Comments on: Is Sheffield really the greenest city in England?

By: runningowl

runningowl — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:04:55 +0000

The tag Greenest city comes from the fact that we have so much vegetation not the policies of the council. sheffield was the first city to introduce recycling but doesn’t lead the way anymore.

saying that we still have weekly bin collections. friend in newcastle, which does well in most studies have fortnightly pickups and he has 8different bins which all goin same wagon. strange.

By: adam

adam — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:49:00 +0000

Sheffield claims to be the greenest city referring to the ammount of parks, trees and grass in the city, not the fact that it is eco friendly. I personally live next door to Ecclesall Woods and think that Sheffield is a wonderfully green city and almost certainly most deserving of its title.

By: Sheffield blog

Sheffield blog — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:06:09 +0000

In this study it is 10th in the UK http://bbc.in/azSVfx

By: GreenBldgBlog - Home

GreenBldgBlog - Home — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:13:23 +0000

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By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:16:45 +0000

As for quantifying it, there is no need to at all. When it comes to justifying it, then that depends on whether someone has previously made the step of needlessly quantifying it, which they have. Having made a claim, that claim deserves scrutiny otherwise there is no reason to believe claims which anyone makes.

I’m all for enjoying the Peak District – I think the Peak District is great. But I think using that particular claim as a means of marketing Sheffield backfires and is an embarrassment.

By: bobble55

bobble55 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:46:56 +0000

why on earth do we need to quantify or justify it????? just enjoy it for what it is !!!!!!!

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:10:08 +0000

I agree that it is absolutely wonderful to have such areas on our doorstep. As such Sheffield would be better marketed by making reasonable claims like yours Nathan, about the *proximity* of Sheffield to the Peak District, rather than spurious claims based on very little.

By: nathan the alien

nathan the alien — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:16:08 +0000

From what I understand those parts of the Peak District are officially in Sheffield but I think we could all agree that it doesn’t really count as the City of Sheffield.

I suspect it is those areas that enables many of us to claim Sheffield as the greenest city. Nevertheless, it is great to have so many parks and woodlands and have the Peak Distict on the doorstep. I live in Birmingham now and it gets quite depressing having small parks and no woods!

By: Abbas

Abbas — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:09:16 +0000

It states on Sheffield’s Wikipedia page that it has ‘more trees per person than any other city in Europe’ with ’61% of the city being greenspace’.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield

But like Pedal Pusher says, it depends on the definition of green.

By: The Pedal Pusher

The Pedal Pusher — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:38:16 +0000

It depends what you mean by ‘green’ . Sheffield certainly has a lot of trees – 5m I believe. However in terms of city policies it’s not very green – transport policy is in a mess, with the Lib Dems pandering to a minority of very vocal motorists who think they should be allowed through every bus and tram gate in the city.

Waste management isn’t looking so clever either, with recycling levels very low – this being due to Veolia’s need to feed their incinerator.