Pembrokeshire Council waste contract wins award
A deal to process and export residual waste overseas has won Pembrokeshire County Council an award.
The Authority revealed earlier this year that, along with...
Tell the US Navy and NMFS To Save Whales From Sonar!
You wouldn't think that beaked whales would be that vulnerable. Giants of the ocean, beaked whales are deep divers and apex feeders.
They can't withstand...
Petition: Protect Our Bees
Remember the toxic pesticides that wipe out bees? Yesterday, an influential group of scientists concluded that they don’t just kill bees - they wreak “havoc”...
Cash flow to farmers remains priority for Welsh Government
Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans has announced Wales will be sticking with the May deadline for submission of Single Application Forms...
NO PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THE DRAX POWER STATION IN THE UK!
Drax plc is planning to build the UK’s first new coal power station since 1974 and they could receive hundreds of millions of pounds...
Millions Joined the Global Switch Off – Did you?
On Saturday night, a record-breaking 172 countries and territories, and millions of people worldwide celebrated our brilliant planet and switched off for Earth Hour.
Globally, over...
Meadows group formed in Carmarthenshire
Meadow owners in Carmarthenshire got together at a recent event to discuss forming a group.
Over 60 people attended the event held at the National...
Extensive feedback on Newgale shingle bank
During the severe storms early last year, the A487 at Newgale was closed for several days after shingle was washed onto the road.
A recent...
Woodland Gets Spruced Up!
A woodland area near the heart of Haverfordwest has been transformed - thanks to a community initiative.
The enhanced Bluebell Wood - adjacent to Fleming...
Pink sacks on their way to Swansea homes for plastic recycling...
THOUSANDS of pink recycling sacks are set to be delivered to more than 3,000 homes in Swansea as part of a new recycling trial.
Letters...
The world’s second biggest gold mining corporation is at war with...
After losing in court, a giant mining corporation is bullying a indigenous Peruvian farmer in a fight to turn her land into an open-pit gold...
Petition Against Pulse Trawling
Pulse trawling uses electricity to flush flatfish or shrimp out of the sediments in which they hide. The electric shock makes them convulse and...
Earth Hour This Saturday!
The Leader of Carmarthenshire County Council is urging people to switch off their lights as part of Earth Hour day.
Cllr Kevin Madge is backing...
Carmarthenshire County Council Wants Your Views on Dog Orders
People in Carmarthenshire are being asked for their views on new orders for controlling dogs in public places.
The council is consulting on Public Spaces Protection...
Let’s Spring Clean Carmarthenshire
We need your help to Spring Clean Carmarthenshire.
We are launching our annual campaign to make our county cleaner and safer – but we can’t...
Swansea Dog owners get helping hand from Council to stamp out...
City dog owners are getting a little extra help to tidy up so their pets leave behind only paw prints.
Parks staff and litter clearers...
Tidal lagoon support is ‘hugely significant’ for Swansea
HIGH level support for the world's first tidal lagoon scheme in Swansea Bay will help lead to a 'golden year' for the city, according...
Llandovery Residents Urged To Have A Clear Out!
Residents in Llandovery are being urged to clear out their sheds and cupboards.
A waste and tyre amnesty is being held in the town’s main...
Llanelli Road Closed for 5 days due to Tree Felling
The link road into Llanelli from Trostre Roundabout to Farm Foods will be closed for five days for tree felling work.
Commuters are advised to plan an...
Llanelli Woman Fined for Dog Fouling Offences
A Llanelli woman has been fined for not cleaning up after her dog and for putting dog food and blankets covered in dog mess...
Nine tonnes collected in Newcastle Emlyn amnesty
RESIDENTS got rid of a staggering nine tonnes of rubbish in an amnesty held in Newcastle Emlyn.
The council and Tidy Towns organised the one-off...
Care 2 Petition: Shut Down The Death Zoo!
A sick and emaciated Sumatran tiger named Melani died after being rescued from appalling conditions at Surabaya Zoo in Indonesia. Melani was suffering from...
Petition: India’s farmers at risk from Monsanto
India's food crops are currently GMO-free -- but that's about to change very soon, if we don't act now and stop Monsanto's latest attack.
Monsanto...
Four people fined for fly-tipping at recycling site
Four people have been fined for fly-tipping at the recycling banks at Dafen pond in Llanelli.
The council’s environmental enforcement unit has received a number...
