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BBC News
12-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Greenhithe residents hit back at plans for 400 homes
Plans for 400 homes on a former Kent landfill site have been submitted despite villagers saying the area is now "as busy as central London".Developers PMG Regeneration originally mooted proposals for 376 new homes on the Biffa site south of London Road in Greenhithe in in April, the developers submitted an outline planning application to Dartford Borough Council for up to 400 objecting villager wrote: "Greenhithe used to be a lovely little village, now it's become as busy as central London, it seems every little piece of land you can possibly build on, it's built on." The waste site sits next to Knockhall Chase and Mounts Road and has been left empty since the developers said homes had been earmarked on the site for years."The site has been consistently promoted for residential development of between 300 and 500 homes since 2007," they the homes proposed, 35% – or 140 of the 400 – are set to be marketed as affordable housing, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. Planning documents submitted by the developers read: "The development would utilise previously developed land to create a modest and contained extension within Greenhithe to accommodate the borough's growing housing needs."The plans have received written objections from 18 villager wrote: "Yes we need more houses, but this area is swamped already."The roads are awful, parking is terrible and the traffic is dreadful as it is." Several of the objections cited the continued closure of the A226 Galley Hill Road in Swanscombe due to a cliff collapse as a reason for is not yet known when Dartford council's planning committee will decide on the bid, but an internal target deadline of 1 August has been an outline planning application, the bid seeks approval for the principle of development on the it were approved, further planning applications would be needed to confirm the exact layout and design of the estate.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Brewery aims to reduce waste by 80%
A brewery firm has launched a scheme to reduce the general waste in its 45 managed pubs by 80%. St Austell Brewery, Cornwall, launched the initiative in partnership with Biffa, a waste management company. There are aims to double the amount of waste being recycled as part of the plan and to hit the 80% target by the end of the year. All St Austell Brewery's managed pubs have colour-coded bins which are divided into three sections: dry mixed recycling, food waste and general waste. St Austell Brewery said it would educate colleagues on correct recycling and is rolling out a supporting employee encouragement plan to help drive engagement and participation. It said this included a leaderboard for pubs, where the team with the highest reduction in waste overall would be rewarded with online vouchers to spend every quarter. Helen Sprason, area manager and member of the sustainability steering committee at St Austell Brewery, said: "One of the first things we did when we started the project was to engage our pub teams about proper recycling." She added last year St Austell Brewery successfully reduced total waste by 40%. "We're confident this is one of the biggest waste management schemes to be undertaken by a pub company," she said. Following the launch of the new waste scheme in its pubs, the brewery said it also planned to extend it across St Austell and Hare, its head office and depots across the South West. Follow BBC Cornwall on X, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@ St Austell Brewery set to cut up to 40 jobs Pub landlord fears Budget may cost him £24K a year St Austell Brewery
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Council asks for views on bin collection changes
People in Leicester are being asked to give their views as the city council looks to change its bin collection and recycling regime. Leicester City Council said it is bringing in a new system in response to the government's Simpler Recycling plan, which will see all councils in England asked to introduce a separate weekly collection for food waste from next year. The authority said all homes in the city "will be provided with an indoor kitchen caddy to collect food waste and a separate outdoor bin for just food waste". A waste and recycling contract with Biffa is also due to come to an end in May 2028, with the council needing to put in place a new agreement. The survey launched on the city council's website on Monday, with the closing date for responses being 19 May. Elly Cutkelvin, deputy city mayor and lead on housing, economy and neighbourhoods, said: "With changes to national legislation, we need to consider how we keep bin collections and recycling services simple to use, reliable and cost effective while ensuring that we all do our bit to recycle more and protect the environment. "Nothing is going to change for a while, and we are very much in listening mode." Follow BBC Leicester on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Leicester City Council 'City brook used like open access landfill' New food waste system planned for town homes Residents moved to fortnightly bin collections
BBC News
08-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Leicester City Council asks for views on bin collection changes
People in Leicester are being asked to give their views as the city council looks to change its bin collection and recycling City Council said it is bringing in a new system in response to the government's Simpler Recycling plan, which will see all councils in England asked to introduce a separate weekly collection for food waste from next authority said all homes in the city "will be provided with an indoor kitchen caddy to collect food waste and a separate outdoor bin for just food waste".A waste and recycling contract with Biffa is also due to come to an end in May 2028, with the council needing to put in place a new agreement. The survey launched on the city council's website on Monday, with the closing date for responses being 19 Cutkelvin, deputy city mayor and lead on housing, economy and neighbourhoods, said: "With changes to national legislation, we need to consider how we keep bin collections and recycling services simple to use, reliable and cost effective while ensuring that we all do our bit to recycle more and protect the environment."Nothing is going to change for a while, and we are very much in listening mode."
BBC News
29-01-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Wirral: Calls for stricter penalties for missed bin collections
Calls for stricter penalties on missed bin collections have been made after weeks of disruption to a service in residents complained the service had been "chaotic" since Christmas with some bins not collected for issue was discussed as councillors debated what the future of the service would look like at a meeting of the environment and transport committee on said bins had not been collected on a week when temperatures were below zero and side streets and pavements were considered treacherous and dangerous. The issues were raised as Wirral Council looked to find a contractor to take over the authority's current contract with waste firm Biffa is due to expire in August 2027 with no option to Cockburn, assistant director and lead advisor on climate emergency and environment at Wirral Council, said some issues were caused by the depot at Bidston becoming full and rubbish unable to be removed quick said crews from west Wirral were having to go to Gillmoss, a two hour round Vida Wilson said the council needed to make sure any future contractor had a winter collection Steve Foulkes said despite the issues of recent weeks the contract had largely been delivered but added: "Given the poor performance of last week, I would hope we have some strict penalty clauses within the contract that monitor and encourage good performance.""It is the hallmark of a decent council. People say they're good at emptying the bins," he were also calls for the council to better communicate issues with the general commissioned by Wirral Council said outsourcing services again would be the most favourable and cheapest Council voted to continue outsourcing both its bin collections and street cleaning services. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram, and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
