This month's news
Selected news
Wasted food now costs UK homes 10 billion pounds, new study reveals
Date: 13/05/2008A new research report "The Food We Waste", published by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) today revealed that the average household in Buckinghamshire throws out £420 of good food a year.
Waste lorry driver fined for failing to sheet load
Date: 13/05/2008Kevin David Adams (46 years) of Station Road, Marsh Gibbon, Bicester was ordered to pay £865 in fines and costs at Aylesbury Magistrates' Court after waste was seen blowing from the top of his waste lorry between Oakley and Thame in June 2007.
Parents get help to tackle drugs
Date: 13/05/2008"We thought it would never happen to us" is the message from parents of children affected by drugs, ex-drug users and professionals for National Tackling Drugs Week 2008 (19th-23rd May).
Trading standards - cigarette lighters - new laws
Date: 07/05/2008All cigarette lighters sold must now be child resistant.
Buy a bin and win this compost awareness week
Date: 06/05/2008To celebrate Compost Awareness Week 2008, Recycle Now is offering any resident of Buckinghamshire who buys a compost bin between 4th and 10th May the chance to win £50 of garden centre vouchers to spend on the garden.
National Year of Reading celebrations
Date: 06/05/2008Turning the pages of a book often opens the door to a world of adventure, mystery or romance.
Westcott announced as the preferred site for In-Vessel Composting facility for North Buckinghamshire
Date: 01/05/2008Buckinghamshire County Council has selected Bioganix plc to be awarded the contract for the design, build and operation of an In-Vessel Composting facility in Westcott, Buckinghamshire.
Speed limit changes in the north of the County
Date: 01/05/2008Since November 2007 some of the speed limits in areas such as Soulbury, Stoke Hammond and Wing, (including the old A4146 between Linslade & Stoke Hammond) have changed.