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Category Archives: Environment
Keep angry!
Print PageThis graffiti appeared a week or so ago down by Markeaton Brook. And I respect its message (though not the way it has been delivered). Anger can be good. It can motivate. The first time that I recognised this strongly in … Continue reading
Derby Manufacturing
Print PageIt’s second nature to those of us who’ve worked in manufacturing in Derby, that Derby is a manufacturing city. Derby was at the forefront of the industrial revolution; factories, engineering and production are in our DNA. The manufacture of ‘things’ from trains, … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering, Environment, Liberal Democrats, Liberal Democrats, News, Social & Community
Tagged Derby, Derby College, Derby Manufacturing, education, engineer, engineering, FE HE, lib dem, liberal democrats, Lucy Care, manufacturing, profession, Rolls-Royce, Roundhouse, technician, technology, University of Derby
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Labour in rush to stop recycling
Print PageLabour allowed just one week for wider consultation on scrapping recycling collections for 138 city centre streets before publishing a Cabinet report which would confirm this proposal. At the Neighbourhood Overview and Scrutiny Board at the end of April, councillors were told … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, News, Social & Community, Uncategorized, Waste and recycling
Tagged Abbey, Arboretum, black bins, blue bins, bring sites, constitution, council, Derby, Derby City Council, forward plan, Lucy, Lucy Care, Mackworth, Morley, neighbourhood board, neighbourhood forum, Normanton, recycling, rights
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Bye-bye recycling!!!
Print PageTen years ago Derby started rolling out kerbside recycling and went to fortnightly black bin collections. The amount of waste recycled climbed dramatically. Derby was leading the way. Like anything new, there were teething problems. Systems were tweaked and as … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, News, Waste and recycling
Tagged black bin, blue bin, brown bin, cardboard, compost, Derby, kitchen waste, landfill, Lucy, Lucy Care, paper, recycling, refuse, refuse collection, waste
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