Local organisation, Compost Works, provide top tips on how to set up a compost heap in your garden by placing your bin in the right place and having the right balance of materials.

Wirral residents who would like to avoid extra tip trips by getting their garden waste collected are being reminded to sign up or renew by Monday 20 May to get best value for money.

Young people from local primaries have been given a boost to get them to and from school quicker and more safely.

Hear from one of our volunteers as she talks about her experience as one of Wirral’s Tree Wardens.

Two major highway improvement schemes, designed to make the areas more attractive and improve accessibility and safety for all road users, including cyclists and pedestrians, are set to begin in Birkenhead.

It is now renewal time for subscriptions to Wirral’s fortnightly kerbside garden waste collection service.

Members of the Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee agreed that officers should now continue to work with Natural England on developing a new beach management plan that as closely as possible matches the ‘amenity beach’ option.

Households that already pay by direct debit for the fortnightly garden waste collection service will be receiving details of the new subscription period this week.

Wirral residents are now able to recycle more as Household Waste Recycling Centres open for longer over the spring and summer months.

A local community organisation, Bee Wirral CIC, is helping to stop furniture from going to waste in a project funded by Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA) and Veolia Community Fund.

Projects that are focused on preventing and reducing carbon emissions are in line to benefit from grants being offered by the Zero Waste Community Fund.

Wirral residents are being encouraged to start 2024 in a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly way by taking the Cool Wirral Climate Challenge 2024.