Blackpool Council, in partnership with Lancashire County Council, is continuously working towards a greener, cleaner county. Various schemes and grants have been made available to help people make a real difference to their local environment.
If you would like to learn more about the different campaigns and benefits available please click on the links at the right-hand side of this page.
FREE Environmental Education for Schools
In March 2007, Global Renewables UK, Blackpool Council and Lancashire County Council signed what was then the UK’s largest waste PFI contract; a £2bn, 25-year agreement to process the household waste of 1.4m people in Lancashire.
This move heralded the start of a new approach to waste treatment in the UK, where the rising costs of landfill and the growing awareness of the damage this method of disposal causes to the environment, has forced a radical rethink of how we handle our waste.
Two UR-3R™ facilities – one in Leyland, near Preston and the other at Thornton, near Blackpool – will treat over 300,000 tonnes per annum of household waste, reclaiming recyclables for reuse and transforming the organic portion of the waste into a high quality compost-type product called Organic Growth Medium (OGM) which will be used to plant 2.5m trees over the course of the contract. Underpinning this activity is a committed waste minimisation and education programme; working within the community to help reduce the amount of waste we create and educate children about the importance of recycling.
If you want to find out more about one of the facilities or the education scheme please click on the links below:
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