Editing Coventry (section)

==Public services==
===Emergency services===
Coventry is covered by [[West Midlands Police]], the [[West Midlands Fire Service]] and the [[West Midlands Ambulance Service]].

===Healthcare===
[[File:University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire - geograph.org.uk - 2085555.jpg|thumb|University Hospital Coventry]]
Healthcare in Coventry is provided primarily by the [[National Health Service]] (NHS); the principal NHS hospital covering the city is the [[University Hospital Coventry]], which was opened in 2006 as a 1,250 bed 'super hospital', funded by a [[private finance initiative]] (PFI) scheme.<ref name="BLv">{{cite web |title=Coventry's super-hospital opens its doors |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/coventrys-super-hospital-opens-its-doors-3980452 |publisher=Business Live |access-date=8 December 2023 |date=10 July 2006}}</ref>

=== Electricity ===
Electricity was first supplied to Coventry in 1895 from [[Coventry power stations|Coventry power station]] off Sandy Lane adjacent to the canal (now Electric Wharf). A larger 130&nbsp;MW power station was built at Longford in 1928, this operated until 1976, and was subsequently demolished.<ref>{{cite web|title=The City of Coventry – water, gas and electricity|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol8/pp275-298#h3-0005|access-date=11 October 2020|website=British history online|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924210600/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol8/pp275-298#h3-0005|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Waste management===
[[File:Helicopter - Night Time Photos (8739866021).jpg|thumb|The city centre at night, seen in April 2013]]

Coventry has an [[waste-to-energy|energy from waste]] [[incinerator]]<ref>[http://www.cswdc.co.uk/energyfromwaste.html Coventry & Solihull Waste Disposal Company] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210122434/http://www.cswdc.co.uk/energyfromwaste.html |date=10 February 2012 }}. CSWDC. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref> which burns rubbish from both Coventry and [[Solihull]], producing electricity for the [[National Grid (UK)|National Grid]] and some hot water that is used locally through the Heatline project.<ref>[http://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/10106/major_developments/1020/heatline Heatline – Heatline – Coventry City Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829234123/http://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/10106/major_developments/1020/heatline |date=29 August 2012 }}. Coventry.gov.uk. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref> Rubbish is still put into [[landfill]].

* Many areas of Coventry have kerb-side plastic, metal (tins and cans), and [[paper recycling]]. Garden-green rubbish is collected and composted.
* Waste materials can be taken to the recycling depot, which is adjacent to the incineration unit.
* There are recycling points throughout the city for paper, [[glass recycling]] and metal / tin can recycling.

In October 2006, Coventry City Council signed the [[Nottingham Declaration]], joining 130 other UK councils in committing to reduce the [[greenhouse gas emissions]] of the council and to help the local community do the same.