Environment quality UK

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Contents 1 Action Ideas 1.1 Why it matters 2 News and Comment 3 Consultations 4 Campaigns 5 Resources 5.1 Random facts 6 Related Topics 7 Local links UK 8 UK links

[edit] Action Ideas

• Traffic surveys
• Clean up days
• Let's clean our city - a project being developed in the Open Project Development wiki

[edit] Why it matters

Community groups may be concerned about litter, pollution, traffic pollution, air quality, noise or light pollution, river quality, state of beaches, etc.

[edit] News and Comment

See separate article - Environment quality UK news

[edit] Consultations

• Consultation on river basin planning guidance

[edit] Campaigns

• wikipedia:Keep Britain Tidy

[edit] Resources

• Encams, the charity which runs the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign, have a number of downloadable publications available via their website, including Litter - Organising a Cleanup (PDF download 1.42Mb) Guidelines for community groups who wish to conduct a clean up of their area.
• Noise Resource Service

[edit] Random facts

• 86% of fly-tipping (in England) takes place in predominantly urban authorities where 63% of people in England live. Source: Defra

• The (UK) Government's Headline indicator of air pollution shows that since 1997, the number of days of High air pollution in urban areas has roughly halved from 40 days in 1997 to 22 in 2005. Source: Defra, November 3 2006

• Parts of our cities are now 10 times noisier than a decade ago. Source: Sheffield University, 26 July 2001, see: www.ukna.org.uk

[edit] Related Topics

• Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• UK Coast
• Tranquillity in England
• Sustainability indicators
• Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle
• Environmental justice
• Reducing pollution - personal options
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005

[edit] UK links

• What's in Your Backyard? Local and National environmental data from the Environment Agency
• Environment Agency Public body responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. Site contains Floodline webpages.
• Environmental Protection Information from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (government)
• Local Environmental Quality, Information from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (government)
• Low Level Radiation Campaign
• EnCams
• Air Quality Archive
• Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
• NSCA
• Noise Mapping England
• riverOcean Foundation
• Pesticide Action Network UK
• UK Noise Association

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