Get the waste in the right place!
Here at BFOE, we welcome the investment of £7.2 million by Birmingham City Council to tackle the fly-tipping of large items, black bags on the streets from properties with no wheelie bins, new volunteer Community Environmental Wardens, officers to carry out litter...
A Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers
We recently responded to a government consultation on a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers (consultation by DEFRA, closed 4th June 2021). This is something we have been campaigning for and we are pleased to see that the government is proposing to have a...
BFoE volunteer Sanjive appeared on Birmingham Local TV to talk about climate change.
On Tuesday 16 March, BFoE volunteer Sanjive appeared on Birmingham Local TV to talk about the importance of taking urgent action to tackle the climate crisis. You can watch Sanjive's interview HERE.
End of incineration – we need a plan
Following the petition to Birmingham Council meeting on 1 December 2020, we have produced a Briefing to put the case for why mass incineration of waste is not the future for Birmingham. We say that there is a tremendous opportunity in 2021 to rethink and redesign the...
Watch: Our waste petition is presented to Full Council Meeting
On Tuesday 1 December 2020 our petition was present to the Meeting of The City Council. The petition calling for an end to incineration of council collected waste at Tyseley plant, was signed by hundreds of people and was presented by four senior Councillors from the...
Replace Incineration with Better Waste Options
Please help us challenge Birmingham City Council to stop burning 75% of the waste that they collect . You can sign the petition during November and we will be sending it to the Full Council Meeting at the start of December. The petition asks that they plan for the...
