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12 Issue 61 • December 2022

SUSTAINABLE WORCESTER

Worcester forges

ahead with ambition to

become carbon neutral

Reducing carbon emissions from its leisure centres, boosting
biodiversity along the city’s waterways, improving recycling rates and

launching a public bike hire scheme are among the measures planned
as Worcester City Council acts to help the city become carbon neutral.

Worcester City Council has than halved since 2005. 22 – emissions from these reduce emissions at these
embarked on the second Between 2019 and 2020, the three sites made up 32.8% sites include the possibility
phase of its programme city saw a 10.4% reduction of the City Council’s total of installing solar panels at
to bring environmental in CO2 emissions – although carbon footprint. Plans to Perdiswell Leisure Centre.
improvements across there were widespread
the city through restrictions on travel through  Find out more about the City Council’s plans to
its Environmental much of this period due to reduce carbon emissions
Sustainability Strategy. the pandemic. W: www.worcester.gov.uk/climate-emergency

Its Action Plan for 2023- CARBON REDUCTION
24 will continue to seek to The main sources of Plans for new electric
reduce carbon emissions recorded emissions in
from the Council’s Worcester for 2020 were vehicle charging points
operations as well as from homes (41%) and Worcester City Council plans
from Worcester homes, transport (30%), followed by to install new electric vehicle
businesses and transport. An industry (13%). (EV) charging terminals at
initial budget of £150,000 car parks in Tallow Hill and
has been allocated to build Electricity used across all King Street.
on the work done so far to City Council sites is from
make the city greener. green, renewable sources Ten twin charging units at Tallow
and the Council continues to Hill will mean up to 20 vehicles
The carbon emissions of investigate sustainable and can power-up at the same time,
the Council and the city are affordable alternatives to gas while five twin terminals at King Street will provide
calculated annually, and in for the powering of Council capacity for the simultaneous charging of ten cars.
2020 Worcester had the buildings in the future.
lowest emissions per-head The move will build on the success of the 12 EV
of all Worcestershire districts For the first time, the City charging points which are already in place at St Martin’s
– and significantly lower Council has included CO2 Gate car park.
than the national average. emissions from Perdiswell,
St. Johns and Nunnery The City Council also hopes to put charging points into
Carbon dioxide emissions Wood leisure centres in its more car parks in the future.
for Worcester have more carbon footprint for 2021-

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