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Do you have something that’s broken that you don’t know how to fix but can’t bring yourself to throw away? Something like a toaster, kettle, lamp, bag, toy, jewellery, pair of jeans or computer? Bring it along to the Repair Cafe being held on Saturday 25 January from 11.00am – 2.00pm in Ely Library and get it …
Residents who want to be more eco-aware need look no further than Ely Cathedral’s Green Fair this weekend (Saturday 5th August). Experts from East Cambridgeshire District Council will be on hand to offer information and advice to anyone who wants to support the environment and help create a cleaner, greener, East Cambridgeshire. The Green Fair will take …
This family fun ‘Eco Event’ is back with twice as many trade stands, new exhibitors and exciting demonstrations. Following the success of the inaugural event in 2021, and the unexpected cancellation in 2022 due to the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II, Ely Cathedral’s annual Green Fair is back, and it’s bigger and better than …
East Cambridgeshire District Council has underlined its commitment to going green by signing up to the Investors in the Environment accreditation programme. The Council, which declared a climate emergency in 2019, is the first local authority in Cambridgeshire to sign up to the scheme. It hopes becoming independently accredited as an Investor in the Environment …
Council signs up to become an Investor in the Environment Read More »
East Cambridgeshire District Council has become the first council in the country to run a new programme dedicated to helping schools achieve Ofsted’s sustainable development goals. It gives schools the fantastic opportunity to showcase their amazing environmental work for the benefit of pupils and the wider community. This could include improving energy use, reducing paper, plastic or food waste, or maintaining the school …
Schools in East Cambs Given Opportunity to Sign Up for Eco Charter Read More »
East Cambridgeshire District Council is one of the top-performing local authorities in the country when it comes to recycling household waste. Figures released by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs show that 56.6% of waste was sent for reuse, recycling or composting the year ending March 2021. This is a one per cent increase on …
East Cambridgeshire in Top 25 for Recycling Household Waste Read More »
A Littleport business centre could become “a shining light” in the district after being singled out as the ideal location for Council-funded solar panels. At an East Cambridgeshire District Council Operational Services Committee meeting, it was unanimously agreed that, in principle, ESpace North provided the best opportunity for the Council to kickstart the implementation of …
Solar Panels Could Light the Way For Council Renewable Energy Plan Read More »
East Cambridgeshire District Council is continuing to show its dedication to the environment by approving their second annual Environmental and Climate Change Strategy Action Plan. The plan, which was unanimously approved at last night’s Operational Services Committee, includes the Council’s top 20 commitments for 2021/2022. The Action Plan focuses on what the Council can do to …
Council Forges Forward with Environmental Commitments Read More »
Businesses in Cambridgeshire have declared it’s time to kick back from Covid and come together for a Summer festival of fun. They’ve come together to hold an Eco-Festival in the countryside just outside Ely, on the weekend of 18th – 20th June. The event will be one of the first large scale gatherings in the …
Kicking Back from Covid With Environmentally Friendly Festival Fun Read More »
Countrystyle Recycling have teamed up with sister company Envar to provide a “Closed Loop” collection service for all hospitality companies, caterers, cafes plus many more companies who uses Vegware products. This is great news for Ely and Cambridgeshire Companies, as this new service provides a “True Closed Loop” recycling service for compostable packaging from restaurants …
Helping Cambridgeshire Close the Loop on Vegware Waste Collections Read More »
East Cambridgeshire District Council is celebrating the recycling and waste reduction efforts of its residents which has seen the district move from 38th to 27th out of 341 local authorities across the country. Annual data, which reviews recycling in local authority areas, is published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The latest data …
East Cambridgeshire District Council’s commitment to reaching net zero carbon emissions has been illustrated by the green goals it has reached this year. Following the declaration of a climate emergency, the Council created an Environment and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan which set out the authority’s top 20 actions for tackling climate change in 2020/2021. Despite …
Council Continues to Take Strides Towards Net Zero Carbon Emissions Read More »
East Cambridgeshire District Council is relaunching its Ideas Forum to give residents an opportunity to submit their thoughts on how the council could reduce their carbon emissions and boost the natural environment. The relaunch allows residents to submit their ideas ahead of the creation of the council’s second annual Climate Change Action Plan. The Ideas …
Council Relaunches Ideas Forum for Residents Ahead of Next Climate Change Action Plan Read More »
East Cambridgeshire District Council’s Climate Change Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) is now open for comments from its residents, businesses and organisations within in the district. It follows a unanimous vote by members at the Finance and Assets Committee, who voted in favour of the Climate Change SPD going to public consultation for six weeks. The …
