Refuse & Recycling
Council raids community fund for £6 million to pay for eight year-old food waste collection promise
Emergency decision to finance materials reclamation facility investment taken less than a week before 2024 local elections campaign officially began.
Exeter employment rate second lowest in South West for second year running
Economic inactivity levels related to large student and retiree population remain high, creating recruitment challenges from healthcare to refuse collection, but council celebrates top retirement destination ranking as ‘more good news’.
Council to remove a quarter of city’s 800 litter bins
It says many are under-used because they are in the wrong place or too close to other bins, and that city centre bins will be ‘largely unaffected’.
Do Exeter Labour election campaign claims stand up to scrutiny? Part III: Climate & environment
The third in our 2022 local elections series examines Exeter Labour claims about climate crisis leadership, renewable energy, recycling, retrofitting and development standards as well as decisions to scrap council and city decarbonisation goals.