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Council paints paw prints near bins as part of anti-dog fouling campaign Dog fouling is one of Powys' most common pet peeves and now a new campaign has been launched to remind dog walkers to bag and bin their mutt's mess responsibly. Bright and colourful paw prints have been spotted across the county to help dog owners find the nearest bin and keep pavements and green spaces free from dog waste. The Powys County Council campaign is part of the Caru Cymru project, a Wales-wide initiative to take action and care for the environment. Nigel Brinn, Corporate Director for Economy and E...

23 April 2021 Product In the week that a Freight in the City webinar discussed the electrification of refuse collection vehicles, in particular discussing their viability in rural operations, Powys CC, which with a population of just 130,000 spread over 1,600 square miles has one of the most sparsely populated territories in the UK, was launching its first eRCV. The Powys vehicle is a Dennis Eagle eConnect, based on the RS Elite narrow 6x2 rear-steer chassis with Olympus 19m3 body. Among the operational trial results shown by Dennis Eagle during the webinar was a recent set from a rural opera...

23 April 2021 Product Gist has begun a trail of the Vector eCool electric refrigerated trailer. The engineless trailer system developed by Carrier Transicold and Gray and Adams is a 13.6m fully-electric trailer and is being used for store deliveries of fresh and chilled foods to well-known UK supermarkets. An under-mounted battery powers the refrigeration system kinetic energy generated while driving is transferred through the trailer’s axle to recharge the battery pack and power the fridge unit creating a fully autonomous system that produces no direct carbon dioxide or particulate emissio...

A social housing project which is the first of its type in Powys has been completed. Pave Aways Building Contractors has handed over seven energy efficient 'Passivhaus' homes in Sarn to Powys Council after completing the £1.3 million development. The homes – four two-bedroom bungalows, two two-bedroom and one three-bedroom houses – have all been certified to Passivhaus standard, the method of advanced low-energy construction. The properties were built with heat recovery units to use excess heat that is produced to warm the properties, thereby incurring lower heating bills. Each h...

AFTER months of strict lockdown, Covid restrictions in Powys continue to ease which has seen significant changes in recent days.