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Leicester was awarded status of the first Environmental City in the UK, due to its “commitment to continuous environmental improvement involving the whole city community.”
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Friends Of The Earth have a base right here in Birmingham, with an online blog, podcast and even videos, as well as the usual information on how to do your bit.
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Birmingham contributes 500,000 tonnes of industry and commercial waste to the ongoing wastage of resource within the UK.
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Your local area most likely does have recycling facilities available right at your doorstep. If you aren’t sure, check out http://www.recyclenow.com/.
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264 Selly Oak Road, Bournville – one of the UK’s few environmentally friendly home.
- The Green Party have 110 councillors across the UK and are fighting to get one in Birmingham.
- 9 youngsters have been crowned West Midlands Region Youth Climate Change champions by the Prime Minister.
- Travel West Midlands have a full environmental policy to help improve the Midlands and condense the effects of climate change.
- Groundwork West Midlands is an environmental regeneration group set up to help the improvement of the environment.
- The UK’s first trade show aimed at engineers and plant managers in charge of environmental compliance takes place on 11th and 12 of March 2008.
Local EnGovernment
Getting a LEG up on the environmental issues in the West Midlands
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22 February, 2008 at 4:46 pm
tuuli
Too bad the only people visiting Leicester are just driving through it to somewhere else. Ah, the irony. Good post!
22 February, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Rachael Wilson
Hi Mitch,
Good use of the links. Have you thought about how one of these points could be made into a news article for ENO?
As far as getting a quote from Envirowise is concerned, you would need to contact the media centre, not the advice line.
Rach