Recently, Leader of Conservative-run Westminster City Council, Rachael Robathan, unveiled plans to make our City even greener and cleaner. Your Conservative Council has already announced plans, to improve waste management, recycle more and help people make their homes more energy efficient to reduce their bills.
The Council is also working to improve air quality throughout our City in part by making make environmentally friendly travel options more easily available.
Some of the things the Council has achieved include:
- Seeing an 11% reduction in carbon emissions since 2019 – totalling 5,067 tonnes.
- Being the first local authority in the UK to install 1,000 Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points.
- Being awarded Green Flag status for 28 of our parks and open spaces.
- Having 60 and counting waste collection vehicles that are fully electric.
- Expanding of our food waste recycling services.
- Matching government funding to secure more than £6m to help residents make their homes more energy efficient
If re-elected in May, your Conservative-run Council's plans for the next 12 months and beyond include:
- Completing the roll out of food waste recycling services.
- Completely electrifying our residential waste collection fleet.
- Becoming the first local authority in the UK to charge our electric waste collection vehicles with energy generated from waste collected throughout the City.
- Cutting emissions in up to 70 council buildings by 20% through retrofitting measures.
- Installing 500 more EV charging points.
- Using local data on air quality issues to raise awareness of pollution, encourage sustainable travel and decide if schools need additional measures to improve air quality.
