CITY'S ENVIRONMENT ACCOLADE

Newport City Council has received the highest honour at a Wales-wide awards ceremony.The Excellence Wales awards, held in Cardiff Bay, saw over 250 guests join TV’s Lucy and Rhodri Owen, to acknowledge some of the best achievements within the world of local government.
Newport was the only authority to receive a ‘Highly Commended’ award in the environment category - a much sought after accolade based on the council’s drive to create a cleaner, greener city. The award commended the council on areas such as waste management, biodiversity and pollution control, and covered achievements such as t £3 million visitor centre at Newport Wetlands, as well as improvements in public transport provision. Newport has long been at the forefront of promoting recycling and composting. The city was the first to receive a weekly recycling scheme, and the first to move towards alternate week collections. As nine times winner of the Wales in Bloom award, and having recently been identified by the WWF as the UK’s greenest city, the council has a strong track record when it comes to sustainability.