environment

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12th October 2018 | By Daniel Davies

Litter and lack of street cleaners hinder Manchester’s bid to be UK’s first tidy city by 2020

Councillors have agreed that the city needs to take bolder steps if it is to achieve its aim of becoming the UK’s first ‘tidy city’...

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12th April 2018 | By Danielle Kenneally

Coffee cup recycling myth busted as UK’s greenest university MMU tackles the issue

Manchester Met, the UK’s greenest university, has pledged to cut the use of single-use paper coffee cups which contaminate recycling bins. Coffee cups are fourth on...

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19th January 2018 | By Tom Brady

120-mile Northern Forest project will involve planting of 50m trees over 25 years

More than 50 million tress will be planted from Liverpool to Hull as the Woodland Trust look to create a gigantic new Northern Forest. Environment...

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2nd December 2016 | By nq_admin

Liberal Democrats’ attempt to protect Stockport greenbelt rejected as Labour team up with Conservatives

Former Liberal Democrat MP, Mark Hunter, last night led a rebellion in Stockport council, forcing the chamber into a vote on plans to build more...