Environment

An investigation launched after a dead dog was found in the Forth and Clyde Canal remains ongoing.

Falkirk Council is to receive in-depth support from the Scottish Government to install an electric vehicle charging hub at the Falkirk Stadium.

The four-year-long Inner Forth Landscape Initiative (IFLI) has come to a highly successful conclusion.

Repair works on the Queensferry Crossing will continue until autumn 2019 - two years after the bridge was officially opened.

New figures from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency show Falkirk Council’s recycling rate has increased over the last two years.

Falkirk Council’s new Household Waste Recycling Charter compliant refuse uplifting system could change yet again if the Scottish Government’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) comes into force.

Residents were against a proposal to build 200 homes in the Braes – and councillors unanimously backed the objectors.

We all have to use them, so it’s no wonder the issue is causing a bit of uproar.

Whatever way members of Falkirk Council’s executive voted this week would have resulted in residents accepting yet another wheely bin into their households.

The harmful effect single use plastics are having on the environment was –literally – the last straw for Falkirk Council as it decided to take action on the issue.

Green-fingered Falkirk district residents who entered an annual garden competition have been rewarded for all of their hard work.

Falkirk Council plans to install more electric vehicle charging points in the area.

A garden party was held to mark the completion of a five-year-long environmental initiative designed to transform a rundown patch of land into a vibrant community hub.

Exciting plans for the future in Grangemouth focus on industry and the contribution its expansion can make to the local community.

For years the long-awaited development at Gilston Farm in Polmont has been stuck in planning limbo.

A blooming great time was on offer for all who made their way to the 171st Polmont Horticultural Society Flower Show last weekend.

Forth Valley Royal Hospital (FVRH) is leading the way in environmental excellence in Scotland — and has the certificate to prove it.

An iron foundry has been commissioned to cast steel totem poles to point to the history of Forth Valley.

Motorists could soon find themselves driving on ‘plastic roads’ in the Falkirk area.