Tim Rowkins

Deputy Leader & Cabinet Member for Net Zero & Environmental Services, Brighton & Hove City Council🌹. Views my own. He/him.

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

@zane99 @BellaSankey @BrightonHoveCC Hi Zane. That doesn’t sound right. Can you DM me your address and I’ll get it sorted for you?

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

“Right-to-Buy in reverse”

We’re investing £50m to acquire 200 homes and reverse the disastrous legacy of Thatcher’s “Right-to-Buy” on local government funding.

https://t.co/rPa8tuXvdO

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

Amen. A huge loss to the government and the party.

[Bella Sankey @BellaSankey]

Angela Rayner is a giant of the Labour Party.

The first Labour woman to serve as Deputy Prime Minister & in just one year unleashed a radical reforming programme from social housing to employment rights & the devolution of power to communities.

A superstar & an inspiration.

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

@chriisdoogan @BrightonHoveCC @brightonargus @brightonsnapper Hi Chris. What location is this please?

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

@PinkieBrighton @BoredAlreadyUK @bhlabour Sorry for the delay! Additional recycling is funded through the waste PFI and requires no additional budget allocation. Some food waste capital burdens funding is being used for vehicles, but there is no revenue burdens funding so we are funding the service ourselves.

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

“Brighton & Hove is determined to step up.”

My piece on city-scale decarbonisation for Unlock Net Zero last week. 👇🏻

https://t.co/74Fx5eyaUh

@bhlabour @BrightonHoveCC #netzero

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

@BoredAlreadyUK @PinkieBrighton @bhlabour Obviously we knew it was on the cards, but we were committed to doing it regardless of any future date and we were not prepared to wait. New burdens funding for expanding recycling was not necessary as it’s all funded through the waste PFI.

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

@PinkieBrighton @bhlabour Hi! We’ve been working on this since day 1, and are making these changes a year ahead of the mandate. We had it all lined up before the mandated date was even announced. ♻️

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

@stevec009 @BrightonHoveCC @TristramBurden @BellaSankey Hi Steve. Textiles are collected by a contractor, and collections have not been as reliable as they should be recently. I’ve seen similar scenes at other locations and we are raising with them. Our streets crews should be visiting this location every day to clear fly-tipping.

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

Today I’ve announced a major expansion of recycling in Brighton & Hove.

From the spring, we will be accepting the following items:

♻️Plastic pots, tubs & trays

♻️Aluminium foil, including foil trays

♻️Food & drink cartons

Next up - food waste!

https://t.co/MsEhe79fVV

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

@MarkCooperSport At this point, no, but we are looking at how we heat pools, including discussions on using waste heat from data centres. New King Alfred will be zero carbon.

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

We’re ramping up our solar capacity here in Brighton & Hove, including our biggest installation yet on the Prince Regent Swimming Complex.⚡️

[Brighton & Hove City Council @BrightonHoveCC]

We've installed 292 solar panels on the roof of the Prince Regent swimming pool. 🏊

It's part of an installation of 730 solar panels across the roofs of our buildings - the largest we've done so far. ☀️

Find out more: https://t.co/kBtt6NBX2A

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

@MarkCooperSport Hi Mark! We are looking at the data from our newly launched monitoring network, which is giving us a far better picture across the city, and that will inform next steps. Extension of SCAs a possibility, but want to make sure they are meaningful and not just a gesture.

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

Today we’re launching a campaign to raise awareness of the impact of open fires and wood burners on public health.

Did you know that burning in homes produces more fine particle pollution than all traffic in the UK? Or that it contributes to 1 in 20 deaths of ppl over 30 in B&H?

[Brighton & Hove City Council @BrightonHoveCC]

We're launching a campaign to raise awareness of the harm being caused by people using wood burners and open fires.

We want people to know the harmful impact that smoke particles from domestic burning are having on everybody’s health.

Read more 👉 https://t.co/GA4BkpjdPe

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

@stevec009 @BrightonHoveCC @TristramBurden Hi Steve. I believe collections are all still 1 day behind, but possibly additional disruption due to weather and vehicles. I’ll check with the team now to see when you can expect.

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

@stevec009 @BrightonHoveCC @TristramBurden @bhlabour Thank Steve. Yes, we were a crew down over the weekend so there was a bit of a backlog. Merry Christmas to you! 🎄

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

I’m looking forward to hosting our second workshop with the National Wealth Fund next week and continuing our work to identify the investment models required to turn our net zero plans into reality.

@NatWealthFund @bhlabour @UKLabour #netzero #decarbonisation #brighton #hove

[Brighton & Hove City Council @BrightonHoveCC]

We're picking up the pace of our Net Zero ambitions, working with the National Wealth Fund to identify investment models that will support large-scale delivery of low carbon and energy-efficient homes and transport.

Find out more: https://t.co/S4gLPKRTO5

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

@JulieBygraves @climatechangebh @bhlabour Indeed, and our Downland estate is a huge passion of mine. We are working on restoring wild chalk grassland, including “mob” grazing, and working with our tenant farmers to move farming practices to a more regenerative future. It’s 44% of the city! Huge opportunities!

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

This week I presented our new Decarbonisation Pathways Study at a packed @climatechangebh event.

We’re now working on plans for:

🏠Retrofit
♨️Heat pumps
🏘️Heat networks
☀️Large scale solar
🔌More EV chargers
⚡️Grid upgrades

@bhlabour #NetZero

https://t.co/LEB4htLTM2

[Tim Rowkins @rowkz]

@GingaGill @BrightonHoveCC @TrevMu10 @BellaSankey @WithdeanGreens You can, and we’re introducing all the stuff that Magpie collect shortly as well - tetrapaks, plastic trays etc, plus food waste.