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East Ayrshire Council

… emissions are offset, this demonstrates the unique opportunity that our urban/rural setting here in East Ayrshire provides to implement community based initiatives to offset our carbon emissions. The Council’s carbon emissions represent around 7% of East Ayrshire’s total emissions total. 15. In terms of the Council’s direct carbon emissions, good progress has been made against the 1990 baseline…

… consumption and how we will work with our communities and support business to reduce their emissions. It also identifies opportunities to involve our schools, communities and business in helping to raise awareness and create a local movement which is focused on reducing carbon emissions and/or offseting our carbon emissions through local community based initiatives and sets out our plans for engaging…

… waste as they are based on the polluter pays principle. There is, however, much that we can do at a local level to reduce carbon emissions arising from waste. Waste Disposal Arrangements – The Biodegradable Waste Ban 52. The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012 banned biodegradable municipal waste from landfill in Scotland. Essentially this ban requires all biodegradable waste…

… Officer and Young People Working Group (MOWG) on Climate Change in developing the Climate Change Plan and agree to the proposed Climate Change Vision for East Ayrshire; ii) Agree to join the UK100 and endorse their Net Zero Local Leadership Pledge, which would commit the Council to the aim of reducing the council’s carbon emissions to Net Zero by 2030; and work with our residents and businesses…

… on the wider East Ayrshire area’s carbon emissions by 2022; v) Agree to appoint an Elected Member spokesperson to lead on Climate Change; vi) Agree that all Committee Reports should now include a new section that outlines the impact of the proposals on our Net Zero ambitions; vii) Approve the proposals for engagement with our key community and business stakeholders on the draft Climate Change…