Our health and wellbeing are affected by many things.
The air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink and the environment around us all contribute to our quality of life in one way or another.
Our Environmental Health Service enforces a wide range of legislation covering many aspects of public health, including:
The service also operates Pest Control and Dog Warden services.
Environmental crime
Our Environmental Crime team is responsible for the detection and prosecution of environmental crime such as:
We work closely with other services within the Council and also with external agencies such as NHS Ayrshire & Arran and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).