Cumberland Council is proud to celebrate the incredible efforts of our local environmental champions who go above and beyond to keep our communities clean and green.
Cumberland Council’s Environmental Crime Team has taken decisive action against an unlicensed waste carrier following community complaints and intelligence gathered from partner agencies.
Cumberland Council is extending its sincere thanks to The Carlisle Ramblers & Fellwalking Club for their valuable contribution to keeping parts of Carlisle clean and litter free as part of the council’s Litter Champions campaign.
Cumberland Council is reminding primary and secondary school pupils across the area that there are fewer than three weeks left to take part in this year’s Baa ttery Recycling Competition.
From March 2026, around 2,000 households in Carlisle will have their general waste collected fortnightly using 180 litre wheeled bins rather than seagull-proof sacks.
Cumberland Council is calling on primary and secondary school pupils to get involved in this year’s Baa-ttery Recycling Competition, helping to keep their communities safe by collecting used batteries for recycling instead of throwing them away.
Cumberland Council is highlighting the swift and professional response of staff at Bousteads, Maryport, and Frizington Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) following a series of fire incidents over the past month
With only days to go until some waste and recycling collection dates change in the Cumberland area, residents from the Allerdale and Copeland areas are being urged to check their updated calendars.
Cumberland Council is informing residents that Recycle Week is back from 22–28 September 2025, and this year the focus is on overcoming the barriers that prevent people from recycling as much as they can.
