Members of the Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee received an update on Wirral Council’s progress towards meeting carbon emissions targets it has set for itself as part of its aim to be carbon ‘net zero’ by 2030.
At the next meeting of the Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee, members will consider an update on the council’s new five-year Waste and Street Cleansing Strategy – entitled ‘Rethinking Waste: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover 2025-2030’.
The flexible plastics trial will run from June to August 2025 and will help the council and its partners to understand about the collection and processing involved with recycling these items and how it will work in Wirral.
The groundwork to create 15 new wildflower meadows in Wirral has now been completed - in time to attract an increasing number of pollinators to the borough over the summer.
Households that are being asked to take part in this 10-week trial will receive information telling them they have been selected and what will be expected of them. The trial itself will run from June to August 2025.
A free training session is taking place in Birkenhead later this month, which will explore the fundamentals of climate change, low carbon design strategies, and the crucial role of heritage conservation in shaping a sustainable future.
A review of the ‘Cool 2’ strategy is now underway alongside plans to set new actions and objectives for the next five years. It is residents’ feedback on the new strategy that is now being sought as part of the public consultation process.
Beginning in West Kirby on Friday 25th April, to the last one in Wirral Country Park on Monday 28th, there are eight events scheduled over the weekend in Wirral where people are invited to take a stroll and discover the natural world that surrounds them.
A review of the ‘Cool 2’ strategy is now underway alongside plans to set new actions and objectives for the next five years. It is residents’ feedback on the new strategy that is now being sought as part of the public consultation process.
People from organisations and partners from across Wirral gathered at Birkenhead Park for training with Merseyside Biobank to learn how to run nature sessions and collect valuable data
