Archive for the ‘Environmental issues’ Category:

Nominate your environmental champions for Love Where You Live Awards

Written on August 18th, 2010 by Redhill Councillorsno shouts

Do you know someone, or a local group, who litter-picks their local area, makes a special contribution to conserving the borough’s landscape or works hard to improve the local environment [...]

Fancy saving energy, water and money? Join a local Eco Team

Written on August 18th, 2010 by Redhill Councillorsno shouts

Local Eco Teams are supported by Reigate & Banstead Borough Council, Raven Housing Trust and Sutton & East Surrey Water Company, and are a sociable way to help you save [...]

Council helps young people into work

Written on August 18th, 2010 by Cllr Julian Ellacottno shouts

Fourteen young unemployed people from the borough have been given the chance to gain real skills and work experience thanks to a partnership between Reigate & Banstead, Surrey County Council [...]

Borough’s cycling schoolchildren go from strength to strength

Written on July 18th, 2010 by Redhill Councillorsno shouts

Latest results from the Borough’s Bike-It programme have revealed that a third of children at 18 participating schools within the Borough are now cycling regularly to school.
In some of the [...]

Reigate Heath – have your say

Written on June 24th, 2010 by Cllr Julian Ellacottno shouts

A special series of public events has been organised by Reigate & Banstead Borough Council so that local residents and Heath users can help to shape the future management of [...]

EU legislation hinders rooting out weeds from public highways

Written on June 24th, 2010 by Cllr Julian Ellacottno shouts

Environmentally friendly firm Total Vegetation Management of Brighton has been contracted by the Council’s Neighbourhood Services to tackle the growth of weeds on all public highways and foot paths in [...]

HeatSeekers return to Reigate and Banstead to offer free insulation

Written on June 21st, 2010 by Cllr Julian Ellacottno shouts

Using thermal imaging technology Heat seeking vehicles hit the streets of Reigate & Banstead last winter to identify homes that could benefit from improved insulation. Now HeetSeekers are back [...]

Council triumphs twice in Severnside Achievement in Recycling Awards

Written on May 16th, 2010 by Redhill Councillors2 shouts

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council emerged from last Thursday’s Severnside Achievement in Recycling Awards with two awards, beating off competition from far larger organisations in its bid to have the [...]

Helping businesses to get green and legal

Written on May 11th, 2010 by Cllr Dr Lynne Hackno shouts

Surrey County Council has launched an online toolkit to show businesses how to recycle and dispose of their waste properly.
It costs taxpayers at least £1 million each year to dispose of [...]

Council’s Countryside Rangers have a busy first year

Written on May 9th, 2010 by Cllr Julian Ellacottno shouts

It is now a year since Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’ two Countryside Rangers, Eleanor Yoxall and Richard Townsley, started work in the Borough and in a relatively short time, [...]

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