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There has been a Bromley local authority since 1867 when the parish of Bromley was made a local government district, governed by an elected local board. [3] Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894, which saw the board replaced by an urban district council. [4]
The London Borough of Bromley (/ ˈ b r ɒ m l i / ⓘ) is a borough in London, England. It borders the county of Kent , of which it formed part until 1965. The borough's population in the 2021 census was 329,991.
Although recycling is required right across the UK, recycling rules differ depending on the local council. Some local councils have implemented a one-box system for separating household waste, whereas others have provided many more boxes, and this recyclable waste is often collected at different times from standard landfill waste collections.
To keep collection costs down and raise the rate of food waste segregation, some local authorities, especially in Europe, have introduced "alternate weekly collections" of biodegradable waste (including, e.g., garden waste), which enable a wider range of recyclable materials to be collected at reasonable cost, and improve their collection rates.
The council was subsequently enlarged to seven aldermen and twenty-one councillors. In 1965 the municipal borough was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and its former area transferred to Greater London from Kent. Its former area was combined with that of other districts to form the present-day London Borough of Bromley.
An Act to make provision for the improved control of pollution arising from certain industrial and other processes; to re-enact the provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 [al] relating to waste on land with modifications as respects the functions of the regulatory and other authorities concerned in the collection and disposal of waste ...
Bromley was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected four councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970. The constituency elected four councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970.
The Bromley Borough Libraries Service consists the libraries service for the London Borough of Bromley. The service consists of 14 [ 1 ] public libraries , currently operated by social non-profit Greenwich Leisure Limited under their trademark Better, who also manage the volunteer-run home libraries service.