Environment

  • Recycling centres

    This request concerns the number of Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) in your council area. This can also be referred to as reuse and recycling centres (RRCs) or the ‘tip’. 1. Please provide a list of the household waste recycling … Continue reading →

  • Plastic waste recycling

    1. True copies of the extract/s of the agreement/s between the Council (Waste Disposal Authority) and the Collection Authorities and/or their appointed collection contractors that are authorised to use the disposal authority, stating the plastics that are authorised for recycling … Continue reading →

  • Weather Modification

    1) Is Devon Council directing, funding, or consenting to any activity that has the proposed outcome of weather modification (including research into weather modification), whether in the form of liquids, gases or solids released from aircraft into the atmosphere, or … Continue reading →

  • WEEE Producer Compliance Scheme

    Please could you provide me with information on the following: 1) the name of the current Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) producer compliance scheme (PCS) 2) the date of renewal of contract for the WEEE PCS 3) tonnages … Continue reading →

  • Asbestos in Public Buildings

    Please can you let me know how many public buildings owned by the council are known to contain asbestos?  Please break these down into the following categories: Hospitals: Devon County Council (DCC) does not hold this information. Instead, information should … Continue reading →

  • Biodiversity net gain

     I am requesting the following information related to biodiversity net gain: 1. Any policies or papers published since 1 November 2023 which state the percentage of biodiversity net gain your council will require as a condition for planning permission (under the … Continue reading →

  • Carbon Offsets

    Please provide details in respect to the contract below. CP2476-24a Carbon Offsets – Contracts Finder The details we require are: 1) What are the contractual performance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for this contract? None for this contract 2) Suppliers who … Continue reading →

  • Light pollution complaints

    Please could I be provided with the total number of light pollution statutory nuisance complaints received during November, December and January in 2021, 2022 and 2023. These are complaints that violate the UK Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Clean … Continue reading →

  • Biodiversity Duty

     I am requesting the following information related to the Biodiversity Duty: 1. A record of your first considerations of what action to take for biodiversity, which was due to be completed by 1 January 2024.  This is recorded in our Coast, Countryside and … Continue reading →

  • North Devon Coast National Landscape

    Please provide the following information about North Devon Coast National Landscape if it is has banking and insurance that is separate from Devon County Council.  1. The names of all banking providers that this institution has used in the past … Continue reading →