Environment news
First new trees for Burgess Park
Published: 23 January 2012
The first of dozens of new trees have been planted at Burgess Park as part of its ongoing multimillion pound makeover, council chiefs have anounced.
Recycle your Christmas waste, urges the council
Published: 4 January 2012
Residents in the borough are being encouraged to think about recycling this week, as they get to grips with their festive waste.
Council says thank you after consultation on the cemeteries service
Published: 19 December 2011
Southwark’s environment boss today thanked all those who took part in the consultation on the future of the cemeteries service.
Southwark Council fully prepared for severe weather
Published: 16 December 2011
The council’s highways and environment teams are reassuring residents that they are as prepared as possible for any severe weather this winter.
Southwark offers £1,000 reward following Salter statue theft
Published: 22 November 2011
Council chiefs are offering a £1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of metal thieves who stole a much loved bronze statue of one of London's greatest social reformers.
Industrial diesel tanks discovered during clean up at Burgess Park
Published: 16 November 2011
Two disused industrial tanks have been discovered buried deep in the ground in Burgess Park by Southwark Council while carrying out a major redevelopment of the site.
Early glimpse of London’s first inner-city waste and recycling facility in action
Published: 11 November 2011
One of the most advanced waste and recycling centres in Europe is now up and running.
£1.88m of funding now available with Southwark Council’s Cleaner Greener Safer programme launch.
Published: 4 November 2011
Residents and community groups are being urged to start thinking about their neighbourhood and how they want to improve it, as Southwark Council’s Cleaner Greener Safer Programme gets underway.
Southwark questions need for Thames Water "super-sewer"
Published: 31 October 2011
Southwark Council today backed an independent commission questioning the need for plans by Thames Water to build a £3.6bn "super-sewer" across London.
Salisbury Row public space project wins another national award
Published: 17 October 2011
A project to reclaim local roads and revamp a public space into a greener, safer ‘community’, has won a prestigious National Transport Award.
Southwark rolls out recycling scheme to 35,000 homes
Published: 5 October 2011
Council chiefs have delivered new recycling bins to 35,000 homes across Southwark to help make it one of the greenest boroughs in London.
Council gets £1.5m to help prevent flooding across the borough.
Published: 16 September 2011
Southwark Council is welcoming the announcement of nearly £1.5m to help prepare the borough against flooding from surface water run off and ground water.
Southwark Council’s Salisbury Row project impresses national judges to win yet another award
Published: 1 September 2011
Southwark Council’s project to transform an overlooked and dangerous part of the Elephant and Castle into a popular community space has been recognised as the best in the country.
Borough arts organisation gets council’s highest green honour
Published: 4 August 2011
Jerwood Space in Bankside has been awarded a Gold Environmental Business Award by Southwark Council.
Peckham school celebrates its Low Carbon Zone achievements
Published: 3 August 2011
Pupils at the Peckham Park school held a celebration event to mark a major energy saving milestone.
Expansion of food waste pilot could herald huge benefits for the borough.
Published: 15 June 2011
Nearly fifty thousand homes to be given a third more recycling space as part of raft of improvements.
Southwark Council to implement share of Mayor’s £4m access improvements to London's South Bank
Published: 26 May 2011
London’s South Bank, one of the capital’s most popular visitor destinations, is set to benefit from a £4 million makeover from the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, in time for the 2012 Games.
Work on multi-million pound Burgess Park transformation set to start
Published: 21 April 2011
Over 90,000 new plants are to go in by spring 2012, with a temporary partial closure programme in place to allow works to progress.
House sparrows find happiness in Burgess Park say RSPB
Published: 4 April 2011
Sparrows in Southwark are bucking a London trend by flocking to Southwark in greater numbers thanks to meadows planted in Walworth and Peckham, according to an independent annual survey.
Southwark Council hosts successful schools Eco Oscars
Published: 17 March 2011
Southwark Council hosts successful schools Eco Oscars
Thames Tunnel consultation drop-in sessions
Published: 25 February 2011
Have your say on the proposed Thames Tunnel.
Reclaimed Southwark furniture raises £12,000 for national charity
Published: 24 January 2011
A pioneering scheme to reuse unwanted furniture, run by Southwark Council, the British Heart Foundation and Veolia Environmental Services, has raised £12,000 in its first year.
New air quality monitoring station opens in Southwark
Published: 13 December 2010
Southwark Council opens a new station to monitor levels of air pollution in the borough
Green Chain Walk launches new Southwark extension
Published: 28 September 2010
An historic Green Chain event took place on Sunday 26 September to mark the linking of Southwark’s green spaces to a London wide network.
Rotherhithe print firm wins prestigious environmental business award
Published: 7 June 2010
A printing firm in Rotherhithe has been given a gold environmental business award by Southwark Council.
Southwark top of country’s Eco-Schools table
Published: 25 May 2010
More schools in Southwark have registered as Eco-Schools than anywhere else in England, according to latest figures.
Planning a new Low Carbon Zone
Published: 25 May 2010
One of the first projects in an ambitious London-wide climate change initiative is getting underway in Peckham.
New Thames path opens
Published: 25 May 2010
Londoners can take full advantage of a new Thames path opened last Saturday 22 May which allows them to walk down the riverside.
Council encourages Southwark residents to join an Eco Team and make a real difference
Published: 15 February 2010
Southwark Council, together with environmental organisation Global Action Plan, is encouraging residents in the borough to sign up to a new environmentally friendly scheme.
Council proposes a clampdown on things that go bump in the night
Published: 13 January 2010
Noisy neighbours can be a real nuisance, and the council is currently asking residents how the council can help.
Private developments deliver £23m in community funds to Southwark residents
Published: 30 December 2009
Better systems, tougher negotiation and knowing what the community wants have resulted in £23m of local projects delivered via agreements secured by Southwark Council with private developers.
Private developments deliver £23m in community funds to Southwark residents
Published: 30 December 2009
Better systems, tougher negotiation and knowing what the community wants have resulted in £23m of local projects delivered via agreements secured by Southwark Council with private developers.
