposal troubles reduced with the introduction of  new wheelie bins. After the success of a new pilot scheme which involved giving five demographically representative areas two wheelie bins, a grey wheelie bin for rubbish and a green wheelie bin for garden waste resulting in a 15% reduction [...]

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