South Cambridgeshire District Council has allocated £1.3m to its shared waste services with the purpose of purchasing equipment, such as new electric bin lorries, that can help reduce carbon emissions.
Around £4m will go towards the installation of a solar farm at the Waterbeach depot of Greater Cambridge Shared Waste, the council’s shared waste service with Cambridge City Council.
Just over £1m will go towards equipment, including eRCVs, and activities to help tackle climate change at Greater Cambridge Shared Waste. In 2020, Greater Cambridge Shared Waste began using Cambridgeshire’s first electric bin lorry.
South Cambridgeshire District Council’s lead cabinet member for finance, Cllr John Williams, said: ‘These positive budget plans put the environment at their heart and demonstrate exactly how we are working to tackle climate change on a very local level in South Cambridgeshire.
‘We know that local people quite rightly expect us to be taking action to deal with the climate emergency that we face, and these budget plans are proof of how our ambitions are embedded across the council.’
