West Devon Borough Council

West Devon residents are being urged to “join the fight against Zombie batteries” in a bid to tackle waste collection fires caused by carelessly discarded dead batteries. The Council’s waste and recycling partner FCC Environment supports the new national Take Charge campaign. It urges consumers to never throw batteries away alongside general rubbish, and to only recycle dead batteries using...

Two local councils plan to axe nearly 100 jobs by sharing resources with a neighbouring authority.

West Devon Borough Council voted 27 to two in favour of a new staffing model, which will also see jobs losses at South Hams District Council.

The staffing model will see a reduction of nearly 24% across the councils meaning 97 jobs could be cut.

The councils have already...

Public Health England and West Devon Borough Council are urging people not to consume milk and cream products they have bought which come from Dunn's Dairy, Beacon View Farm (Drewsteignton) and to dispose of them.

The dairy is not to be confused with Dunn's Dairy of Underdown Farm, Exbourne.

This recommendation comes after a joint Public Health England and West Devon Borough...