THURSDAY 12 MAY 10am – 12 noon
Join the Timebank Temptations at North Edinburgh Arts
Month: May 2016
PPP school closures: There must be transparency, Greens warn
‘If the confidence of the public and school communities is to be restored this fiasco must be carefully examined’ – Cllr Melanie Main
Green city councillors have criticised an update report on the ongoing school closures and are warning Edinburgh’s Labour/SNP administration that there must be transparency as an inquiry into last month’s PPP1 school closures is announced. Continue reading PPP school closures: There must be transparency, Greens warn
Tenants get the keys to their new homes in Pennywell
City council Housing Convener Councillor Cammy Day met with tenants for a tour of the newest completed homes at the award-winning Pennywell site yesterday. The new tenants were viewing the block and meeting their Grieve Crescent neighbours for the first time.
Continue reading Tenants get the keys to their new homes in Pennywell
Hospital visitors urged to help stop spread of Norovirus
Strict infection control measures have been reinforced across NHS Lothian amid concerns that the winter vomiting virus is still circulating. Continue reading Hospital visitors urged to help stop spread of Norovirus
Stepping back in time: Botanic Cottage throws open it’s doors
From Leith to Inverleith: A glorious stone-by-stone reconstruction for new generations to enjoy
The Botanic Cottage at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh opened its doors to its first visitors – local school pupils, volunteers with an edible gardening project and even a former resident of the building – yesterday. Continue reading Stepping back in time: Botanic Cottage throws open it’s doors
Table Sale at Royston Wardieburn this Saturday
SATURDAY 14 MAY
10am – 2pm
Royston Wardieburn Community Centre
A time to make new friends
School closure offers unexpected opportunities
Last month’s closure of 17 PPP1 schools caused much anxiety – for council officers, for school staff and particularly for families and for children. And while the saga rumbles on, many local parents and carers still don’t know when their child will return to his or her own school. Continue reading A time to make new friends
Sing a song to inspire with the Timebank Temptations
Join the Timebank Temptations on Thursday morning
The Timebank Temptations, founded by the North Edinburgh Timebank, will bring joy to North Edinburgh this Thursday in celebration of Voluntary Arts Week – and they want YOU to join them! Continue reading Sing a song to inspire with the Timebank Temptations
Recycling rates continue to climb
Have residents really learned to love recycling?
Edinburgh has seen recycling rates rise thanks to the success of a new service alongside a focused campaign to increase uptake by the City of Edinburgh Council.
A surge in recycling for households receiving the new kerbside recycling service – rolled out to more than 140,000 homes over the last eighteen months – has seen the amount of waste recycled increase by 29% in 2015/16 compared to 2014/15.
Houses involved in the new service also produced 51% more food waste recycling in 2015/16 than in 2014/15, with the tonnage of food waste collected increasing at each phase of its roll out.
The upturn has contributed to a city-wide drop of 10% in the amount of waste sent to landfill since 2014/15, while the average city-wide rate of recycling has grown by 2.9% over the last year.
Environment Convener, Councillor Lesley Hinds, said: “I am delighted with these figures, which demonstrate just how effective the new recycling service has been.
“Obviously, updates to the system have been something of a culture change for those involved, but I’m pleased to see that, now it has bedded in, residents are really taking to recycling responsibly and reducing the amount of waste we send to landfill.
“We now want to see a similar uptake across the city’s tenemental and flatted properties, which are served by communal bins, and we are working hard to increase recycling provision and to make facilities as easy to access as possible.”
Over the last six months more than 940 communal dry mixed recycling bins and 617 communal glass bins have been installed on Edinburgh’s streets, with the roll-out of more communal recycling facilities planned for other areas of the city, making it easier for tenemental residents to recycle their waste.
Additionally, an interactive map, due to be launched next month, will help citizens locate communal recycling and landfill bins near their homes.
As well as an increase in on-street recycling provision, other actions aimed at facilitating more recycling over the coming year will include the ongoing audit of recycling resources for communal properties, and the ‘grouping’ of recycling and landfill bins near tenements.
It is hoped that the drive to increase recycling will see the citywide rate rise to 44.4% by the end of this year.
Find out more about recycling on the Council website. Continue reading Recycling rates continue to climb
Turned out nice again: It’s Ukelele Day!
TUESDAY 17 MAY 10am – 3pm
North Edinburgh Arts Centre
