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Large electric powered waste collection truck trial

The Labour led Exeter City Council has been trying out an electric powered waste collection and compacting vehicle as part of the Council’s core objective of a carbon neutral city by 2030. The Waste Operations team took delivery of the vehicle on a short loan and it is been being…

Key Priority: Supporting Active and Healthy Life Styles

Our manifesto states that we will continue to lead a well-run council working to three key priorities: Achieving Net zero Exeter 2030 Supporting active and healthy lifestyles Building great neighbourhoods Below are our commitments under this priority, but first here are some articles which give a flavour of the sort of …

Key Priority: Building Great Neighbourhoods

Our manifesto states that we will continue to lead a well-run council working to three key priorities: Achieving Net zero Exeter 2030 Supporting active and healthy lifestyles Building great neighbourhoods Below are our commitments under this priority, but first here are some articles which give a flavour of the sort…

What makes St Sidwells Point such an asset

We thought long and hard on all of the options to replace the provision of leisure services in the city centre and St Sidwell’s Point was the clear winner. Something to take pride in and something that will add to the city centre and help strengthen our local economy. Of…

Labour Supporting Exeter’s Business and Recovery

Your Labour led Council is supporting business and protecting jobs in Exeter, securing our local economy. We’ve distributed £40Million in grants to help our businesses through the pandemic We’ve created the Exeter Works scheme to help give a new start to those who have been made redundant And we’ve invested in our City Centre with…

We looked at what we delivered last year as well as planning ahead

Looking back over the last year there is one obvious all consuming factor. The Covid-19 pandemic and its impact in all our lives and across all aspects of the city including the Council. The pandemic still continues to have a profound effect on our lives. This labour-led City Council has…

Food waste and glass collection service

The Labour led Exeter City Council is preparing to deliver on its commitment to provide food waste and glass collection from every household in The City. Council officers are currently working on the procurement of brand new vehicles to collect these additional materials for recycling. The final selection of vehicles…

Exeter’s Game Changing Recycling Gem

One of the great success stories of the Labour led City Council in recent times has been the Materials Reclamation Facility (MRF). In addition to all its other sources, from Exeter alone it processed 3,438 tonnes last year!

Exeter produces the 7th lowest waste in the country

Updated story (21/04/21) based on 2019/20 DEFRA statistics. The amount of waste per person that the residents of Exeter produce continues to be among the lowest in the Country, it is now the 7th instead of the 9th lowest in the Country, so well done Exeter. Cllr David Harvey –…

Labour delivering another great asset for the City

What an amazing asset for the city this is. Exeter’s new high quality bus station is really taking shape. Public transport is an important part of reducing carbon & its the Labour led City Council that has done this because the city needed it We don’t control the buses but…