We have already started in our journey to reduce our carbon emissions. Here is just a few of the things we’ve done over the last few years:
- Improved the efficiency of our refuse rounds
- Promoted free energy-saving improvements for low income households
- Invested in a new environmentally friendly tool to remove chewing gum from pavements
- Worked with children from local schools to discourage car idling
- Improved air quality in the last nine years
- Encouraged solar energy
- Worked with specialists to reduce energy consumption
- Purchased new electric vehicles
- Installed several solar power 'Smart' compacting bins across the District
- Insulated nearly fifty park homes
- Planted new trees
- Encouraged families to get out in nature via our eco-trails
- Created five videos for families to make space for nature at home
- Installed new electric vehicle-charging points for our staff and taxi drivers
- Completed a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan for Sevenoaks Town
- Secured funding for a new walking, wheeling and cycling route
- Introduced hybrid-working to cut staff travel
- Encouraged our staff to be less wasteful
- Introduced a staff electric car lease scheme
- Installed motion sensitive lighting in our decked car parks
- Produced a plan of further actions that has been approved by our Cabinet.