Residents for Uttlesford [R4U] Environment and Green Issues Archives - Residents for Uttlesford https://www.residents4u.org/category/council-area/portfolios/environment-and-green-issues/ Love where you live Sun, 28 Apr 2024 17:39:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.residents4u.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-R4U-hand-512sq.gif?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Residents for Uttlesford [R4U] Environment and Green Issues Archives - Residents for Uttlesford https://www.residents4u.org/category/council-area/portfolios/environment-and-green-issues/ 32 32 70608645 R4U at UDC launches Electric Car Club in latest step to reduce air pollution in Saffron Walden https://www.residents4u.org/2023/10/23/r4u-at-udc-launches-electric-car-club-in-latest-step-to-reduce-air-pollution-in-saffron-walden/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:38:44 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=31343 R4U’s administration at Uttlesford District Council has taken delivery of the first electric car for Saffron Walden’s new Electric Vehicle Car Club. The EV Car Club is the latest advance ...read more →

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]]> 31343 Survey: Should ECC require booking to use their Waste Recycling Centres? https://www.residents4u.org/2023/02/04/survey-should-ecc-require-booking-to-use-their-waste-recycling-centres/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 15:30:22 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=25871 Essex County Council has announced that they will introduce a new booking system at all of their Household Waste Recycling Centres from 13 March 2023. ECC say that from that ...read more →

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]]> 25871 Residents alarmed at Essex County Council’s new booking system to use Waste Recycling Centres https://www.residents4u.org/2023/02/01/residents-alarmed-at-essex-county-councils-new-booking-system-to-use-waste-recycling-centres/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 10:34:27 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=25843 Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) has joined with local residents to express their alarm at ECC’s new requirement that will force residents to book to use local waste recycling centres, all ...read more →

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]]> 25843 R4U at UDC introduces £300k green grant fund to support community Net-Zero programmes https://www.residents4u.org/2022/11/01/r4u-at-udc-introduces-300k-green-grant-fund-to-support-community-net-zero-programmes/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 17:16:06 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=25419 The Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) administration at UDC has approved a green grant scheme to enable community groups and parish councils to reduce carbon emissions and increase biodiversity. R4U’s Cllr ...read more →

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]]> 25419 Developers in Uttlesford urged to conserve water by Residents Administration at UDC https://www.residents4u.org/2022/08/15/developers-in-uttlesford-urged-to-conserve-water-by-residents-administration-at-udc/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:51:12 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=24091 The R4U administration at Uttlesford District Council is writing to developers in the district to urge that they are considerate of water use and conserve it. R4U’s Cllr John Evans, ...read more →

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]]> 24091 Carbon emissions cut by 57% at UDC by Residents Administration https://www.residents4u.org/2022/06/12/carbon-emissions-cut-by-57-at-udc-by-residents-administration/ Sun, 12 Jun 2022 10:56:13 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=23660 The latest annual report published by Uttlesford District Council shows that, under R4U’s administration, the council’s greenhouse gas emissions have been cut by more than half since R4U came to ...read more →

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]]> 23660 Saffron Walden Town Council adopts Climate Action Plan https://www.residents4u.org/2022/05/23/saffron-walden-town-council-adopts-climate-action-plan/ Mon, 23 May 2022 15:33:14 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=23671 R4U-led Saffron Walden Town Council has formally adopted a Climate Action Plan setting out how it will achieve its goal of being carbon neutral by 2030. R4U Councillor Paul Gadd, ...read more →

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]]> 23671 New Electric Vehicle Charging points for public use installed at Uttlesford District Council car park https://www.residents4u.org/2022/03/09/new-electric-vehicle-charging-points-for-public-use-installed-at-uttlesford-district-council-car-park/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 09:02:28 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=23056 As part of R4U’s Net-Zero strategy at Uttlesford District Council, new publicly accessible electric vehicle charging points have been installed at the council car park on London Road in Saffron ...read more →

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]]> 23056 R4U calls on Uttlesford communities to ask UDC for free hedge and tree donations as another 1,500 planted https://www.residents4u.org/2022/02/11/r4u-calls-on-uttlesford-communities-to-ask-udc-for-free-hedge-and-tree-donations-as-another-1500-planted/ Fri, 11 Feb 2022 12:00:34 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=22737 Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) is calling on Uttlesford residents to ask its administration at UDC, through their parish and town councils, to apply for grants to plant trees and hedges. ...read more →

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]]> 22737 R4U administration at UDC receives £1million+ in eco-programme funding to reduce energy bills for Uttlesford residents https://www.residents4u.org/2022/01/23/r4u-administration-at-udc-receives-1million-in-eco-programme-funding-to-reduce-energy-bills-for-uttlesford-residents/ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 08:00:20 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=22607 As part of its eco-agenda, R4U's administration at Uttlesford District Council (UDC) has secured over £1million in grant funding to retrofit energy efficiencies to the homes of lower income Uttlesford families. ...read more →

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