The Greater South East Net Zero Hub is calling on East Herts businesses to join its supply chain.

East Herts Council is inviting responses on the future of waste and recycling collections as it seeks to balance residents’ needs with the environmental impacts of services.

East Herts Council has successfully prosecuted a dog owner from Walkern for breaches of a Noise Abatement Notice.

Volunteers will take to the streets of East Herts throughout June at anti-idling events in support of Clean Air Day, educating motorists on the need to switch off their engines when stopped. These events are being supported by the Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership (HCCSP), of which East Herts is a member, through training and the provision of resources to communicate with motorists.

Fly-tipped waste has cost an Essex man over £7000 following a successful East Herts Council prosecution.

The council is appealing for information to help track down illegal fly-tippers following a spate of recent incidents.

The council has set out its priorities for tackling climate change locally in a new strategy published today.

The Great British Spring Clean takes place this month and there’s plenty of ways for East Herts residents to get involved.

Cllr Diane Hollebon, accompanied by Cllr Graham McAndrew and Cllr John Wyllie, attended a special ceremony in St Michaels Mead last week (28 January) to plant more cherry trees from the Sakura Project in Bishop’s Stortford; to celebrate relations between Japan and the UK.

A special ceremony was held at Grange Paddocks – East Herts' new leisure centre in Bishop’s Stortford – on Saturday, to commemorate the planting of five cherry trees donated by the Sakura project, which celebrates relations between Japan and the UK.