Including the closely related terms waste reduction, and waste.
… infrastructure to enable the above. INFRASTRUCTURE • Target significant levels of waste reduction both within the Council and across the Shetland Islands to minimise emissions from landfill. • Continue investigating the opportunity to install carbon capture on the exhaust from the ERP. Other identified measures across all three potential pathways are aimed at reducing absolute…
… Zero 11 Adaptation 12 Just Transition 14 Co-Benefits 16 Climate Change Programme 18 Net Zero route Maps and Data 20 Strategy Development and Structure 32 Reporting and Monitoring 35 Enablers: Leadership and Governance 38 Alignment 39 Money 40 Empowerment 41 Communications 42 Themes: Energy 48 Buildings 50 Transport 52 Resource and Waste 54 Business and Industry 56 Nature Based…
…’ are; Leadership & Governance, Alignment, Money, Empowerment, and Communications. The ‘Themes’ are; Energy, Buildings, Transport, Resources & Waste, Business & Industry, and Nature-based Solutions. The Strategy is paired with an Action Plan. Each Strategy section contains Strategic Objectives with the Action Plandetailing the measures, policies, and plans that will be put in place…
…/20 emissions baseline. The emissions sources included in the baseline are heating fuels, transport fuels, electricity, district heating, refrigerant gases, water supply and treatment, the Council’s landfill site, the energy recovery plant (ERP), waste sent to recycling centres, business travel and employee commuting. Emissions were calculated in line with ISO 14064, with all emissions sources…
… owned or controlled by the Council included in the baseline. Emissions for the Council baseline have been calculated by scope, as defined below: *Note that waste sent to landfill or incineration are scope 1 emissions as these are Council owned and controlled operations. In 2019/20, the Council was responsible for an emissions total of 65,875 tCO2e, which is projected to decrease by 47% under…