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North Lanarkshire Council

… 51,234 Transport 6,535 Total 121,725 Carbon Indicator: Carbon emissions per FTE employees 9.5 In 2017 the council introduced an improved domestic waste collection regime to facilitate the achievement of the Scottish Government’s 2020 (60%) and 2025 (70%) recycling targets whilst achieving the limit of 5% waste to landfill by 2025. It was anticipated that Carbon Management Plan…

… 2019-2022 13 additional resources at the beginning of the new regime would be required to ensure that households had ‘clean bins’ i.e. their bins did not contain any materials that they should not. This timed amnesty approach to the domestic waste collection led to a notable increase in waste emissions (15,475 tCO2e) from the baseline. Performance against the council’s 2019 carbon reduction…

… energy used by corporate buildings from which the council and its trusts i.e. North Lanarkshire Leisure and CultureNL, deliver services from. The footprint also includes the Carbon Management Plan 2019-2022 11 corporate fleet and private car use for business travel (grey fleet), all municipal waste (domestic and non-domestic) and water (supply and treatment). The organisational boundary…

… for household waste in the same year was 45.6%. In 2017 North Lanarkshire: • generated 156,813 tonnes of household rubbish; • 39.6% of rubbish was recycled; • had a whole-life carbon impact of 406,737 tCO2e (household waste). The Clyde Valley Residual Waste Project is a multi-authority (East Renfrewshire Council, East Dunbartonshire Council, North Ayrshire Council, North Lanarkshire Council…

… of other positive activity that contributes to the reduction in carbon emissions: • Council food and drink outlets have changed drinking straws from plastic to paper. They also encourage the use of reusable cups rather than disposable through a price incentive. • All water fountains are now mains fed. • Plastic dog waste bags and also food waste bags are available at local libraries. • Both…