The Mayor of London has set the goal making London a zero-waste city by 2030.
According to statistics from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, only 30 per cent of household waste in London is recycled - well below the national average of 43 per cent.
As the city grows, London will need to significantly increase household recycling if it wants to reduce its waste bill.

Birmingham City Council and Capita have concluded the first part of detailed negotiations to develop a more flexible partnership proposal.

Liverpool City Council is set to expand its traffic warden team by more than a third as part of a major clampdown on illegal parking.

Manchester City Council has secured £2.87 million of grant funding for the Manchester Civic Quarter Heat Network.

Water rescue charities have been awarded £1 million in funding for vital rescue equipment to help keep the UK’s rivers and seas safe.
The money has been made available by the inshore and inland rescue boat grant fund and is the fourth round of funding under this five-year, £5 million scheme.
Charities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will use this year’s fund to purchase 14 new lifeboats and maritime equipment including lifejackets, helmets, boots, ropes, knives and torches.

This year’s Even Better Pavements programme of improvements is progressing well with about 70 sites having been improved so far.

More than £40 million of school building programmes are underway across Norfolk, creating new schools for hundreds of the county’s children.

Residents in Oxford concerned about keeping their homes warm this winter are being encouraged to contact a free helpline for advice.
The helpline, operated by the Better Housing Better Health (BHBH) scheme, provides any Oxford resident with a single point of contact for services, advice and grants in order to stay warm and well in their homes.
The free helpline is open Monday to Friday, between 9am and 5pm.

The Living Wage Foundation has named Cardiff Council its Living Wage for Wales Champion for 2017-18.
The award was made in recognition of the council’s ‘outstanding contribution to the development of the Living Wage in Wales, above and beyond the requirements of accreditation’.
Cardiff Council is the only local authority in Wales fully-accredited as a Living Wage employer and has been committed to making the Welsh capital a ‘Living Wage City’. In 2012, it was the first local authority to pay its entire workforce the Living Wage, and now 2,500 employees benefit from it.