Eastbourne Climate Emergency Strategy
Waste
Reduce, reuse, recycle. By reducing the amount of waste we all produce, and recycling as much as possible, all residents can make simple, practical actions to combat climate change. Eastbourne's action plan includes a number of aims and measures to eliminate or reduce dealing with certain plastics and other difficult to recycle items that are harmful to the environment.
Reduce, reuse, recycle
By reducing the amount of waste we all produce, and recycling as much as possible, all residents can make simple, practical actions to combat climate change.
Plastic Free Eastbourne
Plastic Free Eastbourne promote initiatives to improve the way we care for our planet. They believe in taking action with urgency in order to raise public awareness about some of the most pressing issues facing our environment.
www.plasticfreeeastbourne.co.uk
Eurostat: Greenhouse gas emissions from waste
Between 1995 and 2017, greenhouse gas emissions from waste in the EU have fallen by 42%.
Report by Imperial College London: Centre for Environmental Policy
An exploration of the resource sector's greenhouse gas emissions in the UK and its potential to reduce the carbon shortfall in the UK 4th and 5th carbon budgets. This is a PDF download.
Imperial College London - greenhouse gas report
HM Government
Our waste, our resources: A strategy for England. This is a PDF download.
Gov.uk - Our Waste, Our Resources
United Nations News
Wasting food just feeds climate change, new UN environment report warns.
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