Jim Mynard
CASEY Council joined with 166 Australian councils last year to reduce greenhouse gasses equivalent to taking 674,000 cars off the road.
Casey manager of engineering and environmental services David Richardson said the council implemented projects to flare landfill gas, enhance civic centre recycling and introduced LCD computer screens as part of the program.
He said Casey’s effort cut the gasses by 112,038 tonnes of carbon dioxideequivalent (CO2e).
The City of Casey participates in the Cities for Climate Protection Australia (CCPA) program, which measures savings in greenhouse gas emissions.
Mr Richardson said local government continued to lead the way in action on climate change, recognised as one of the most serious environmental problems facing the global community.
“Through CCPA, Casey is demonstrating its commitment to reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from its own operations and across the community through energy, waste and transport initiatives.
“As well as the economic and environmental advantages, our community benefits from lower water use, less air pollution and traffic congestion, and improved health and fitness.”
CCPA was established in 1997 and implements greenhouse action through a collaboration between the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, Local Governments for Sustainability Australia/New Zealand and the Australian Greenhouse Office, in the Department of the Environment and Heritage.
Mr Richardson said that last year’s effort was 43 per cent higher than the previous year.
He said this indicated that as councils advanced through the CCPA program and progressed in the implementation of action plans, they tended to undertake more innovative actions to cut emissions.
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