Nantwich councillors have agreed on plans to try and tackle the mounting litter problem plaguing the town.
It comes after Nantwich Litter Group member Rob Carter made an impassioned plea for help at the town council meeting last night (April 27).
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
A scheme to fuel Cheshire East bin lorries with hydrogen could soon help residents breathe cleaner air.
Emissions from the fleet belonging to Ansa, the Cheshire East Council-owned waste management company, had soared since it relocated to Cledford Lane two years ago.
Pupils from a Nantwich school have been crowned recycling champions for Cheshire East with their efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle waste.
A record 180 pupils from 50 of the borough’s primary schools took part in the junior recycling officer scheme run by environmental services company Ansa.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
The number of staff employed directly by Cheshire East Council has almost halved in the decade since the authority was launched.
Figures from the council show on April 30 2009, CEC had a headcount of 6,522 employees – excluding school staff and casual workers.
Members of Nantwich in Bloom have hailed their eighth consecutive Gold Award at the North West in Bloom Awards as a “tremendous accolade”.
An army of volunteers helped keep the town clean and colourful over the spring and summer, despite the searing temperatures and drought-like conditions.
A committed parks and recreation manager in South Cheshire has scooped a prestigious national Green Flag award for her hard work and dedication at Queens Park in Crewe.
Elaine Webster, who recently celebrated 40 years service in local government parks and leisure services, was in disbelief when she discovered she had won the Green Flag Employee of the Year Award.
By Stephen Topping
Less than five per cent of household rubbish in Crewe and Nantwich is now being sent to landfill, says Cheshire East Council.
They say their new Cledford Lane environmental hub near Middlewich has played a big part in cutting landfill amounts.
Residents in Crewe and Nantwich will not have green waste bin collections for more than two months.
The cost-cutting move by Cheshire East Council will impact households across the borough between December 3 and February 11.
An authority’s plan to cash-in on advertising space on Nantwich roundabouts could pose a danger to drivers, councillors have warned.
ANSA, Cheshire East Council’s environmental services arm, wants to offer sponsorship signs on three roundabouts on major routes in and out of the town.
Litter pickers and Cub Scouts teamed up to give Nantwich a spring clean as part of a national Keep Britain Tidy campaign.
Volunteers with Nantwich Litter Group were joined by 7th South West Cheshire Millfields Cub Scouts for the event.
A Nantwich store employee has demanded action to crack down on drunken revellers who leave shop fronts damaged and covered in litter.
Seamus Burden, who works at B&M on Swinemarket, has had to clean away mess from late-night takeaways dumped across the store’s steps for the past five years.
Fly-tippers who dumped this junk at a Nantwich beauty spot have been slammed by councillors.
Volunteers for the Nantwich Litter Group stumbled across this pile of rubbish at Coed Wen, part of the Riverside park in Nantwich.
By Kirsty Rollings
New signs and a wooden swan sculpture have been unveiled to the public at Nantwich Lake.
The project was a joint venture between Cheshire East Council, Ansa Environmental Services Ltd, RSPCA and the Dog’s Trust.
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