Stay up-to-date with rules around what you can throw away, what you should recycle, and when you can expect new bins on your ...

Plans to construct five new homes on a derelict site bound by mansions in Foulridge have been given planning permission.

The interim rates are effective January 1, 2025. Solid Waste Management Services is a rate-based program where residents pay fees for the services they receive based on the size of their garbage bin.

We live in a multi-storey apartment block with a shared set of bins, and while I have a rough understanding of the colour coding system (green = garden ... every single-use plastic I rinsed ...

Adam Kotaras and Mayor Sue Scarman are ready for new the initiative. (Supplied) The Northern Areas Council is getting ready to roll out its Green Waste Collection Program from February 12, with ...

This year’s subscription will run from March 3 to December 5. It is a subscription service with a yearly charge per bin of £44. Furthermore, there is a delivery and admin charge of £34.50 for each ...

Millions of taxpayers face having their bin collections reduced to just once a month within weeks as scores of cash-strapped councils cut back the vital service. New data has revealed that 42 ...

The WinterBloom Light Festival is returning to Colne in 2025. The festival, now in its fourth year, will take place on Saturday, February 15, and is expected to attract people of all ages.

In early December 2024, hopes for a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution were dashed as negotiations in South Korea stalled. Leading the campaign against the deal were major oil ...

Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows. This appraisal of microplastics and ...

THE fight against plastic waste ramps up at the start of the year with the launch of two separate movements with similar goals and strategies last January. First, the National Plastic Action ...

Police have charged a man with assault after a 52-year-old man was found dead in a caravan in Colne. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Burnley Express, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing ...