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What can I put in my plastics recycling box?
A detailed list of exactly what can and can't be recycled as part of your kerbside plastics recycling collection.
Beacon Easter activities
Published: 13/03/2018
The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven has a host of arty activities on offer for the Easter break.
The busy fortnight includes prominent local artists and a brand new exhibition.
Currently Pirates Pants and Wellyphants, a witty interactive art exhibition, is proving a massive hit with younger families. Children have been designing pants in an effort to catch the attention of Nick Sharratt, the famous illustrator behind the exhibition.
Green waste collections restart
Published: 13/03/2018
AS SPRING approaches, Copeland Council is about to restart its garden waste collection service.
The service, suspended during the winter months, will begin again in the week beginning Monday March 19.
The fortnightly collections are for grass, leaves, clippings and small branches. Residents can get a full list of what can and can’t be put in their garden bin at www.copeland.gov.uk. They will also find their waste collection calendar there, telling them what date their collection is due on.
Expenditure over £500 January 2018 PDF
The following document relates to expenditure over £500 in January 2018 as part of Data Transparency. Any questions/queries will be dealt with as FOI requests and should be sent to foi@copeland.gov.uk quoting :- Spend over £500, the period, supplier name, reference and amount. We will respond to your request within 20 working days. We will be as transparent as we can in our response but in some cases we will need to respect information that could be seen as commercially sensitive. This data is freely re-usable under the same terms as data.gov.uk.
Expenditure over £500 January 2018 CSV
The following document relates to expenditure over £500 in January 2018 as part of Data Transparency. Any questions/queries will be dealt with as FOI requests and should be sent to foi@copeland.gov.uk quoting :- Spend over £500, the period, supplier name, reference and amount. We will respond to your request within 20 working days. We will be as transparent as we can in our response but in some cases we will need to respect information that could be seen as commercially sensitive. This data is freely re-usable under the same terms as data.gov.uk.
Conference line-up announced
Published: 06/03/2018
A HIGH-CALIBRE line-up of speakers has been announced for the second Copeland Open For Business Conference.
Copeland Mayor Mike Starkie will host the April 19 event at Whitehaven Golf Club, at which 250 delegates from the business community will hear from a number of organisations that are playing a major part in the borough’s development.