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Global honour for pioneering Leeds sports kit recycling partnership: Sport Positive Awards 2024 - Glenn Holdsworth -Yorkshire Sport Foundation-4

14 Oct 2024

Global honour for pioneering Leeds sports kit recycling partnership

Leeds Equipment and Kit Exchange Partnership triumphs at Sport Positive Awards 2024

Leisure and sport Environment

Air quality improves at pollution hotspots in Leeds: Car exhaust stock. Credit: Adobe Stock

14 Aug 2024

Air quality improves at pollution hotspots in Leeds

Five pollution hotspots in Leeds have been removed from an action list after showing consistent improvements in air quality in line with national standards.

Environment

Council launches new scheme to help Leeds residents cut energy bills: Home Energy Help - HUG - Social graphic

03 Jan 2024

Council launches new scheme to help Leeds residents cut energy bills

Hundreds of Leeds homeowners, renters, and landlords of properties without gas central heating can now get energy saving green measures installed free of charge or at a significant discount, thanks to a new Leeds City Council scheme.

Climate change Housing Environment

Leeds City Council Logo

23 Nov 2023

Council continues wheelie bin crackdown in support of local communities

Following successful prosecutions in Leeds Magistrates Court, several residents in Headingley and Hyde Park have been hit with £8984.97 in fines and costs for waste related breaches of the Inner North West Public Space Protection Order (PSPO).

Environment

New charity initiative enables Leeds residents to get trees planted outside their homes.: Trees for Streets sponsor 0

21 Aug 2023

New charity initiative enables Leeds residents to get trees planted outside their homes.

Residents, businesses, and community groups now have the power to green their neighbourhoods, thanks to a new council partnership with Trees for Streets.

Environment Climate change Highways

Council’s £9.8m housing scheme blazes a trail for energy efficiency: Holtdale 1

26 Jul 2023

Council’s £9.8m housing scheme blazes a trail for energy efficiency

Press release published on behalf of the West Yorkshire Housing Partnership

Housing Environment

Leeds' air quality continues to improve, new data shows: 2023 Leeds Air Quality Health Needs Assessment Summary

15 Jun 2023

Leeds' air quality continues to improve, new data shows

Levels of air pollution in Leeds have not returned to pre-pandemic levels and continue their long-term decline as a result of citywide action, new air quality data published by Leeds City Council on Clean Air Day confirms.

Clean air/air quality Health Transport Environment

Leeds businesses and charities invited to sustainable business travel event: banner-6

28 Oct 2022

Leeds businesses and charities invited to sustainable business travel event

Leeds City Council is inviting professionals to attend a free online conference on Monday that will see experts share inspiration, opportunities, and advice to help businesses, charities, and other organisations looking to reduce their emissions from transport.

Clean air/air quality Climate change Environment Infrastructure Transport