… efficiency programmes. Theme 7 – Biodiversity 1.9 Recycling - The Council’s combined recycling rate is slightly below the national average of 43.5% achieving a recycling rate of 41% in 2019/20. The Government (Defra) has consulted on its new UK Waste & Resource Strategy which has two overarching objectives to (a) Maximise the Value of Resource Use and (b) Minimise Waste and its Impact…
… service, particularly around food waste, is required. This is anticipated to result in a further ‘increased stepped change’ in our combined recycling performance. However, the impact of BREXIT and Covid-19 have delayed Defra’s further guidance being published. Carbon Sequestration and Biodiversity – The Council are working with Sheffield Hallam University on a project to improve…
… the biodiversity and carbon sequestration of marginal parts of green and open spaces in the ownership of the Council. Internal funding was agreed by the university with a planned start in May 2020. Unfortunately, this has been delayed due to Covid19 and will now be considered again by the university once field work is permitted for students. Theme 8 – Procurement 1.10 A revised procurement…