Environment

Two Peterborough school pupils who were allowed to miss a day of school to join a climate change protest are leading a campaign in the city centre tomorrow.

Peterborough has been named in the top five worst places in the UK for both fly-tipping and littering.

After years and years of trying, progress is finally being made at the notorious dumping ground of Norwood Lane.

A Peterborough mother has become frustrated by her local park which has been blighted by overflowing bins.

A woman who cleared a huge swathe of litter in her community claims she was accused of fly-tipping after calling up for it to be removed.

Peterborough drivers are being urged to clean up their act - after more than 2,000 bags of rubbish were cleared from the A1(M) last year.

Twelve bags of asbestos which were illegally dumped by a river in Fenland are set to be cleared at a cost of approximately £3,000.

Keep Britain Tidy have set up the Great British Tidy Up, running from March 22 to April 23 this year, but residents in the Thorpe Gate area of Peterborough have gone way beyond expectations to clear up a pollution nuisance in nearby woods.

Twelve bags of asbestos have been illegally dumped by a river in Fenland.

Spring is one of my favourite times of year, with the clocks going forward and summer just around the corner bringing longer evenings and warmer weather, writes Rob Hill, assistant director for public protection at Peterborough City Council.

Peterborough has been awarded thousands of pounds by the Government to help clean its high streets.

The new Peterborough recycling centre in Fengate has been praised by city councillors, but recycling rates are said to be lower than they were 20 years ago.

Thank you for your inclusion of the article about the proposed activity centre and thank you to your readers for the strong positivity about the project shown on your Facebook page.

The name has been revealed for the new city council-run company to collect waste in Peterborough.

Removing the ‘brown bin tax’ and re-introducing free bulky waste collections are among the policies being promoted by the Liberal Democrats for the Peterborough City Council elections in May.

The largest one-day sting operation ever carried out by Environment Agency officers in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire has confirmed 11 illegal waste sites across the area, including one in both Peterborough and Wisbech.

As more unpredictable spring weather takes over from the mini heat-wave seen last week, a number of people will be praying for rain this month.