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Cllr Abdul Jabbar with the Greater Manchester Green Sector Board, Councillors Tom Ross and Alan Quinn, and Northern Roots staff at the Environment Centre in Oldham.

Oldham Leads the Way on Sustainability

Published: Friday, 26th September 2025

Cllr Abdul Jabbar, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance, Corporate Services and Sustainability, welcomed the Greater Manchester Green City Board to the newly renovated Environment Centre.

  • Growing Hub

    Green Oldham: Council secures funding to help community Hub grow

    Published: Friday, 26th July 2024

    The council has received funding worth £53,125 to improve facilities at one of the borough’s growing hubs – helping us to support more Oldhamers who may be struggling to afford the essentials.

  • Fireworks

    Action being taken to tackle nuisance fireworks

    Published: Tuesday, 25th June 2024

    Oldham Council and Greater Manchester Police are working closely with community partners in response to complaints about nuisance fireworks.

  • Leesbrook

    £1.2 Million Investment in the Medlock Valley

    Published: Friday, 15th March 2024

    Oldham Council and our partners are pleased to announce a £1.2 million Species Survival Fund grant for a project working in the Medlock Valley.

  • Oldham Council's Don't Trash Oldham campaign

    Don’t Trash Oldham: Help us make the borough cleaner and greener otherwise you’ll continue to foot the bill

    Published: Wednesday, 02nd August 2023

    The borough’s council taxpayers are having to shell out more than £4.2m a year to clean up dumped sofas, discarded bags of household rubbish and litter.

  • Seized cigarettes

    Man prosecuted after large haul of illegal cigarettes found in cellar

    Published: Thursday, 06th July 2023

    Oldham Council has successfully prosecuted a Glodwick man after 19,400 illegal cigarettes were found in his home.

  • School Streets First

    Dame Sarah Storey backs school safety scheme

    Published: Wednesday, 28th June 2023

    Dame Sarah Storey OBE - Active Travel Commissioner for Greater Manchester – has backed Oldham’s first School Street.

  • Don't Trash Oldham: free pest control service goes live

    Published: Friday, 23rd June 2023

    Oldham Council is now offering a free pest control service to residents who own their own homes, and those living in private rented accommodation.

  • Council enforcement

    Don’t Trash Oldham: Taking action and cleaning up our streets

    Published: Thursday, 22nd June 2023

    The new Leader of Oldham Council has been out to see how our teams are tackling fly-tipping and taking action against environmental criminals.

  • Tandle Hill park trees

    Making Oldham the greenest borough

    Published: Wednesday, 21st June 2023

    Oldham Council is looking to create a cleaner and greener borough – literally!

  • Arooj and Don't Trash Oldham team

    Don't Trash Oldham: Work with us to make lasting improvements

    Published: Tuesday, 20th June 2023

    Oldham is going to get cleaner and greener over the coming months and years.

  • Fly tipping

    Don’t Trash Oldham: check you are using a licensed waste carrier, or you could end up in court

    Published: Thursday, 01st June 2023

    Oldham Council is urging people to make sure their household rubbish is being taken away by a licensed waste carrier.

  • Don't Trash Oldham

    Don’t Trash Oldham: dropped cigarette could have had long lasting consequences

    Published: Tuesday, 16th May 2023

    Oldham Council has successfully prosecuted a man who dropped a cigarette butt on the ground when he was out on Saddleworth Moor. 

  • Don't Trash Oldham campaign

    Don't Trash Oldham: 'Betterment' work to improve our communities has started

    Published: Tuesday, 08th November 2022

    Oldham Council are sprucing up the borough as part of the Don’t Trash Oldham campaign.

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