Sep 12, 2024 | Environment
Spread the loveGloucestershire Recycles is encouraging people to reduce the amount of clothes wasted by reusing them. Gloucestershire Recycles is a partnership of Gloucestershire County Council and the six district councils and together they have launched a new...
Jul 2, 2024 | Environment
Spread the loveHeidelberg Materials UK has introduced a blasting notification service for residents living near Tytherington quarry, South Gloucestershire. Residents can receive real-time updates about quarry blasting via text message or email. The free service will...
Dec 17, 2023 | Environment
Spread the loveResidents in the Stroud district are being asked to check their waste and recycling schedules over the Christmas period as some collections will change. There will be no collection on Boxing Day, so waste and recycling that would normally be collected...
Aug 2, 2023 | Environment
Spread the lovePeople in the Stroud district are being warned not to discard batteries at home after a fire was started in a recycling truck. The incident occurred when a crew from Stroud District Councils waste and recycling partner, Ubico was collecting recycling in...
Jun 29, 2023 | Environment
Spread the loveTortworth Forest Centre CIC based in The Dell at Tortworth Arboretum is celebrating after being awarded funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, to continue delivering woodland-based wellbeing groups for local residents struggling with poor...
May 4, 2023 | Environment
Spread the loveArticle & Photography: Martin Clarke At the beginning of 2021 a small new plantation of 2.5 acres along Tyley Bottom was recognised by Gloucestershire National Landscape [formerly the AONB] as an important piece of wet woodland habitat. 100 Acer...