Leeds City Council has released the details of this year’s changes to bin days over the Christmas period, along with a reminder to use the green bin to recycle as much as possible, including glass bottles and jars. All households are being sent flyers from today and encouraged to be aware of when their collections […]
The final round of garden waste brown bin collections in Leeds begins next week before the service goes into its usual winter break. Leeds City Council delivers the largest garden waste collection service by any council in the UK, annually collecting more than 31,000 tonnes of garden waste from 220,000 households in brown bins […]
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Dan Cohen, is honoured to invite everyone to join him on Remembrance Sunday as he leads the city’s tribute to servicemen and women who have lost their lives in service of their country. This year, the act of remembrance will be held at Victoria Gardens on Sunday, 9 November. […]
The Lord Mayor of Leeds Councillor Abigail Marshall Katung warmly invites everyone to join her on Remembrance Sunday as she leads the city’s tribute to servicemen and women who have lost their lives in service of their country. This year, the act of remembrance will be held at Victoria Gardens on Sunday 10 November. At 10:50am, a […]
Glass collections in green bins to begin on August 1 Households across Leeds will be able to recycle glass bottles and jars in their green bins for the first time from the start of August. This includes all colours of glass and means that everything from wine, spirits and beer bottles, to jam jars and pasta […]
With over four million brown bins emptied each year from over 218,000 households, Leeds City Council delivers the largest garden waste collection service in the UK. However, brown bin collections are going into their usual annual winter hibernation after Saturday 2 December, meaning most households will have their last collection in late November. In common […]
New bins launched across Leeds to boost recycling ‘on-the-go’ins are being launched in selected district centres across Leeds this month, building on the success of the 2018 ground-breaking city centre provision encouraging recycling of common food and drink packaging consumed out of home. The eye-catching bright orange and yellow bins will soon be able to […]
Exciting plans have been announced for a major programme of cultural events and activities inspired by a much-loved part of Leeds city centre. Three years of creativity and collaboration designed to celebrate the past, present and future of New Briggate are getting under way this month following a successful application for support from Historic England. […]
After 18 months of construction, a multi-million pound Connecting Leeds scheme which is set to transform one of the city’s busiest streets is close to completion as work to resurface the road starts. The Headrow scheme, once complete in May, aims to give people more appealing alternatives to the car by making bus services quicker […]
Visitors to Leeds will be able to take advantage of free parking as part of the city’s efforts to get the high street buzzing again following the easing of national coronavirus restrictions. Leeds City Council announced today that parking charges are being suspended in council-managed car parks and on-road spaces in the city centre and […]