What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Waste and recycling bin collection changes are to take place over the Christmas and New Year period. Leeds City Council is gearing up for the busiest time of year when it comes to bin collections, with over 8,000 tonnes of household waste and recycling collected last Christmas the equivalent weight
For the previous ten years, Leeds was doing well with recycling and its household recycling figure was hitting 44 per cent — however, for 2016 and 2017, this figure unfortunately dropped to 38 per cent. There will have been a combination of reasons for this, however some of them can
Leeds residents will be sorted when it comes to recycling after the council has responded to citywide feedback suggesting people want to know more about how they can recycle more. A new handy guide produced by the council will be going out to all households in the city over the
“Why are they still using plastic like this when it isn’t recycled?” My wife Sally was standing in the kitchen waving a black plastic tray at me that moments earlier had been home to some prawns. It wasn’t the first time I had been on the receiving end of this
Have you ever wondered where everything you put in your green bin goes? Well if you live in south Leeds, the answer, at least to start with, is not very far. Premier Waste Recycling Ltd are based just off Dewsbury Road, and that’s where the contents of around 300,000 Leeds
Next Monday (15 January 2018) sees Beeston hosting a ‘Repair Cafe’ event – for local people to learn, share skills, and get inspired to fix broken stuff, instead of binning it. The event – free, and open to anyone – will take place at the Hillside Centre on Beeston Road
Waste and recycling bin collection changes are to take place over the Christmas and New Year period. Collections will take place as normal up until and including Christmas Eve – Sunday 24 December 2017. Bins scheduled to be emptied on Christmas Day will instead be emptied the day before on
Council chiefs are asking residents to help them save energy and get Leeds on the road to becoming a zero waste city. A staggering 15 percent of black bin waste in the city is made up of perfectly recyclable paper and cardboard. With close to 350,000 homes in Leeds this
Belle Isle TMO If you live in Middleton or Belle Isle and have ideas, suggestions or feedback about local recycling facilities. Join us next Tuesday (4 April 2017) at the GATE from 2pm as we chat about the what, when and where of recycling! http://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/Pages/Recyclingsites.aspx BITMO’s GATE
Bins in Leeds will be collected as normal until and including Christmas Eve (Saturday 24 December 2016). Then between Monday 26 December and Sunday 8 January bins will be emptied either one or two days later than normal. Residents can check their bin collection dates for these dates and at