Including 6 closely related terms such as waste management, waste recycling, and waste.
… on how we will encourage better recycling and develop our waste service to reduce carbon. But we will also encourage sharing, reuse and repair for our residents too. We aim to reduce the carbon impact of waste management using circular economy principles. Since the declaration we have: ● Started recycling the material collected from our road sweeping machines ● Introduced a booking system and fair…
… use policy at the Household Recycling Centre to encourage waste reduction and the separation of items for recycling or reuse ● Increased the number of households using the garden waste recycling service ● Established a Fly Tipping Task Force to tackle local waste issues 9 Theme 5: Green Economy A 'green economy' can be defined as one in which the economic value of protecting the environment…
… areas: air quality; green infrastructure; climate change mitigation and energy; waste; adapting to climate change; ambient noise; and, low carbon circular economy. A set of strategies and initiatives have been developed in order to address the causes of climate change and ensure London can adapt to a changing climate. These include: Accelerate delivery of a cleaner, greener London through the London…
…: Efficient buildings Theme 2: Efficient Homes Theme 3: How we travel Theme 4: Reducing Waste Theme 5: Green Economy Theme 6: Sustainable Council Theme 7: Natural Environment Measuring and reporting Appendices Appendix A - Our Carbon Baseline methodology Appendix B - Climate emergency - London and National responses Appendix C - Why is it important that we tackle climate change? Kingston Young…
… quality associated with the school run ● Introduced three Low Traffic Neighbourhoods to prevent the roads being used as the through-route for motor traffic ● Installed 130 electric vehicle chargers across the borough ● Begun to replace our fleet with electric vehicles Theme 4: Waste Reduction We are proud of the recycling rates in Kingston - the recycling rate from homes in Kingston in 2020 was 47.7…