Tag: cleaner streets
Builder ordered to pay nearly £4,000 for flytipping in Selly Oak
A Birmingham man responsible for a large volume of flytipping in Selly Oak, which included building rubble, doors and cement asbestos, has today (28 April) been ordered to pay nearly £4,000. Mazafar Ali, 42, of Stechford Road, Birmingham, admitted nine offences under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, following a successful prosecution brought by Birmingham City […]
Help us find flytippers who dumped waste on Northfield lane
Birmingham City Council’s crack squad of waste enforcement officers are appealing for witnesses after a pretty country lane was blocked by dumped rubbish earlier today (31 March 2016). Officers were alerted this morning to the flytipped waste on Bell Holloway in Northfield, which was strewn along a 70 metre stretch of the lane. Abandoning rubbish […]
Opening up our data to make Birmingham cleaner
Jacqui Kennedy, Acting Strategic Director for Place at Birmingham City Council, blogs on the publication of data showing how clean the city’s wards are…
Working together to keep Birmingham clean
For the first time citizens can see for themselves how clean their neighbourhoods are following the release of a data dashboard by Birmingham City Council
Sign up for discounted 2016 garden waste service
Green-fingered citizens are being reminded it is still not too late to sign up for Birmingham’s garden waste recycling service – and earn a £2 discount in the process
Sign up for 2016 garden waste service earlybird offer
Anyone wishing to have their garden waste collected in a clean and convenient way can subscribe to Birmingham City Council’s 2016 service from today (December 1).
Garden waste - 2015 season ending
Subscribers to Birmingham City Council’s garden waste service are being reminded the final fortnight of collections for this year’s subscribers starts on November 16
Early success for Bin it for Good scheme
A project designed to keep Birmingham’s streets clean by rewarding a local charity for any increase in rubbish collected from bins in the city centre has achieved some significant early success
Carrier bag charge: all you need to know
Jacqui Kennedy, Acting Strategic Director of Place, explains why retailers must charge 5p for plastic carrier bags they provide from today (5 October 2015). Whether you’re picking up groceries or treating yourself to a shopping spree, from today, you would be wise to take your own bags. The new law, which comes into effect today, […]
