Including 5 closely related terms such as waste, waste collection, and food waste.
… Net Zero Investment Fund as budgets allow. 2.9 It is also worth noting that the council’s waste collection vehicle fleet is projected to increase in the coming year due to new government ‘Simpler Recycling’ requirements. These regulations, aimed at improving waste Cabinet – 23 July 2024 – CAB/WS/24/038 management practices and recycling, have placed an additional operational…
… burden on waste collection services. Consequently, to comply with these standards, the number of waste collection vehicles needed is expected to increase. Given the challenges of collecting waste in a rural area, this growth in the fleet size will likely lead to higher overall emissions, highlighting the need for balancing regulatory compliance with sustainable practices to mitigate…
…, including: o Food Savvy – 23 October 2023 for four weeks social media and advertising campaign. o Glass – ‘Its better in the bank’ refresher in January via social media. o Suffolk School Skills Days in October 2023 – The team attended events in Haverhill, Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds. Teaching children about recycling and showing them around a bin collection lorry. o Food Waste Week (18th…
… - 24th March 2024). o Stop Food Waste Day (24th April) social media campaign. Planning and regulation The emerging Local Plan has a strengthened Environmental Policy. A new tree strategy and green infrastructure policies were developed and submitted to the Local Plan process. The Planning team will recruit a new Ecologist post over the summer 2024. Corporate action New…
… on 9 July 2024) will be to start a large number of community conversations about, and raise the profile of, energy saving measures. Corporate Action. This section brings together the activity that the council is taking to address its own environmental performance, for example in regard to fleet electrification, less use of resources and decarbonisation of its buildings and our role in waste…