Including 8 closely related terms such as manage, management, and waste management.
… in the Council’s own or controlled equipment or operations (e.g., buildings and street lighting). Scope 3 • Business travel (staff mileage, rail travel by Herefordshire Council staff for business purposes) and staff commuting. • Electricity, gas, burning oil and LPG consumption in buildings operated by outsourced services for waste management, highways, leisure, cultural services, education (academies…
…. Source: Dr Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, 14-Oct-2019 Indirect (Scope 3) emissions form the most significant part of our measured footprint. We have included a number of Scope 3 emissions, although landfill waste emissions have not been previously measured, and are therefore excluded. However, these remain important emissions which we are addressing through activities such as the waste review…
… will mean that when new contracts are signed for the provision of services, these operations are giving proper consideration to the overall target of carbon neutral by 2030. A task and finish group on waste has also been set up. This task and finish group is conducting a strategic review of the council’s waste management service. The review will seek to understand future demands, aspirations…
… and policy requirements and consider what changes may be required to our existing service. It will inform future policy development by providing findings and recommendations to the cabinet member for contracts and assets, the wider executive and the waste management team. The government’s Resource and Waste Strategy 2018 encourages a move towards a more sustainable circular economy, protecting natural…
… resources and maximising the life of materials. In waste this means doing all we can to prevent waste, encourage reuse, recycle materials and use what’s left to recover energy. New services to collect food waste and increase recycled material quality are expected. These measures are likely to see a requirement for additional vehicles to collect waste differently from how we do now. This could result…