Letters to the press
![Bernard Little with Blue and Black Bins](https://sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/bernard-little-bins-500x360.jpg)
The distressing truth about the “improved recycling service”
12th September 2018
It was ‘pat yourselves on the back’ time for the Labour-run council at the September 5th council meeting with their motion to coincide with the brown bin roll out.
![Bins](https://sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/bins-500x360.jpg)
Collection changes won’t help us recycle more
11th September 2018
Residents will know that new recycling bins are currently being rolled out in Sheffield this autumn. We are getting more bins but fewer collections, and no overall change to what can and can’t be recycled
![Refugees](https://sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/refugees-500x360.jpg)
Sheffield has a long history of helping people fleeing persecution
22nd August 2018
Sheffield was the UK’s very first City of Sanctuary and we have many wonderful and dedicated organisations helping people forced to leave their home countries.
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We urgently need to get public transport back under public control
21st August 2018
Stagecoach have not responded to public outrage over cuts to the busy 52 bus service running through Broomhill, Crookes and Walkley to Hillsborough.
![Sheffield Moors](https://sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sheffield-moors-500x360.jpg)
The moors should be managed for the public not the industry
21st August 2018
Driven grouse shooting involves draining boggy ground and cutting and burning vegetation to create an artificial habitat.
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It is now more difficult to get a Blue Badge
8th August 2018
While there are more prosecutions for illegally using Blue Badges for free parking disabled people are now finding it much more difficult, if not impossible, to get one.
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Greens support Fair Funding for Sheffield Schools
25th July 2018
I’m a teacher and I join Sheffield Greens in supporting the Star’s Fair Funding for Sheffield Schools petition
![Kaltum Rivers](https://sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/kaltum-rivers-500x360.jpg)
Service changes won’t improve recycling rates
24th July 2018
We await the roll-out of Sheffield’s “improved” recycling service. We will have 3 big bins per household, further cluttering up our streets.
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The loss of Ofo
9th July 2018
It’s very sad and disappointing to see the yellow Ofo bikes being moved from the city to London. How bad does that make us look in Sheffield?
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Greens push for action on high council salaries
19th April 2018
The Green Party continues to push for action on high council salaries, noting chief executive John Mothersole’s £219,000 in salary and pension contributions last year.