Including the closely related term waste.
… Economy Communities Work with major festivals in their event planning to include measures to reduce transport and waste. Reduction Elimination Work with agencies and partners to provide a local business improvement programme – e.g. green impact scheme, to focus on energy, transport and waste. Reduction Elimination In local communities develop projects and networks that help facilitate sharing…
… biodiversity; waste and recycling, planning and development; and commerce and economy. As such its focus is on carbon emission reduction and elimination, with mitigation /off setting used as a means to balance carbon emissions to achieve net zero gain. The baseline year of 2017 is used as this the most currently available data and gives the council’s carbon emissions as 4,187 tonnes CO2e…
… directly with suppliers • Provide low emissions products and services • Educate and providing guidance to consumers • Invest in energy efficiency measures / facilities management systems • Adopt work practise and production methods that reduce energy consumption and waste 6 CARBON NEUTRALITY: DEFINITION Carbon offsetting is a climate action that enables individuals and organisations…
… and creating a greener district” is a Council Plan priority and will be at the heart of everything the council does. The following are identified as ways in which this priority will be met: • Attain reduced levels of waste and increased recycling, exceeding national targets; • Effect an increase in the proportion of journeys taken by walking, cycling and public transport; • Have an adopted and up…
… to reduce paper and energy • Create a culture of sharing information and ideas across the council, using the intranet, City Voice and staff forum, e.g. setting up a Green Group • Enable staff to act and make changes by providing more information and advice on for example recycling, waste, ways of working • Introduce a corporate staff training module on sustainability and reducing energy…