East Cambridgeshire District Council is making its next steps towards net zero carbon emissions by making two big green energy switches for its buildings and carparks. Since 1st October, the Council’s head office, the Grange and its commercial buildings based in Ely and Littleport have switched to a 100 percent renewable energy green tariff electricity …
East Cambridgeshire District Council is forging ahead with its commitments to the environment by taking the next steps in progressing its climate change and natural environment supplementary planning documents (SPDs). At last night’s Finance and Assets Committee, all members voted in favour to adopt the council’s new Natural Environment SPD and also approved the Climate …
A prominent building and tourist attraction in East Cambridgeshire will shine green in a joint effort of support for the nation’s Recycle Week. For the first time, East Cambs Street Scene (ECSS), the trading company owned by the district council and responsible for providing recycling and waste services across the district, and Ely Cathedral have …
East Cambs Landmark Joins London Eye and Blackpool Tower and Goes Green For Recycle Week Read More »
Work towards East Cambridgeshire District Council’s vision of its operations reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 or earlier is already providing green shoots. Following the welcome approval of the Environment and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan in June, the Council’s Operational Services committee were presented with an update on the progress so far …
Council’s Climate Change Plan already showing green shoots. Read More »
Following a motion passed at a Full Council meeting on 16th July, East Cambridgeshire District Council has banned the release of helium filled balloons and sky lanterns from Council-owned land. The motion, which was passed unanimously, aims to protect the environment and wildlife from litter and other potential problems caused by helium balloons and sky lanterns. …
Ban on the Release of Sky Lanterns and Helium Balloons Read More »
The Finance and Assets Committee has last night unanimously approved an annual budget of £100,000 to deliver the 20 commitments set out in the councils’ Environment and Climate Change Strategy. Following the declaration of a climate emergency in October 2019, the Council adopted its first Environment and Climate Change Strategy Action Plan as part of …
Funding for Environment and Climate Change Strategy Approved Read More »
Ely Cathedral has been awarded an Eco Church Silver Award, in recognition of the steps the Cathedral is taking in implementing a more environmentally friendly approach in its day to day operations and ministry. The Silver award is part of the Eco Church scheme created by A Rocha UK, a charity committed to mobilising Christians to care for nature. The award, …
Join us in the fight against climate change! Since 2018, we’ve planted over 2000 hedge and tree plans on and around our campsite, and we’d love your help in planting more! Join us on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd Feb between 11am – 1pm to plant your very own tree on our campsite. We’ll also …
On Saturday 1st February, Babylon Gallery opened their new environmental exhibition, ‘Submerged’ and invited visitors to create their own creatures to add to the underwater scene. The gallery had over 130 visitors in the first weekend and, with submissions from local schools, including the art club at Ely St. Mary’s Junior School, the shoal of …
We’re imagining that the river levels have risen and that the Babylon Gallery has become submerged, in this new exhibition developed by Babylon ARTS. There is growing awareness of the water management systems and structures that are in place to drain the Fens and manage the waterways. This exhibition is a creative exploration of what …
Residents are being urged to share their ideas on how the district council can protect the environment and cut emissions. In October, East Cambridgeshire District Council (ECDC) joined more than 200 councils across the UK to declare a climate emergency at its Full Council meeting. As a result, the Council has today (Monday 16th December) …
Call For Residents To Share Net Zero Carbon Emission Ideas Read More »
Community-spirited King’s Ely Sixth Form students used some of their spare time to help with the creation of a new eco-garden at Isle of Ely Primary School. Thirteen Sixth Formers were part of a green-fingered team from King’s Ely who removed a huge area of weeds and prepared the soil ready for Isle of Ely …
King’s Ely Sixth Formers get their hands dirty in support of local primary school Read More »
East Cambridgeshire District Council has joined over 200 Councils around the UK in declaring a Climate Emergency. The council took the decision at last week’s Full Council meeting (Thursday 17 October), following the submission of a petition signed by local residents. Cllr Anna Bailey, leader of the Council said: “We welcomed the petition and thank …
A new scheme which will see children learn about the importance of recycling has been launched. East Cambridgeshire District Council’s (ECDC) waste team is going on tour over the next two-and-a-half months and will be visiting numerous primary schools to highlight why recycling should be on everyone’s radar. The project was launched yesterday with the …
Michael Spreads The Recycling Message Around Schools Read More »
