Category: Climate change / environment

405 Climate change / environment posts found.

Farmers joining water management conversation with Perry and Peatlands project

10/04/2025
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Farmers are being encouraged to join the conversation and influence the Severn Valley Water Management Scheme’s (SVWMS) Perry and Peatlands Demonstrator Project…

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Garden waste subscription deadline extended to 30 April

01/04/2025

Householders are being given an extra four weeks to subscribe to Shropshire Council’s garden waste collection service, after the deadline for signing…

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Plans to produce biochar in Ludlow given the go-ahead 

27/03/2025
Biochar

Shropshire Council’s plans to develop a pyrolysis plant on Ludlow’s Coder Road business park have been given the go-ahead  at Southern Planning…

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New nature project at historic estate to help inform water management scheme

26/03/2025

Work has begun on a nature restoration project at the National Trust’s Attingham Estate supported by the Severn Valley Water Management Scheme.…

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More than 1,000 trees planted in Rea Brook catchment to aid water management

11/03/2025

Volunteers and contractors have planted more than 1,000 trees in the Rea Brook catchment as part of a Severn Valley Water Management…

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Tree safety work near Dyas Close, Shifnal

11/03/2025

Shropshire Council has programmed important tree safety works to some of the trees that line the eastern bank of Hurley Brook, behind…

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Local community groups receive share of £15,000

10/03/2025

Community groups across Shropshire have received grants totalling £15,000 as part of Veolia and Shropshire Council’s popular annual Envirogrant scheme. The scheme…

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Garden waste subscriptions top 70,000

07/03/2025

More than 70,000 households have now subscribed to Shropshire Council’s garden waste collection service – more than 50% of eligible households –…

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CCTV cameras trialled in fight against fly-tipping

28/02/2025

Shropshire Council and West Mercia police are trialling the use of CCTV cameras to help in the fight against fly-tipping – with…

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Landowners invited to get on board with land re-wetting as part of water management scheme

24/02/2025

Landowners in the Severn catchment area are being invited to explore the opportunity of re-wetting land to support peatlands and develop nature-based…

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