Mel Kendal, county council environment chief, said: "We would usually liaise with our colleagues at the district council who dispose of animal carcasses on the highways to ensure the badger was removed before the white line painting crew did this stretch of road.
The International Business Times quoted Tehran city council environment adviser Ismail Kahram, who told Iranian news website Qudsonline.ir that the rats "seem to have had a genetic mutation, probably as a result of radiations and the chemical used on them".
T-Bag has members from North Yorkshire county council, York city council, the Environment Agency, and the University of York, with three years of funding from the SITA Trust.
The communities secretary is responsible for local rubbish collection via the councils, the environment secretary for waste policy and recycling targets, and the energy and climate change secretary the aspect of, well, tackling climate change.
What do the councils and Environment Agency say?
A detailed report that will be discussed by the city council's environment committee underlined that the top ten councils with the highest recycling rates all operate fortnightly pickups.
The councillors also backed £8.7m of cuts to the council's environment and transport budget and a £14m cut to the council's community services.
Gill Mitchell, chair of the council's environment committee, who endorsed Brighton's bid for this award, says a council best-value survey revealed 80% satisfaction for the service and 74% satisfaction with bus service information.
Allan Henderson, chair of the Highland council's environment, development and infrastructure committee, welcomes the new fund's focus on communities rather than councils, pointing to the tradition of active community engagement across the region.
The executive engineer in Galway County Council's environment department, John McMyler, has threatened to sue Ireland's Department of Agriculture under environmental pollution laws.