A council has continued its crackdown on single-use plastics by rolling out a reusable bottle and cup scheme. East Cambridgeshire District Council (ECDC) has teamed up with East Cambs Street Scene to provide all of their employees and elected members with a water bottle and coffee cup. All reusable water bottles and coffee cups were …
Reusable bottles and coffee cups for all at the council Read More »
Archer & Gaher AdventuresYour Local Independent Tour Operator If you were to ask 100 people their top ten holiday destinations, you’d expect to find some similarities, wouldn’t you. But why? The world so big and we are so different that we should be able to travel on our globetrotting expeditions and never bump into each …
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Hayley Ellis, founder of Eco Ely, was featured on BBC Look East on Thursday 8th August 2019 for the work she has been doing to try and make Ely a Greener City. Eco Ely is a community group aimed at like-minded residents of Ely and surrounding villages, who are interested in environmental issues, sustainability, recycling …
On Thursday 25th July we attended the Megahertz Electric Vehicle Open day on Lancaster Way Business Park with members of Eco Ely. The morning consisted of listening to various speakers from Megahertz, Mercedes Benz and EV-Box who all shared information about the future of electric vehicles and how the technology is developing and changing quickly …
Prospects Trust Unwrapped, in partnership with Lighthouse Ely, are hosting a tabletop 2nd hand Toy Sale on 20th July 2019, from 11.30am to 2pm at their new shop location, 13 Lynn Road, Ely, CB7 4EG. With the start of the school summer holidays, Prospects Trust wanted to share its eco-aims with the younger generation. Prospects …
Eco-friendly Farm Shop Bringing The Zero Waste Revolution to Ely Helps Re-love The Toys Read More »
The Prospects Trust will open its GREEN grocery, Farm Food Servery and Refill Larder this September in Ely. Eager to fundraise for the first stock of the shop and to create a series of Eco/Local events, Eco Ely, Spotted in Ely and the expertise of Ely Swishers have come together to host the first fun …
In the world of climate change, we are all looking to do more to help the environment. Today, we are please to announce a new Interactive Recycle Map for East Cambridgeshire here on the Spotted in Ely website. All of the data was collected the group associated with us, Eco Ely. With products ranging from …
Eco Ely, a Facebook group started by local lady Hayley Ellis, and supported by Spotted in Ely has grown in the two months it’s been running to over 1200 members! One of the main objectives of Eco Ely is to look at the way the community can reduce single use plastics, ditch the disposables, increase …
A local council has been the talk of the county after filling up a Zero Waste Box to the brim in just four weeks. East Cambridgeshire District Council, who installed the box for seemingly unrecyclable items such as crisp packets and sweet wrappers at The Grange, will send the contents to Terracycle to safely recycle …
Local Council Wastes No Time in Recycling the Unrecyclable Read More »
Witchford Village College recently welcomed Jon Crisp from Amey, at Waterbeach. He held an assembly with our Year 8 students about recycling and reducing waste. He informed them about the waste that goes to landfill and how long it takes to break down. He then gave them information about recycling and waste reduction. Jon was …
A local council has been working with a school in Ely to make thrown-away waste into an art display. East Cambridgeshire District Council’s (ECDC) waste team organised the event at Lantern Community Primary School in Nene Road to produce a giant school of fish structure out of items commonly-found in litter. The council have also …
With climate change and energy efficiency a hot topic in the news at the moment, businesses are invited to learn more about how they can be more sustainable and reduce their carbon outputs at a free energy efficiency workshop at the e-Space North business centre in Littleport, Ely on Tuesday 11th June, 8.30-10am. The breakfast …
East Cambs Businesses are Invited to Cut Carbon at Free Workshop Read More »
The property next door to the Townhouse, in the city centre, has been leased to an independent sustainably focused start-up who have taken the keys and already begun work on getting it ready to launch in mid June. 68 Market Street will be running a seasonally focused and locally sourced menu devised by local award …
New Eco-Friendly Restaurant to Open on Market Street Read More »
The Prospects Trust is looking to extend its reach and expand its horizons. Celebrating its 30th anniversary later this year, the organic farm that provides work opportunities for adults with learning disabilities is planning to open a really GREEN grocery shop and needs your help. Come and meet the team behind Prospects Trust unwrapped and …
The High Street based cafe and take-away, Tea for Two has taken steps to remove plastics from its business. Removing plastics is a cultural change that many businesses around the world are doing to become more friendly to our planet. From compostible cups and lids to wooden cutlery. From paper straws to bleach free napkins. …
Tea for Two leads the way in enviro-friendly products Read More »
Following on from the recycling story we put out last week, ‘East Cambs Follows in Walkers Footsteps to Deliver New Recycling Scheme’ We got in touch with Kathy Murray in Soham who is already making it easier for locals to recycle. Kathy told us: “I have been a member of Terracycle since November 2018, initially …
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