Schools' Ocean Trail Project
Telford & Wrekin Council and the British Ironwork Centre have announced a new partnership to create a Schools’ Ocean Trail which will highlight the importance of protecting our oceans and marine life.
30 Oct 2020
October 2020 Newsletter
The newsletter aims to inform you about some of the things we have already done as a Council, what our partners and the community are doing.
23 Oct 2020
Food waste is not rubbish!
Residents in Telford and Wrekin recycled 5,985 tonnes of food waste since the food waste collection service was introduced in September 2019 to October 2020. The CO2 saving was 2,967 tonnes.
22 Oct 2020
Telford & Wrekin Council glows Green!
Street lights and council buildings in Telford and Wrekin are now being powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity.
22 Oct 2020
Telford Sustainable Travel Fund
As part of its work to boost more sustainable travel such as cycling, walking and use of public transport, the Council is to invest £2.6 million into a Travel Telford Sustainable Travel Fund.
20 Oct 2020
Keeping it Green with Telford & Wrekin
Earlier this year, Telford and Wrekin Council's Catering and Cleaning Teams won the APSE Soft FM Green Innovation Award.
20 Oct 2020
Major plans outline journey to a carbon neutral council
In the summer of 2019, Telford & Wrekin Council declared a climate emergency and resolved to go carbon neutral by 2030.
13 Feb 2020
Plastic free cuppa for council staff
Staff at Telford & Wrekin Council will now be making their morning cuppa with milk from a glass bottle as part of the push to ditch single-use plastic in the organisation.
11 Feb 2020
Refill Telford makes a splash!
Did you know there are over 100 Refill Stations in the borough offering FREE tap water refills? If each one was used just twice a day, it would save 76,000 single-use plastic bottle a year!
10 Feb 2020
Solar farm powers 800 homes a year
In 2014, Telford & Wrekin Council became only the second local authority in the UK to build a publically owned solar farm.
10 Feb 2020