Environment quality UK


 * International and other country information - see main Environment quality article

Action Ideas

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

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.

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

Related Topics

 * UK Coast
 * Sustainability indicators
 * Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle
 * Environmental justice
 * Reducing pollution - personal options

News and Comment
See separate article - Environment quality UK news

Consultations

 * Consultation on river basin planning guidance

Campaigns

 * Keep Britain Tidy

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.

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

Wales link

 * Welsh Air Quality Forum

Northern Ireland link

 * Northern Ireland Air Pollution