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East Lothian Council

… Travel Plan’ for all Council staff, setting out the expectation, resources and infrastructure to implement modal shift in staff travel behaviour from driving single-occupancy private cars to sustainable travel options, including use of electric vehicle (EV) pool cars, car sharing, active travel, use of public transport Local Transport Strategy (LTS) Roads Services Introduce…

… an increase in East Lothian’s household recycling rate to 55.3% (2019) of total household waste recycled; • We continue to report significant progress in increasing the Council’s Electric Vehicle (EV) fleet and installing public EV chargepoints across East Lothian. We added 11 new Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs) to the Council’s fleet, funded by Transport Scotland’s Switched On Fleets Programme…

… Climate Change Plan Update and Green Recovery proposals. The Sustainable Transport Officers Group continues to work with partner organisations including Sustrans and SEStran to improve and expand active travel and sustainable transport networks. Planning Service aims to further focus the Local Development Plan on addressing climate change with the working assumption that new development should…

… council buildings have access to recycling for paper/card/glass/plastic/cans The council is continuing to build a green transport fleet with the addition of 11 new Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs), funded by Transport Scotland’s Switched On Fleets Programme. This increases the current fleet to 28 Electric Vehicles ranging from cars to small and large vans replacing older diesel models. The new…

… vehicles include Nissan env200 panel vans for use by the Countryside Ranger Service, Amenity Services, Transport Services and Safer Communities, BMW i3 cars for pool use and a Renault Master EV for Library Services. In addition, COVID has impacted on business mileage with many staff now working from home due to COVID. This has reduced the emissions associated with commuting travel to work…