Investment in improving energy efficiency | Green bin collections restarted | Bee friendly plants
4 April 2024
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For a greener Bolsover District
* Investment in improving energy efficiency [ #link_1 ]
* Green bin collection have restarted [ #link_2 ]
* What to plant in April to help bees [ #link_3 ]
Investment in improving energy efficiency
Aerial view of The Arc in Clowne
We are investing £655k to provide renewable electricity and heat to our council offices and leisure facility in Clowne.
We bid for and successfully received £455k from the Governments swimming pool support fund to assist with improving energy efficiency of public leisure facilities.
As the leisure facility is in the same building as our main headquarters we are also investing £200k to expand the system to cover the offices.
The money will be used to install a combined heat and power (CHP) unit at the Arc office and leisure centre complex. CHPs generate electricity from an energy source, with a by-product of the generation being heat, which is captured and used to replace the existing heat production from the traditional boilers.
The Arc building has seen an overall increase for both gas and electricity from £110,615 in 2022/23 to £415,276 in 2023/24 an increase of £304,661.
It is anticipated that by installing the CHP units it will save approximately £150,000 per annum and realise carbon reductions of 245 tonnes per year (based October 2023 gas and electricity unit costs).
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Green bin collection have restarted
Garden waste in a bin
Spring has arrived and our green bin collections have restarted so we thought this would be a good opportunity to remind you what to put in them.
Your green bin is for garden and food waste including:
* Grass cuttings, flowers and weeds
* Leaves, hedge and plant clipping, prunings
* Left over fruit, salad, vegetable waste, egg shells
* Cooked food leftovers - bread, pastries, pasta, meat, fish (raw and cooked - including bones), plate scrapings, tea bags and coffee grounds. Food can be placed in compostable food bags (manufactured to the British Standard EN13432 only)
No extra bags or boxes will be taken, please have your bin presented for collection at the edge of your property where it meets the pavement by 6am on the day of your collection.
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What to plant in April to help bees
Chive plant
Bees are waking up and looking for just the right pollen to take back to their hives.
You can help them by choosing bee friendly plants for your garden. In April it is good to plant chives, sunflowers, borage and lacy phacelia.
All of these are easy to look after and will help you local bees.
Please note, borage can be harmful to animals if eaten.
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