The Council is in the running for the Local Authority Partnership Award in the Wales Recycling Awards run by Cylch, the Welsh Community Recycling Network.

Bluestone has been hailed as a "wonderful example of a sustainable business" by Welsh Assembly Minister Jane Davidson, who visited the national park resort in Pembrokeshire for the first time last week.

Plans to develop a four-turbine wind farm in Milford Haven are taking a step closer with the installation of a temporary mast next week which will measure wind speeds at the proposed site.

Pembrokeshire's coastal buses have a new mascot.

Penfro the Puffin has been brought into service to highlight the County's environmentally friendly coastal bus network.

The Puffin logo has been used on the coastal bus services since they began in 2000.

The UK's first eco-village development got the go-ahead today [27 August 2009], from the Welsh Assembly after a 2 ½ year planning saga.

Lammas, the group behind the innovative eco-village, first applied for planning permission in June 2007. After being refused twice by Pembrokeshire County Council the group appealed to the Welsh Assembly Planning Inspectorate and following a well attended public hearing have finally won permission.

Narberth Compost Corner July 2009

At this time of the year our gardens are bursting with growth, shrubs need constant pruning, self-seeded plants are taking over sites wanted for other plants and need removing and, what about those plants that have had their moment and lie brown and shrivelled in the border?

On the vegetable patch or allotment, early potatoes, beans and peas are being harvested - and what will you do with that bulky waste greenery?