Environmental News

A Neath man has been given a community order after he admitted flytipping household waste in a public lane. Among the waste in the...

Council environmental enforcement officers will be getting into the Christmas spirit to reward people for putting their rubbish in the bin. Instead of fining people for...

Residents in the Kidwelly area are being urged to have a pre-Christmas clear out. A waste and tyre amnesty is being held in the Co-op car...

Dyfed-Powys Police is working closely with our partner agencies monitoring the heavy rainfall and flooding expected over the next few days. Plans and resources...

Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans, has announced that due to a global shortage of the BCG vaccine, she has suspended sourcing...

Swansea Council says it will exert all the pressure it can to make sure the multi-million-pound Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project stays on track. The...

Users of both school and public transport in Carmarthenshire are being reminded to wrap up warm and beware of possible disruption during bad weather. The...

Carmarthenshire Communities First can now deliver Energy Best Deal sessions to local groups in Communities First areas. The sessions are free to groups and are...

A woman has been fined for littering at the recycling site in Burry Port. She was issued with a fixed penalty notice for £75 by...

LOCAL residents are being asked to help in the drawing up of walking and cycling maps in villages and townships about Carmarthenshire. The Active Travel...

A Planning Inspector has upheld a decision by Pembrokeshire County Council to refuse planning permission for two wind turbines at a farm near Castlemorris. The...

A Llandovery business has been fined £100 for failing to have proper arrangements in place for the disposal of its waste. The owner was issued...

Troserch Woodlands Society will once again be selling locally grown (from the woods itself) Christmas trees this year. Please see attached. There will be...

Bird lovers can find out more about their feathered friends which populate the Tywi estuary and the Ferryside foreshore. A talks about the birds in...

Proposals exploring how the Welsh Government can increase and accelerate green investment in Wales have been set out by Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant. The...

With more than 28 years’ local government experience, Ruth Mullen has taken up her post as Carmarthenshire’s Director of Environment. Ruth joins the council from...

Blue bags weighing the same as 185 jumbo jets* were sent for recycling last year by residents in Carmarthenshire. Figures show that a total 14,854...

Four people have been fined £75 for various litter offences. Council environmental enforcement officers issued the fixed penalty notices while out on patrol across the...

A Llanelli householder has been fined £100 for putting their rubbish bags outside someone else’s house. The Wern Road resident was issued with the fixed...

A wide-ranging review about the future of Wales’s national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) has been presented to Natural Resources Minister...

The Minister for Natural Resources Carl Sargeant and the Chief Executive of Natural Resources Wales Emyr Roberts, have welcomed new powers to tackle waste...

SWANSEA'S stunning wild flower displays mean the council is in the running for a major award. The scheme is one of a number that has...

Swansea Council has enlisted the help of a local angling club to help tackle an ongoing litter problem at a well-known beauty spot. Residents have...

THE summer-long dog ban on some of the beaches of Swansea Bay has been declared a big success. The six-month annual ban which was lifted...

SIX people have been fined for dropping cigarette ends. Council environmental enforcement officers issued the fixed penalty notices for £75 for the littering offences. Failure to...

NEATH Port Talbot Council's hard line approach to fly tipping has led to another successful conviction. Mr. Edward Ricketts aged 36 of Westward Place, Bridgend,...

3rd – Risk assessment walk / working party: Troserch Woods - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.718056,-4.106011&hl=en&num=1&t=h&z=16 (Car park next to Graig Fach). (9.30am onwards). Troserch Woods Society will...

News that the busy Carmarthen Morfa Lane roundabout is to be resurfaced has been welcomed by local councillor Alan Speake. He said: “It is really...

Businesses in Ceredigion that produce any kind of waste are being warned to deal with it appropriately and legally. They are being reminded that all...

THE summer-long dog ban on some of the beaches of Swansea Bay is lifted today(1st October 2015)! But owners have been warned that enforcement of...

NEW students in Swansea have been getting personal service from council recycling officers during their early weeks as residents. A massive drive is under way to...

A Welsh company which specialises in capturing the potential of wave energy and reducing the current cost associated with this process has been announced...

Funding announced by the Welsh Government today will enable work to start on the long term restoration of Gelli Aur Country Park in the...

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THOUSANDS of tide watchers hit the beaches and estuaries from Loughor to Pendine to see one of the highest tide’s of year on Carmarthenshire’s...

24 million slices of bread are thrown out in the UK every day according to Love Food Hate Waste It’s safe to say Wales loves...

Carmarthenshire County Council’s environmental health team is taking action to catch a fly-tipper who is blighting a Seaside community. Residents of Glanmor Terrace have asked the council...

Pembrey Country Park has been selected as the venue to host the first round of the 2016 British Mountain Bike Cross Country Series. It is the...

A Llanelli business has been fined £100 after its bins were found to be overflowing with rubbish and no action was taken to resolve...

MATCHDAY visitors at Swansea's Liberty Stadium are being urged to park safely and legally following the introduction of new parking restrictions. Swansea Council has introduced...

NEW students in Swansea are being given tips and advice about the city's recycling services. Swansea Council's recycling team is delivering more than 1,500 recycling...

A county borough wide consultation calling on the public to give views on walking and cycling routes in Neath Port Talbot will start soon. The...

A man who failed to clean up after his dog in Waterloo Road, Capel Hendre has been fined £75. He was issued with a fixed...

A woman has been fined for dropping a cigarette end in the Co-op car park in Cross Hands. Council environmental enforcement officers were on duty...

On Thursday 10 September 2015, the second phase of the Borth to Ynyslas Coastal Defence Scheme was officially opened by Carl Sargeant, Minister for...

Work to clean up Llanreath Beach near Pembroke Dock has now been completed, following the discovery of crude oil along the shoreline yesterday. It follows...

The clean-up of Fort Road beach near Pembroke Dock was completed yesterday (Tuesday) with all contaminated seaweed removed and any globules of oil mopped...

Tenby residents are being asked for their views on the town's extended holiday traffic ban. Following this year's trial extension to the summer pedestrianisation scheme,...

Pembrokeshire County Council has started work on cleaning up two oil polluted beaches near Pembroke Dock. The clean up follows the discovery of oil on...

SCHOOLCHILDREN in Swansea are leading a campaign in the city's parks, calling on dog owners to clean up after their pets. The clean-up call to...