Knowsley Acts on Climate

It’s Recycle Week and paper containers with metal ends, such as Pringles tubes, hot chocolate, nuts and other products, can now be recycled at Knowsley’s two Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in Huyton and Kirkby.

It’s Recycle Week and there are lots of simple things we can all do to recycle more and help in the fight against climate change.

Primary school teachers, pupils and parents across Knowsley still have time to access a free, interactive website to learn more about air quality and its impact on our communities.

Farmers and landowners across Knowsley are invited to apply to the national Trees for Climate programme which provides grants for tree planting schemes.

Knowsley’s Cabinet has pledged significant investment in the borough’s parks as part of the Council’s environmental commitment. Around £244,000 will…

Schools, community groups and organisations across Knowsley are invited to ‘Plant a tree for the Jubilee’ as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative. Groups can apply for free packs of tree saplings to be planted from October, through to the end of the Jubilee year in 2022. 

Huyton-based The Big Help Project and Kirkby’s Centre 63 have been awarded funding from Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority & Veolia’s £165,000 Community Fund to deliver projects aimed at encouraging us to reduce waste, re-use and recycle more.

A £1.3m grant from the Urban Tree Challenge Fund is bringing a major tree plating programme to Knowsley. The coming months will see the completion of a project to plant almost 3,000 new trees across the borough.

Knowsley Council is taking action in the battle against global warming by announcing plans to tackle climate change in the borough.

Community groups across Knowsley are invited to apply for a share of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s £500,000 Community Environment Fund which will support projects aimed at improving the environment.

This Recycle Week we recognise the efforts that key workers and householders have made to keep recycling going during the Coronavirus pandemic. A big ‘thank you’ to everyone for their recycling efforts, but there’s still more we can do.

The council’s Climate Emergency Scrutiny Committee has been updated on progress made to tackle climate change and reduce carbon emissions in Knowsley, following the declaration of a climate emergency in the borough earlier this year.

Sign up for the free ‘Make do and Mend’ online recycling activity pack. Every month you’ll receive ideas for recycling in the garden, craft and sewing projects and creating recipes with left-over food.

Natural wildflower verges are being introduced to some roadsides across Knowsley

A programme of actions to mitigate the impact of climate change is now underway in Knowsley following the declaration of a climate emergency by councillors in the borough.