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New car park keeps Metro users on track

METRO’S newest multi-storey car park is to open on December 1, Nexus announced recently. The 400-space park-and-ride at Northumberland Park is ideally situated to attract drivers from the congested A19 and A186 roads in North Tyneside. Read

Focus on the wonder of nature

OVER the past month, young people from all over Tyne and Wear have been taking an extra special interest in their environment as part of the Newcastle Science City schools ‘Science and Nature’ photo competition. Read

Award-winning garden grows in pastel shades for mill team

THE unlikely duo of loo roll and gardening were brought together in a presentation. An award-winning garden has been installed in the grounds of SCA’s Prudhoe Mill for workers and visitors. Read

Green light for energy recovery

PLANS for a state-of-the-art energy recovery centre at Haverton Hill, near Billingham have been approved. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council’s planning committee gave unanimous backing for the North East Energy Recovery Centre – NEERC – which will be built on land adjacent to the company’s existing Tees Valley energy-from- waste facility. Read

Steelworks on site at £50m waste treatment plant

PLANS to build one of the world’s largest steam autoclave recycling plants on the banks of the River Tyne in Gateshead are steaming ahead on time. Read

Be water-wise and cut your carbon footprint

THE North East is a region that is blessed with an abundance of water and the water network is underpinned by Kielder Reservoir, Northern Europe’s largest man-made lake. Kielder holds a staggering 200,000 million litres of water – that’s two billion bath-fulls. Read

Take just 10 minutes to think about going green in energy saving week

R ESIDENTS in the North East are more likely than our European counterparts to use leftover food or share a bath in an effort to save energy and money, according to new research. Read

Airport bosses set their sights on care for planet

When you jet off on holiday, the first thing on your mind is probably not recycling. But thanks to Newcastle International Airport, there are ways you can go green with next to no effort, as Amy Hunt finds out. Read

Get set for law change on energy performance

DURHAM County Council’s Trading Standards Service is working to ensure that business properties are geared up for the law change which requires information on the energy performance of buildings to be available to those renting or buying. Read

Partnership aims to deliver tough recycling targets

AWARD-WINNING building company Rok has chosen Northumberland-based JBT Waste Services as its recycling services provider to cover the entire North East region. Read

Living the sustainable dream

IF build affordable zero carbon status homes is considered a real challenge to the industry, Groundwork South Tyneside & Newcastle is raising the bar even higher with a project to design and build eight carbon negative homes. Read

Stay healthy in the warm zone

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We have all got a bit too much on our plates

IF someone told you to go to the supermarket and then throw a third of your shopping straight in the bin, you’d think they were crazy. Read

Money-saving deals to keep you warm

CASTLE Morpeth Borough Council residents can benefit from the best offer around on the insulation front by simply ringing Northumberland Warm Zone and having an insulation survey done completely free. Read

Cubes mimic salmon and migrate upriver

OVER the past 10 months, you will have seen the Tyne Salmon Trail cubes migrating along the River Tyne, mimicking the journey of the magnificent Tyne salmon. Read

Dedicated team works around the clock to help

DAY or night, if an environmental incident occurs, the Environment Agency’s operations delivery team is on call to respond to it. From a major pollution incident such as oil and chemical spills, to flooding, the team is deployed to take action. Read

Wildlife charity puts out SOS for volunteers

NORTHUMBERLAND Wildlife Trust is calling for members of the public with a little spare time on their hands and fond memories of TV’s Blue Peter and sticky back plastic to get in touch. Read

Helping home owners enjoy a warm winter

AS THE dark nights draw closer, one organisation is working harder than any to ensure residents across the region will be having a warm and cosy winter. Read

Rising to a recycling challenge

There are many small things we can do to live in a more sustainable fashion. On South Tyneside, green group Groundwork is working on two important projects to help improve all our futures, as Amy Hunt found out Read

Why homes will feel a warm glow this winter

GATESHEAD Housing Company has teamed up with a North East organisation which specialises in fighting fuel poverty to help create warmer and more environmentally friendly homes in the winter for residents of two Gateshead estates. Read