Environment

More than 13,000 households have signed up for Midlothian Council’s controversial new paid-for garden waste collection service to date.

Scottish Water has now lifted black bags full of litter it collected from the Mary Burn, after complaints they were left scattered on the banks.

Scottish Water visited some of the local schools involved in its campaign poster competition to hand out some well-deserved prizes to those who made the shortlist.

A waste management company has been fined £612 and two of its senior staff fined £900 each for illegally disposing of waste at a site near Penicuik.

People in Midlothian are being reminded to ‘love their loos’ after a new clean-up of a local burn had to be carried out.

A solar farm on the outskirts of Edinburgh University’s Midlothian campus could help make the site carbon neutral over the next 20 years, it has been claimed.

Schoolchildren have been taught the dangers of putting the wrong items into the sewer network as part of a drive to prevent future pollution.

A campaign to encourage local people to think twice about what they flush down the loo, in a bid to help protect the local environment, has been launched by Scottish Water.

Following the controversial introduction of brown bin charges, a community group is to hold a workshop on composting garden waste.

It is only 27 months since the ground was broken at the site in Millerhill and over this time construction of the new state-of-the-art energy-from-waste plant, which will serve the City of Edinburgh and Midlothian, has reached an advanced stage.

Colin Beattie MSP has welcomed the news that Midlothian has seen a rise in the number of ultra-low emission vehicles since 2017.

Residents in Dalkeith are angry with Taylor Wimpey for destroying around 30 trees on their estate instead of donating them to a new home.

Residents will be receiving letters this week explaining how to sign up and pay for the council’s new charged garden waste collection service.

The recent launch of the Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Project has been hailed as a success with around 150 people visiting the exhibition and other events held in the town.

A Scottish Water clean-up team was back on site last week at the Mary Burn, which has suffered from pollution in recent months.

Midlothian Council has approved a proposal to stop providing free food waste caddy liners.

Gorebridge Community Cares has been recognised for its dog fouling campaign, which engaged local people – young and old in tackling the issue.

Rosslyn Chapel has boosted its environmental sustainability by taking a first delivery of recycled sand.

Bonnyrigg and Lasswade Community Council has written to Midlothian Council calling for a halt to housebuilding in the town while the current infrastructure struggles to cope.