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North Somerset Council

… existing revenue has been made to increase the waste fleet replacement programme budget, with the hope of replacing it with electric vehicles (EVs) Waste: Recycling Campaign – an allocation from existing revenue has been made for a targeted campaign to increase recycling rates Biodiversity net gain – funding has been allocated for the purchase of land to increase biodiversity Building…

… influence on emissions in areas such as procurement, funding, local policy and partnership working. We will also continue to ask central government for more support for climate action. Emissions directly caused by the council come from the buildings we own and manage, council owned vehicles such as waste collection vehicles, and services we run such as streetlights and road signs. Our indirect…

… funding rounds. The council’s vehicles are mainly electric now, with only the larger vehicles continuing to use petrol and diesel – waste collection vehicles, the library bus and beach ranger vehicles for example. We continue to review the options available to decarbonise our larger vehicles. As an interim step, we are trialling using Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in our winter gritting…

… projects for local care homes Key Principles 1. Become a net zero carbon council 2. Decarbonise transport 3. Decarbonise the built environment 4. Low carbon business and skills 5. Renewable energy generation 6. Resources and waste 7. Adaptation and resilience 8. Replenish our carbon stores This document has been designed to give a little more information about how the council’s response…

… for insects and birds ● reducing the amount of waste we create and send to landfill can prevent pollution entering our soils and waterways. Many of these co-benefits will have knock- on effects which cause more benefits. Improved insulation leads to better resilience to rising fuel prices and better physical and mental wellbeing, which can then lead to reduced costs to the NHS and fewer days off…