Environment
We’re responsible for the environmental issues that affect your quality of life.
This includes looking at the suitability of major planning developments like waste disposal sites and mineral extraction, We also oversee the disposal of domestic rubbish at waste disposal sites.
- Description
- Staffordshire County Council is warning people to take care after dead wild birds have been found at Deep Hayes Country Park near Cheddleton.
- Date:
- 19 October 2022
- Description
- Carbon emissions fall as county sets exampleCarbon emissions caused by Staffordshire County Council are falling sharply as the authority moves towards net zero.
- Date:
- 17 October 2022
- Description
- Car parking charges scheduled for introduction at some Staffordshire County Council country parks are being delayed to help residents with the cost of living crisis, while existing charges at otherSCC country parks are being frozen for another 12 months.
- Date:
- 12 October 2022
- Description
- Poultry keepers urged to be vigilant after avian influenza case found in Staffordshire Poultry and bird keepers in Staffordshire are being advised to keep their birds housed after a case of avian influenza has been found in a back yard flock near Audley.
- Date:
- 05 October 2022
- Description
- Staffordshire County Council is temporarily closing Burntwood Household Waste Recycling Centre for refurbishment and improvement.
- Date:
- 19 August 2022
- Description
- A planning application to allow waste carrying vehicles to park on an internal road at Walleys Quarry, Newcastle, is now live and able to view on the county council's website.
- Date:
- 29 July 2022
- Description
- Families in Newcastle got the chance to see a one tonne installation of plastic bottles in a new campaign to highlight the impact of plastic on the environment.The installation by the Guildhall Clock Tower contained 25,000 plastic bottles and was used to help people visualise how much plastic is thrown away in Staffordshire and encourage people to correctly reduce, reuse and recycle.
- Date:
- 22 July 2022
- Description
- Communities across Staffordshire are set to benefit from an extra £91,500 funding for projects that help tackle climate change or protect the environment.
- Date:
- 15 July 2022