Including 5 closely related terms such as waste management, waste, and waste management.
… a strategic review of the council’s waste management service. The review will inform future policy development by providing findings and recommendations to the cabinet member for contracts and assets, the wider executive and the waste management team1. The government’s Resource and Waste Strategy 20182 encourages a move towards a more sustainable circular economy, protecting natural resources…
… and maximising the life of materials. In waste this means doing all we can to prevent waste, encourage reuse, recycle materials and use what’s left to recover energy. New services to collect food waste and increase recycled material quality are expected. These measures are likely to see a requirement for additional vehicles to collect waste differently from how we do now. This could result in an increase…
… in Scope 3 emissions, however our move to a more circular economy will help reduce use of natural resources and reduce county-wide carbon emissions overall. Committment to become carbon neutral by 2030 Strategic review of the council’s waste management service 1https://councillors.herefordshire.gov.uk/ieIssueDetails.aspx?IId=50034892&Opt=3 2https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/resources…
… change, energy efficiency, renewable energy -4884 -2271 Partners Purchase green energy, energy efficiency programme, behaviour change -2840 -1753 Green energy Purchase green energy -2138 -1652 Projects Energy efficiency and renewable energy programme, pool cars -563 -563 Contracts Waste, building management and cleaning, catering, social care, transport -436 -363 Better ways of working Behaviour…
… in procurement. Specifically contract providers will be required to be on a journey to zero carbon emissions, they should minimise residual waste to landfill and maximise reuse and recycling and they should provide ecological net gain of at least 10% locally. Throughout 2020 a cross-party task and finish group met regarding the climate and ecological emergency. The group made a recommendation to ensure all…