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East Cambridgeshire District Council

… this winter, creating even more orchards for us all to enjoy. • I know it wasn’t easy at the start, but we took the brave move to reconfigure our waste collection routes earlier this year. We hadn’t altered the routes for years, and they were no longer fit for purpose. By altering the routes in a more efficient way, we are hopeful of saving an astonishing 5,000 litres of diesel and 12,000kg…

… travel Travel for business purposes in assets not owned or directly operated by the organisation. Hotel stays Overnight hotel stays for work purposes. Material use Process emissions from purchased materials. Waste disposal Emissions from end-of-life disposal of different materials using a variety of different disposal methods. Water supply Emissions from water delivered through the mains…

… 3’: Scope 3 • Waste production • Purchased materials • Employee commuting • Third parties It is not unusual for such matters to be categorised as ‘out of scope’. However, over time, we intend to make as many of these areas as possible ‘in scope’, therefore taking even greater responsibility for emissions arising, even where we don’t have direct control over those emissions…

… of this Plan. The largest single contributing area is a consequence of the Council’s ‘fleet vehicles’ (i.e. the vehicles it uses for waste collection, maintaining our parks and open spaces, general maintenance of our properties and land, and any lease vehicles; it also includes what is known as ‘well to tank’, that being the emissions arising from the production and distribution of fuel before…

…, such as transport, nature and waste, as well as actions relating to its own corporate estate. Natural Cambridgeshire’s ‘Doubling Nature’ programme Natural Cambridgeshire, a charity based Local Nature Partnership for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, is another key strategy for the local area, including East Cambridgeshire. Natural Cambridgeshire’s overarching ambition is to ‘work together to create…