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Council to invest in new veg-fuelled recycling vehicles

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Reference:  Date:  Thu, 03/16/2023 Recycling lorries across East Cambridgeshire could soon be running on vegetable oil. East Cambridgeshire District Council plans to buy 10 new eco-friendly recycling vehicles – which will be converted to run on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). HVO generates 90 per cent less carbon than a traditional diesel fuel vehicle helping the…

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Council partners up to offer climate change training sessions for residents

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Council partners up to offer climate change training sessions for residents

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Electric Vehicle Charging Points in Council car parks

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Date:  Tue, 02/28/2023 East Cambridgeshire District Council will be installing 24 electric vehicle charging points across its district car parks from Tuesday 28 February. The 7kW chargepoint units will be located at Barton Road Car Park and Newnham Street Car Park in Ely and Clay Street Car Park in Soham.  The council successfully applied to…

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More frequent battery recycling collections

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More frequent battery recycling collections

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Update on Disposal of Upholstered Furniture at Household Recycling Centres

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Upholstered furniture now accepted at all recycling centres again

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County Council confirms sofas and armchairs can now be taken to Household Waste Recycling Centres

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Reference:  Date:  Fri, 01/06/2023 Cambridgeshire County Council has confirmed items such as upholstered sofas, upholstered chairs, cushions and beanbags can now be accepted at Cambridgeshire County Council-owned household waste and recycling centres, such as the one at Witchford. As a result East Cambs Street Scene will be able to resume collections of these items as…

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Sofas can be taken to Household Recycling Centres

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Date:  Fri, 01/06/2023 Cambridgeshire County Council has confirmed items such as upholstered sofas, upholstered chairs, cushions and beanbags can now be accepted at Cambridgeshire County Council-owned household waste and recycling centres, such as the one at Witchford.  As a result East Cambs Street Scene will be able to resume collections of these items as part…

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Residents told items such as sofas and armchairs cannot be taken to Household Waste Recycling Centres in Cambridgeshire from 1 January

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Reference:  Date:  Fri, 12/30/2022 With effect from 1 January items such as upholstered sofas, upholstered chairs, cushions and beanbags will no longer be accepted at Cambridgeshire County Council-owned household waste and recycling centres, such as the one at Witchford. This is due to enforcement action now being taken by the Environment Agency from 1 January.

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Rules for Disposing of Foam Upholstered Furniture Will Change on 1 January 2023

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Household Recycling Centres will no longer be able to accept waste upholstered domestic seating

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Ambitious plan to help double land for nature in East Cambs announced

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Reference:  Date:  Mon, 11/28/2022 An ambitious plan to help in our commitment to double the land set aside for nature in East Cambridgeshire, helping boost biodiversity and combat climate change, has been approved by district councillors. Working in partnership with The Wildlife Trust, East Cambridgeshire District Council has identified nine areas including Wicken Fen, the…

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