Cambridgeshire
The leaders of Suffolk council are being urged to create a climate emergency role at cabinet level so the issue can be addressed with greater “energy and conviction”.
A new £2.75m recycling centre for Norwich, to be built next to the Northern Distributor Road, could get the green light next week.
Brian Long, the leader of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council (KLWNBC) was ordered to apologise to members of West Norfolk Extinction Rebellion after a complaint was made about him referring to campaigners as a “faction” and “not the public”.
Three more recycling centres are reopening in Norfolk, bringing the total to 12 sites across the county.
More of Norfolk’s recycling centres could be reopening by the end of this week, council officers have confirmed.
Households across the region are invited to join a celebration of key waste and recycling workers in the region.
Sheringham recycling centre will become the ninth to reopen in Norfolk on Friday, May 22, after eight centres reopened last week.
West Norfolk climate activists are urging the council to declare a climate emergency and calling on residents to “wake up” to an “even more dangerous crisis”.