New Planters Brighten up Narberth’s Main Car Park
New flowers planters have been installed in Narberth’s main car park that are brightening up the town’s busy thoroughfare and providing a safe place...
Sign up to save energy by St David’s Day
There’s just a few days left to sign up for the country’s biggest collective energy switch, which closes on St David’s Day – March...
Volunteers granted Eco cash
Pembrey Conservation Trust received a financial boost thanks to a grant from the environmental charity, Keep Wales Tidy (KWT). Volunteers from...
Sum of Us Appeal: Save The Bees!
Bees are dying by the million -- so what is Bayer, one of the world's biggest producers of bee-killing pesticides, doing about it? It's...
Digwyddiad Cymunedol I Greu Gardd Hardd!
Mae teuluoedd yn Sir Gaerfyrddin yn cael cyfle i wneud rhywbeth da ar gyfer eu cymuned fel rhan o gynllun Creu Gardd Hardd y...
Have Pride In Your Patch – join a community event!
Carmarthenshire families are being given the chance to do something good for their community as part of the council’s Pride In Your Patch scheme....
Just a month left to make the big switch
The online registration for Wales’s biggest energy switch closes a month from today. Carmarthenshire County Council’s housing department is backing the...
Greenpeace Petition: Stop Fracking Under Our Homes!
Wow -- David Cameron's plan to force fracking on us just hit a new low. The prime minister wants to change...
New Year blitz on smoking-related litter
ENFORCEMENT officers in Carmarthenshire are warning smokers to stub out their cigarettes wisely in a New Year blitz on smoking litter. ...
Builder fined for being involved in flytippin
A SWANSEA builder has been sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge for failing to ensure that his waste was not disposed of legally. ...
Keep Wales Tidy / Tidy Towns Events in January 2015
Keep Wales Tidy are organising events and are looking for volunteers, details below: 7th - Hedge laying: Llannon allotments -...
County’s residents helped to say NO to Junk Mail
SCORES of people have been given advice on how to stop receiving junk mail through the post at three road shows which have been...
Investigating devil’s bit scabious and the conditions for successful establishment
Stephanie Carter, a MSc student at Aberystwyth University, has been undertaking research at the National Botanic Garden Wales, linked to the Mynydd Mawr Marsh...
More grassland management at Ynysdawela Nature Park
Ynysdawela NP is a Council-owned site near Brynamman made up mainly of woodland and grassland habitats. This less well-known site was created partly on...
Tree Cover in Carmarthenshire’s Towns – NRW report
Trees are an essential component of our urban environments, delivering a range of services to help sustain life, promote well-being, and support economic benefits....
Help out with the Vincent Wildlife Trust’s National Polecat Survey
The Vincent Wildlife Trust’s (VWT) third national polecat survey was launched at the beginning of this year. They are appealing for records of polecats,...
Caeau Mynydd Mawr Project
By Amanda Evans This ground-breaking project has been developed to offset the impacts of development in the Cross Hands area, including residential and industrial,...
New textile and media banks make recycling even easier
IT’S now even easier to recycle old and unwanted items of clothing, books, CDs and DVDs at new recycling banks located around the county....
Volunteers make plastic fantastic greenhouse!
When volunteers wanted to do something extra special at their allotment in Llwynhendy, a great idea ‘popped’ in to their head. ...
Keep Wales Tidy / Tidy Towns Events in December 2014
Keep Wales Tidy are organising events and are looking for volunteers, details below: 3rd - Waste & tyre amnesty: St...
Fed up with Junk Mail being posted through your door?
Find out how you can reduce the unwanted mail you receive by visiting one of the road shows being held in the county. ...
Unlocking the Mysteries of Carmarthenshire’s peat bogs
Carmarthenshire’s peat bogs are helping with climate change! A project has begun to reveal the mysteries locked away in areas of...
Help us clean up sticky streets
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to clean up some of our sticky streets and pavements. Not only is chewing gum litter...
Save our Woodland: 38 Degrees Petition
Could we have just 24 hours to stop England's beautiful woodlands being sold off to private developers? The government is trying to sneak through...
Keep Wales Tidy/Tidy Towns Events in November 2014
Keep Wales Tidy are organising events and are looking for volunteers, details below: 12th – Waste & tyre amnesty: Pontyberem...
Keep hedgehogs safe from harm on Bonfire Night
Guy Fawkes Night revellers are being urged to watch out for hedgehogs before they light their bonfire on the 5th November. ...
