Month: January 2022

Residents across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole will now be able to check how busy their local recycling centre is prior to their visit by downloading BCP Tip Check: a brand new phone app.  The phone app, available to both Apple and Android devices, has been developed by BCP Council. The handy app has been designed to let residents know how busy their local recycling centre is before leaving home. The app, via a traffic light system, will include live information about current queues, to help residents avoid visiting when a centre is already busy. BCP Council worked with smart systems specialist, Xpertnest on this brand new technology, which was created in response to help tackle road congestion in and around the council’s three main recycling centres. BCP Tip Check app…

Bournemouth is officially celebrating once more after receiving the news that the town has again been awarded the prestigious Purple Flag accreditation for its evening and night-time economy for 2021/2022. The town first received the award in 2010. The award is similar to the Blue Flag for beaches – which aims to raise the standard and broaden the appeal of town and city centres between the hours of 17:00 & 05:00. Areas awarded the Purple Flag are recognised for providing a vibrant and diverse mix of dining, entertainment and culture while promoting the safety and wellbeing of visitors and residents. Since 2007, the programme has awarded the Purple Flag status to over 70 towns and cities in the UK and Ireland. Purple Flag accredited areas have all reported a consistent…

Residents across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are benefitting from cleaner air, as four new electric refuse vehicles are now collecting waste across the conurbation. Following a successful trial in 2020, and subsequent successful tender process, four new Dennis Eagle e-Collect vehicles have now joined BCP Council’s fleet. The all-electric vehicles have been deployed and support the council’s climate and ecological emergency declaration, which commits to make operations carbon neutral by 2030. Earlier trials proved very successful, with reduced noise benefits and excellent drivability, whilst the carbon yearly saving numbers were very impressive. Councillor Mark Anderson, Portfolio Holder for Environment and Waste, BCP Council, said: “We made a clear commitment to our residents that we would make Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole cleaner, greener and safer for everyone. These four new zero…

A NEW fund that will help communities across the county celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June is being backed by Dorset’s Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff. In partnership with Arts Council England, applications are now open for our Let's Create Jubilee Fund. It will award grants between £750 and £10k for Platinum Jubilee celebrations this summer that feature artistic or creative events. It is one of the network of community foundations supporting the Lets Create Jubilee Fund, a £5 million programme to develop creative and cultural activities as part of the celebrations next June. The programme is made possible with funding from the National Lottery, whose players raise £30million for good causes every week.  The fund’s distribution will be managed by UK Community Foundations on behalf of their 44…

The most frequent questions Councillor Anderson is asked as the Environment Portfolio holder, are about bins. Whether, it’s not being collected, days they should be collected or that a bin has gone missing. And while he is always happy to resolve the issues there is now a bin update page which should help with most enquiries about the bins. When for any reason the waste team are unable to empty the bins on a particular road, details of the missed roads will be posted on the page. If your bin has been missed, then the advice is to leave the bin out on the kerbside ready for collections the team will try and catch up as soon as possible.There are also some useful links about waste collection days and how…