Page 12 - City Life Magazine - Winter 2021

12 Issue 57 • December 2021

CLEANER AND GREENER WORCESTER
More bins

for Worcester

124 new-look, larger litter bins are being
installed across Worcester, as part of a £403,000

investment to upgrade current facilities and
reduce the amount of litter on the city’s streets.

The larger design aims to reduce £80,000 will be spent between
the potential for overflowing bins the autumn and March 2022, with
and prevent wind and wildlife from 21 bins installed in new locations in
scattering the contents. addition to those being replaced by
larger models. A further £323,000
Dog owners will also be able to will be invested between April 2022
put their pets’ waste in the new and March 2025, with approximately
bins, giving them more options for 900 street bins in Worcester set to
cleaning up after their animals. be replaced. New-look larger litter bins

Apply for grants to

make your area greener

Grants of between £500 and £1,000 are on offer to community

groups, charities and voluntary organisations to help make
neighbourhoods more environmentally friendly.

Applications are invited to support initiatives which
will reduce carbon emissions, improve resilience
to climate change, reduce waste, benefit the
natural environment or raise awareness about
environmental issues.

“By making these grants available, we aim to
empower more local people to take action to protect
the environment and increase resilience to climate
change,” says Cllr Andy Stafford, Chair of Worcester
City Council’s Environment Committee.

“Suggestions put forward don’t have to be
complicated or original – but they do need to clearly
demonstrate the difference the action will make within
their community.”
Groups can apply for up to two grants for separate
initiatives within the year.

For full details and to apply, go to www.worcester.gov.
Litter pick
uk/small-community-grants

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