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New recycling scheme moves nearer

Published: 20/02/2018

COPELAND'S brand new recycling service moves a step nearer next week when residents start to receive their plastic boxes and bags.

Council staff begin the mammoth task of delivering around 130,000 boxes and bags this Monday, February 26. The deliveries will be completed in around six weeks.

It's part of the preparation for the new scheme starting in April, which will see five different recyclable materials collected at the kerbside: plastic, card, paper, metal and glass.

Community gathers for Egremont clean-up

Published: 19/02/2018

EGREMONT has benefited from a successful community clean-up event.

More than 30 bags of rubbish were collected during the two-hour blitz, with volunteers targeting a number of areas of town, with the vicinities of West Lakes Academy, Market Hall and Falcon Club receiving attention.

The event involved representatives of Egremont Town Council, Calderwood House, Works 4 You and a team from the town’s Co-Op store.

Card recycling - what goes in?

Read about exactly what you can - and can't - put in your card recycling bag.

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Paper recycling - what goes in?

Find out exactly what you can - and can't - put in your 'paper' recycling box.

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Metal recycling - what goes in?

A list of what you can - and can't - put in your 'metal' recycling box

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Plastic recycling - what goes in?

Find out exactly what can - and can't - go in your 'plastics' recycling box.

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Glass recycling - what goes in?

Find out exactly what you can - and can't - put in your glass recycling box.

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Cash boost to enhance employment prospects

Published: 15/02/2018

A SIX-FIGURE cash boost will enhance the employment prospects of Copeland residents.

Copeland Council and Copeland Community Fund have donated a combined £350,000 to The Phoenix Enterprise Centre, Cleator Moor, which will fund the majority of its latest employment support project.

Mike Starkie, Mayor of Copeland, today (Thursday) presented a cheque in support of the project, which offers IT facilities and training to unemployed Copeland residents, alongside Julie Monk on behalf of the Copeland Community Fund.

Whitehaven property given new lease of life

Published: 14/02/2018

A WHITEHAVEN town centre property has received a new lease of life thanks to a transformational heritage scheme.

32 James Street, which has stood vacant for over 15 years, will soon reopen as a new retail unit following a £160,000 refurbishment, assisted by a £112,000 grant through the Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI).

List of applications determined w/e 09/02/2018

Weekly list of planning applications determined for w/e 09/02/2018

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