Including the closely related terms trees, planting, and tree planting.
… for some supervisors and street sweeping vehicles. 2.9 The Improvement and Resilience Fund has enabled projects which help to tackle the emergency including LED lighting, tree planting, the car clubs, EV charging points and air quality measures. 2.10 We are working with KCC to explore in more detail measures to increase active travel, promote wider adoption of electric vehicles (e.g…
… when trees are planted. 2.12 A fuel and water advice service was developed as a way of reaching our more vulnerable residents to help them reduce bills and carbon emissions. The adviser was appointed in late 2020 for two years. Funding for a third year was agreed in 2022 and an assistant has been funded from an external source. Over the three years the service has advised over 1500…
… in carbon emissions can be achieved is available on the council’s website. 2.16 This year we have planted 295 standard trees and 14053 whips. 2.17 COVID19 has accelerated the move to virtual and hybrid meetings and new ways of working, resulting in business and commuting miles falling dramatically. However other challenges have arisen, such as the increase in household waste being put out…
… learn new skills increasing their employability on release and economically vulnerable people get access to bikes which may make travel to work more viable and improve health. Looking forward 2.21 In 2019 we set very ambitious targets to reach net zero. This drove us to start on projects which might have been delayed otherwise – tree planting, LED roll out, car clubs, EV charging…
… products is underway both in Swale House and across our estate/services. The drinks and vending machine contracts were not renewed. Where it has not been easily possible to remove products, facilities to recycle specific plastic waste in Swale House have been introduced. For example, coffee cups, crisp packets, pens and blister packs can be recycled. Biodegradable tree guards are being used…