The funding is being made available through the Viridor and Prosiect Gwyrdd Community Fund – which provides £50,000 to community causes in south Wales each year.
Tag: Waste
Firm served statutory notice by Natural Resources Wales over plastic contamination
A waste firm has been told by the environmental regulator Natural Resources Wales to clean up land contaminated by plastic.
Recycling rate hits 65.5% in Caerphilly County Borough
Latest recycling figures show Caerphilly County Borough Council is the best performing local authority in the Valleys area with a 65.5% of all waste recycled.
Cwmfelinfach waste plant campaigners take fight to Welsh Assembly
Campaigners fighting plans to build a controversial waste plant have taken their fight to Cardiff Bay.
Campaign group remains solid in solo opposition to Cwmfelinfach waste plant
A campaign group opposing proposals to build a controversial waste plant have taken their fight online, as they look to raise money to cover their legal fees.
Residents of Cwmfelinfach and Wattsville to stage council protest against recycling plant
Residents of Cwmfelinfach and Wattsville are to stage a protest outside Caerphilly county Borough Council’s offices tonight ahead of a decision over whether a controversial recycling plant is built.People have objected to…
Tonne of fly-tipped waste removed from Abertridwr
Almost a tonne of rubbish and waste was removed from a lane in Abertridwr by council workers recently.Despite the efforts of Caerphilly County Borough Council’s cleansing team, yet more fly-tipped waste is…
Natural Resources Wales warns Bryn Compost for breaching permit
A composting site has been served with a formal warning from Natural Resources Wales after residents living nearby complained of the smell – but its owners have claimed they have been misjudged.The…
Contract signed for Prosiect Gwyrdd incinerator
A consortium of five South Wales councils, which includes Caerphilly County Borough Council, has agreed a contract with waste company Viridor to operate an incinerator near Cardiff.Prosiect Gwyrdd, it has been claimed,…
Man sentenced for Abercarn waste
A man who illegally dumped waste on a road in Abercarn has been ordered to pay a total of £849.93 by Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court.Marc Thomas, of Corporation Road, Newport, dumped the waste…