Aims

  • Improvement in the score attributed to the environmental impact of the Council’s procurement as measured by the Local Government Association’s TOMs methodolgy.
  • To use city resources in the best manner.
  • To minimise waste materials by repairing, reusing and increasing recycling rates.
  • Decrease in water consumption and increase in ‘grey’ water use.
  • Reduction in use of single-use plastics across the city.
  • To use services and products that support this theme.

Targets for each GCC signatory

  • To have 100% waste segregation and recycling systems by 2025.
  • To ensure that 100% of employees are trained and using the correct waste recycling bins and repairing or reusing suitable waste materials by 2025.
  • To eliminate all single-use plastic by 2022.
  • To repair all water leakages and have effective detection systems by 2021.
  • To replace 50% of conventional water controls and devices with efficient ones by 2025.
  • To ensure that 100% of employees are using water resources efficiently and have completed a water efficiency training course by 2021.

Documents 

Waste guide

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